Congratulations To Clan Snoddy Member Dr. Eddie Jacobs, Even If He Didn't Invite Virgil To The Ceremony.

Dr. Eddie Jacobs was inducted into the Arkansas Academy of Electrical Engineers on April 11th. The AAEE is composed of eminent graduates from the University of Arkansas-Fayetteville who graduated at least 20 years prior to induction. The purpose of the AAEE is to encourage electrical engineering students by example, to recognize graduates who have distinguished themselves as engineers and citizens, to advise the department and college in matters pertaining to electrical engineering, and to encourage donations to the department. Dr. Jacobs graduated from Paris High School in 1977 where he was active in band. He then moved back to the United States to attend the University of Arkansas. He graduated with honors with a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from in 1986 and a masters degree in 1988. He worked as an analyst for Tracor Aerospace in Austin Texas from 1988 to 1989. He then accepted a position as a civilian engineer with the US Army at Fort Belvoir, Virginia. While there, he completed a Doctor of Science in electro-physics at the George Washington University in Washington, D.C. Dr. Jacobs worked for the Army for 17 years with his last position being at the US Army Night Vision and Electronics Sensors Directorate where he oversaw the development of models for predicting the performance of thermal infrared and electro-optic sensors. Dr. Jacobs is currently an assistant professor of electrical engineering at the University of Memphis; Memphis, TN. Dr. Jacobs is also the co-author of one text, many conference and professional publications, including a "Best Paper" awardof the 2003 Military Sensing Symposium Passive Sensors Conference and was the recipient of the Army Science Conference Award. Dr. Jacobs's family is still in France. He is the son of E.L. and Dorothy Jacobs and the brother of city councilwoman Edye White, all of Paris. He lives in Memphis, TN with his wife Melanie (formerly Green and also of Paris). He has three children, Ethan(24), Anna (22), and Abigail (11).