JACOBS NORMAN P

LTC Norman P. Jacobs was a VHPA member who died after his tour in Vietnam on 02/01/2012 at the age of 83.0
Columbia, SC
Flight Classes 60-2FW and 68Q
Date of Birth 02/16/1929
Served in the U.S. Army
Served in Vietnam with 16 CAG in 69
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More detail on this person: Share Norman Paul Jacobs Send Flowers Share FUNERAL HOME Dunbar Funeral Home - Devine 3926 DEVINE ST Columbia, SC COLUMBIA - Funeral service for Lt. Col. Norman P. Jacobs, U.S. Army (Ret.), 82, of Columbia, will be held on Saturday, February 4 at 11 a.m. at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 3909 Forest Drive, Columbia. Visitation will be held Friday, February 3, from 5-7 p.m at Dunbar Funeral Home, 3926 Devine Street. Burial will be in Arlington National Cemetery at a date and time to be determined. Lt. Col. Jacobs died February 1, 2012. Son of the late Simon Leo Jacobs and Ida Irene Jacobs, he was born in Hays, Kan., February 16, 1929. He graduated from St. Benedict's College in Atchison, Kan., with a business degree and later earned his master's degree in business from the University of South Carolina. He enlisted in the Army in October of 1947. While training at Fort Benning, Ga., in 1948, he was qualified as a parachutist and gliderman. In 1949, he became a member of the Caterpillar Club because of an emergency parachute jump from a crashing C-82 aircraft at Fort Bragg. He completed Infantry Officer Candidate School and was commissioned a second lieutenant in 1952. In Korea, he fought as an infantry platoon leader with the 25th Infantry Division. His airborne assignments included the 82nd Airborne Division, the Army Airborne Center and the Joint Airborne Troop Board at Fort Bragg, N.C., and the 11th Airborne Division at Fort Campbell, Kentucky and Germany. Lt. Col. Jacobs' military education included the Advanced Infantry Officers Course, the Army Command and General Staff College, the Armed Forces Staff College, and the Army's Flight School where he became qualified in both airplanes and helicopters. He was selected to serve with the Army Staff in the Pentagon for three years, following which he was assigned the 16th Combat Aviation Group in Vietnam. He received numerous awards and decorations. Following his retirement from the Army in 1970, Lt. Col. Jacobs moved to Columbia and was employed by the Columbia Hospital of Richland County at its location on Harden and Hampton Streets, initially as administrator of federal grants for acute stroke at Stroke Rehabilitation Services and for Gastrointestinal Services. Prior to the relocation of the hospital and renaming it Richland Memorial Hospital, Lt. Col. Jacobs was appointed materials manager. In that assignment, he played a major role in planning and coordinating the movement of the hospital from the Harden Street location to the new facility. He also developed a modernized hospital system for procurement, inventory control, and distribution services for all departments including sterile supplies for the operating room. He also served as the hospital's representative on the Board of Directors of Hospital Services, Inc. When the hospital was reorganized, Lt. Col. Jacobs was appointed vice president for administration with responsibility for various clinical and service departments. Several years later, during which his management responsibilities were greatly expanded, he was appointed the hospital's first senior vice president. By that time, Lt. Col. Jacobs also had assumed responsibility for all aspects of hospital facilities and property management, which included design, construction and construction management. In addition, he directed the hospital's process for selecting and contracting services with architects, engineers, and general contractors for major projects. These projects included the cancer center, the psychiatric hospital, the rehabilitation hospital, the day care center, the ER expansion, the operating room expansion, four medical office buildings and three parking garages. Lt. Col. Jacobs was a member of the American College of Hospital Administrators, the National Association of Purchasing Management, and a Fellow in the Health Facilities Institute. He was a life member of the Military Officers Association, the Society of Friends of Historic Fort Hays, Kan., the Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association; the 82nd Airborne Division Historical Society and the 11th Airborne Division Association. Lt. Col. Jacobs also was a 40-year member of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, the NRA and a 20-year member of the Interstate Hunt Club. He was a commercial pilot, instrument flight instructor pilot, and helicopter pilot with over 2000 hours of flight experience. Lt. Col. Jacobs had a lifelong passion for fast cars, which intensified in 1957 when he purchased his first Porsche while stationed in Germany. At the Porsche factory, he met and collected the autograph of Dr. Ferry Porsche along with his new red Speedster. The love of Porsches continued though out his life as he spent time racing his Porsche in road courses across the Southeast. Lt. Col. Jacobs is survived by his wife of 17 years, Bene Jacobs of Columbia; Norman's children, Kirk Jacobs of Florence, S.C., Jane Jacobs of Mt. Pleasant, S.C., Jessamyn Jacobs of Sullivan's Island, S.C., and Nelson Jacobs (Trish) of Mt. Pleasant, S.C.; Bene's children, Angela Fellers (Charles) of New York, N.Y., Amanda Loveday (John) of Columbia, and Ryan Alpert of Memphis, Tenn.; his adopted children, Kelly Cockes and Laurie Scruggs, and his grandchildren, Sharif Hamouda, Aiman Hamouda and Anna Claire Fellers. Lt. Col. Jacobs was predeceased by his brothers, S. Leroy Jacobs of Jackson, Miss., and David F. Jacobs of Los Angeles, Calif., and his sister, Verna LaBan of Tucson, Ariz. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Army Historical Foundation, PO Box 96703, Washington, DC 20090-6703.

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