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2 unusual facts about Irwin Jacobs


Irwin Jacobs

Irwin M. Jacobs, chairman and former chief executive officer of Qualcomm

Irwin L. Jacobs, Minneapolis-based investor and chairman of Genmar Holdings


Globalstar

The first call on the original Globalstar system was placed on November 1, 1998, from Qualcomm chairman Irwin Jacobs in San Diego to Loral Space & Communications CEO and chairman Bernard Schwartz in New York.

San Diego Symphony

Several years after the orchestra's reorganization, on January 14, 2002, the San Diego Symphony announced the single largest donation ever made to a symphony orchestra, US$120 million by Joan and Irwin Jacobs.


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