Joan and Irwin Jacobs Launch UCSD Pacific Leadership Fellows Program and Center on Pacific Economies
The Jacobs
10/17/2006
Judy Piercey,
This Week at UCSD
As long-time civic leaders, Joan and Irwin Jacobs – he is founder and chairman of the board of directors of QUALCOMM – have shared the conviction that San Diego must have a deeper and broader role in international public policy matters. Now, working with Dean Peter F. Cowhey and the faculty of the Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies (IR/PS) at UC San Diego, they will significantly enhance the region’s capability in world affairs through a $500,000 gift creating the Pacific Leadership Fellows program and a new Center on Pacific Economies.
This gift contributes to the $1 billion fundraising goal of The Campaign for UCSD: Imagine What’s Next.
“This is a seminal opportunity for IR/PS, the university and the San Diego community,” said Cowhey. “With this leadership gift from the Jacobs, we are able to turn UC San Diego and the greater San Diego region into a center for reflection and action by leaders from the Pacific.”
“Joan and I are delighted to be partnering with IR/PS in this mutual endeavor to increase foreign affairs awareness in San Diego and our region,” said Irwin Jacobs. “Our fondest hope in establishing and supporting this exciting Fellows program and the Center for Pacific Economies is that they become stronger, and more vital, with each succeeding year.”
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