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Jacobs, Maxwell Ralph (Max) (1905–1979)

	Jacobs, Maxwell Ralph (Max) (1905–1979)
Born	25 February 1905 North Adelaide, Adelaide , South Australia , Australia
Died	9 October 1979 Garran, Canberra , Australian Capital Territory , Australia
Religious Influence	Presbyterian
Related Entries [View as tree]	Lane-Poole, Charles Edward (work colleague) Rodger, Geoffrey James (work colleague)
Education*	Unley High School (Adelaide) (student, 1917-1922) University of Adelaide. School of Forestry (student, 1923-1925) Waite Agricultural Research Institute (SA) (student, 1926-1926) Imperial Forestry Institute (Oxford, UK) (student, 1929-1929) Royal Forestry School (Saxonny, Germany) (student, 1930-1932) Yale University (Connecticut, USA) (student, 1939-1941)
Occupation*	forester (1926-1979) Federal, Australia public servant (1926-1929) Federal, Australia academic (1934-1939) Australian Capital Territory, Australia army officer (1942-1944) Federal, Australia academic (1944-1959) Australian Capital Territory, Australia public servant (1959-1970) Federal, Australia public service head (1959-1970) Federal, Australia
Military Service*	World War II (army officer) Royal Australian Engineers (army officer, 1942-1944)
Awards	Lowrie Agricultural Scholarship (recipient, 1926) N. W. Jolly medal (recipient, 1962) Imperial Service Order (recipient, 1966)
Legacies*	M. R. Jacobs fund (eponym, 1983-1983)
Key Organisations*	Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (consultant) World Bank (consultant) Commonwealth Forestry Association (member, 1927-1970) Institute of Foresters of Australia (member, 1935) Institute of Foresters of Australia (founding member, 1935) Royal Society of Canberra (president, 1948-1949) Rotary Club of Canberra (president, 1956-1957) New Zealand Institute of Foresters (honorary member, 1958-1979) Commonwealth Forestry Association (council member, 1963-1969) Society of American Foresters (honorary member, 1966-1979) Institute of Foresters of Australia (fellow, 1969-1979)
Workplaces*	Forestry and Timber Bureau (Cwlth) (forester, 1926-1929) ACT Forests (head, 1927-1929) Australian Forestry School (Yarralumla, ACT) (academic, 1934-1939) Australian Forestry School (Yarralumla, ACT) (principal, 1944-1959) Forestry and Timber Bureau (Cwlth) (director-general, 1959-1970)

* Dates are approximate