Klaus Johann Jacobs

Klaus Johann Jacobs ( born December 3, 1936 in Bremen, † 11 September, 2008 Küsnacht ) was a German, Swiss industrialist and patron later.

• 2.1 Klaus J. Jacobs Research Prize
• 2.2 Klaus J. Jacobs Best Practice Prize
• 2.3 Winners of the Klaus J. Jacobs Awards

Biography

Education and work

After graduating from the Hermann -Böse -Gymnasium in Bremen Jacobs studied at the University of Hamburg and later at Stanford University. He then worked in the coffee and chocolate industry, including several years in Central America. In 1961 he resigned as director of purchasing and marketing at the John Jacobs & Co. a.

1970 Jacobs took over from his father, Walther J. Jacobs the management of the coffee trading house John Jacobs Co. (brand: Jacobs Coffee ), who had founded his great-uncle Johann Jacobs in the historic center of Bremen and now part of the Kraft Foods Group.

In 1973 he transferred the seat of the trading house to Zurich and took over in 1982 the Swiss interbank food with the companies and Suchard Tobler (the latter is now part of Kraft Foods ).

KJJ, as Klaus J. Jacobs was known for short by his friends and employees, was Swiss and represented the Swiss national team as a squad member as dressage.

In 1990 he sold the Jacobs Suchard AG Altria, as he had to pay his account after his siblings. Jacobs ventured out a new start with property acquired from the bankruptcy estate of Werner K. Rey companies. After several mergers, particularly between the Adia Interim ( Klaus J. Jacobs) and the French Ecco ( Philippe Foriel - Destezet ), this was reorganized company Adecco SA (temporary work ). In addition, Jacob were still labeled as "leftover " from the Jacobs Suchard sale at Philip Morris, the company Barry Callebaut (production of raw chocolate / chocolate industry ). The various investments (including Infront ) are now managed by Jacobs Holding AG, based in Zurich.

Actually, Jacobs wanted to retire on his 65th birthday from business life and on his horse farm ( Newsells Park Stud ) near Oxford, England, to retire ( the stud Fährhof, built by his father, Walther J. Jacobs, is also part of the Jacobs family ). In the meantime, however, he was back on top of Adecco, after there had been disagreements with his business partner Philippe Foriel - Destezet the Board of Directors of Adecco.

Social Commitment

Jacobs was socially engaged and called the Chairman's Award to life in 1995. He founded in 1988 the Jacobs Foundation ( Jacobs Foundation ), dedicated to the promotion of youth has prescribed. The endowment had at the time the asset carryover 2001 rms value of 1.5 billion Swiss francs, at December 31, 2007 value was 3.38 billion Swiss francs. This makes it one of the largest charitable foundations in Switzerland. 35-40 million Swiss francs are spent annually by it. In November 2006, continued the committed entrepreneur with a 200- million - euro investment in the private, international Jacobs University in Bremen, a worldwide sensational character; it was the then Europe's largest private donation that has ever been paid to a university.

Jacobs was also a major patron of the arts.

Jacobs was a member of the World Scout Foundation, which supports the international Scouting financially from 1996 to 1998 he was president of the Friends of the National Park Hohe Tauern, from 2003, several years a member of the Board of Directors of the Zurich Opera House and a board member of the Society of Friends of Bayreuth.

Family

Jacobs had two sons from his first marriage ( Christian Jacobs and Andreas Jacobs) as well as two sons and two daughters from his second marriage ( with Renata Jacobs, born Fraschetti ). Jacobs died on 11 September 2008 at the age of 71 after a long illness from a brain tumor. He'd be easy to remove a brain tumor in June 2007 to April 2008, hoped to have overcome the disease.

Klaus J. Jacobs Awards

The Klaus J. Jacobs Research Prize and the Klaus J. Jacobs Best Practice Prize will be awarded annually in honor of the late entrepreneur and philanthropist 2008 Klaus J. Jacobs. The first award ceremony took place on December 3, 2009. The prizes will be awarded by the Jacobs Foundation, Zurich.

The awards recognize outstanding scientific and practical achievements that contribute to the successful development of young people leading the way.

Klaus J. Jacobs Research Prize

The Klaus J. Jacobs Research Prize honors academic papers with high social relevance for the positive development of children and adolescents. In addition to scientific findings from interdisciplinary applied research active can be converted into practice. The prize is worth one million Swiss francs, which flow into a science project on the choice of the prize winner.

The selection of the prize winner is responsible for a jury composed of internationally recognized scientists: Anne C. Petersen; Chairman ( Michigan University, USA); Albert Bandura (Stanford University, USA); Prof. Jere R. Behrman ( University of Pennsylvania, USA); Prof. Francesco C. Billari ( University of Oxford, UK); Monique Boekaerts (Leiden University, The Netherlands ), Prof. W. Thomas Boyce ( University of British Columbia, Canada); Professor Kathleen Kiernan ( University of York, UK); Meinrad Perrez ( Université de Fribourg, Switzerland ); Rainer K. Silver iron ( Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany ).

Klaus J. Jacobs Best Practice Prize

The Klaus J. Jacobs Best Practice Prize recognizes dedication of institutions and individuals who actually implement innovative solutions for child and youth development. The prize is worth 200,000 Swiss francs, which flow into a project after selection of the prize winner.

The winner of the Best Practice Prize is determined by the Board of Trustees of the Jacobs Foundation.

Winner of the Klaus J. Jacobs Awards

2013

Research Prize 2013: Greg J. Duncan ( School of Education, University of California, Irvine ) for his research on the long-term effects of early poverty. Best Practice Prize 2013: PARENTS -AG of Germany for their prevention program of early education for families in particularly stressful situations.

2012

Research Prize 2012: Dante Cicchetti ( University of Minnesota) for his research on the resilience of children and the development consequences of stressful life circumstances. Best Practice Prize 2012: Off Road Kids Foundation for their on regional street work in favor of outliers and street children in Germany.

2011

Research Prize 2011: Michael Tomasello ( Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology ) for his research to identify exclusively human forms of cooperation, communication and cultural learning. Best Practice Prize 2011: Christiane Daepp for the development of idea office, a program that helps to school children to take responsibility and to learn cooperation.

2010

Research Prize 2010: Terrie Moffitt and Avshalom Caspi (Duke University and King 's College London) for their research on the interaction of genetic and social influences on the development of children and adolescents. Best Practice Prize 2010: The organizations Opstapje Germany eV and a: primo for their involvement in the early promotion of socially disadvantaged children through the successful implementation of a game and support program in Germany and in Switzerland.

2009

Research Prize 2009: Laurence Steinberg ( Temple University ) for his research on psychopathology and on risk and decision-making behavior of adolescents. Best Practice Prize 2009: Father Johann Casutt for the successful adaptation of the Swiss model for the vocational training of young people in Indonesia.

Honors and Awards

• 2005 Jacobs became an honorary doctorate from the Faculty of Psychology of the University of Basel.
• In 2005 he received the Education Award of the Zurich University of Teacher Education for his education and youth projects.
• The Bremen Gold Medal of Honor was awarded Jacobs on 16 April 2008 for services which he has rendered for the benefit of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen. It is the highest honor that can award the Hanseatic city of Bremen.
• The Leibniz Medal of the Berlin- Brandenburg Academy of Sciences for his contributions to the Advancement of Science, he received in 2008.
• In 1999 he was awarded the Silver World Award by the Boy Scouts of America.
• 2005-2008 he was awarded the Bronze Wolf Award from the World Scout Committee.
• The Great Goldenens of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria (1991 )
• The Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art First Class.