Lawrence High School

Robert Earl Jacobs “Jake”

Class of 1944, Lawrence High School, Lawrence, Massachusetts: Robert Earl Jacobs (“Jake”). The yearbook entry prints: came from Van Sickle Junior High, Springfield; headed for Flying for United States Army Air Corps; activities listed: Student Council. Portrait and entry from the Blue and White, page 54.

Class of 1944

512 in the class of 1944 · 34 more named Jacobs

Full name: Robert Earl Jacobs
Known as: Jake
Born: September 12, 1926, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
School: Lawrence High School
Graduated: Class of 1944
Course: College
Came from: Van Sickle Junior High, Springfield
Headed for: Flying for United States Army Air Corps

Also searched as: Jake Jacobs; Bob Jacobs; Robert Jacobs; Robert E. Jacobs.

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Same surname 27
Classmates 511

In context

In the alphabetical roll of 512 names from the Lawrence High School class of 1944, Robert stands 206th. The entry is on page 54 of the scan; the portraits read for this site run from page 12 to page 119. From 1936 to 1945, 28 Lawrence High School graduates on this site share the first name Robert, spread over 5 classes and peaking at 13 in 1945. Robert's plan is printed as “Flying for United States Army Air Corps”, which counts here as military service; 33 of the 350 classmates who named a plan (9%) named the same kind. A college or college-preparatory course was the choice of 31% of those who printed a course in the class of 1944; the neighbouring class shows 34% in 1945.

On the same scan page	John Edward Hussey, William John Igoe, E. Joseph Issenberg, Stephany Bernadette Jankauskas
Same kind of plan	military service: 33 of 350 classmates with a plan (9%)
Same course	College: 146 of 496 classmates with a course (29%)
Same first name	Robert: 8 other people in the class
The book's own title	The Blue and White

What Robert did at school

Student Council
Football 2, 3, 4

What the yearbook said

“ — Here they come, zooming to meet our thunder — ”

The class of 1944

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Lawrence High School yearbook, 1944, page 54. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item lawrencehighscho1944lawr).

Published 1944. Scan courtesy of the contributing library via the Internet Archive.

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