History of Ridgefield, (Bergen County) New Jersey United States of America

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David Schenck Jacobus, educator, was born in Ridgefield, N.J., Jan. 20, 1862; son of Nicholas and Sarah Catharine (Carpenter) Jac-obus, and grandson of David and Elizabeth (Ryerson) Jacobus, and of John Schenck and Agnes Cunningham (Fulton) Carpenter. His ancestor, Roelff Jacobus, emigrated from Holland, and settled in Essex county, N.J. David attended private schools at Ridgefield and the Stevens high school at Hoboken, N.J., where he won in a competitive examination a free scholarship for the Stevens Institute of Technology, where he was graduated, M.E., 1884. After acting as an instructor for ten years, he was elected professor of experimental mechanics and engineering physics at the Stevens Institute of Technology in 1897. In addition to his duties as an educator he undertook a large amount of practical engineering work, serving as an expert in investigating the feasibility and performance of new machines and processes. He was married, April 5, 1899, to Laura Dinkel, of Jersey City, N.J. He is the author of numerous scientific papers based on the results of his experimental investigations. He was elected a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, the American Institute of Mining Engineers, the American Mathematical society, the Society for the Promotion of Engineering Education, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the Franklin Institute of Philadelphia.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

History of Ridgefield, (Bergen County) New Jersey

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