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'''Madeleine Jacobs''' (born November 11, 1946) was the CEO of the [[Organization:American Chemical Society|American Chemical Society]] (ACS) from 2004 to 2014, and the president and CEO of the Council of Scientific Society Presidents from 2015 to 2016.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://cen.acs.org/articles/92/i38/Madeleine-Jacobs-Named-President-CEO.html |title=Madeleine Jacobs Named President And CEO Of The Council Of Scientific Society Presidents |date=September 22, 2014 |volume=92 |issue=38 |work=Chemical & Engineering News |last=Ainsworth |first=Susan J. |access-date=2018-09-18}}</ref>

== Early life and education ==
Jacobs was born in [[Place:Washington, D.C.|Washington, D.C.]] to Joseph and Helen Reines, respectively a concert bassoonist and a secretary.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.rsc.org/diversity/175-faces/all-faces/madeleine-jacobs/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030215941/http://www.rsc.org/diversity/175-faces/all-faces/madeleine-jacobs/|archivedate=30 October 2020|title=Madeleine Jacobs {{!}} 175 Faces of Chemistry|website=www.rsc.org|language=en|access-date=2018-08-27}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cen.acs.org/articles/92/i49/ScrapBook-Memories.html|title=ScrapBook Of Memories {{!}} December 8, 2014 Issue - Vol. 92 Issue 49 {{!}} Chemical & Engineering News|website=cen.acs.org|access-date=2018-09-11}}</ref> Jacobs earned her B.S. in chemistry from George Washington University in 1968 with a full scholarship.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://presidentialsearch.gwu.edu/madeleine-jacobs|title=Madeleine Jacobs {{!}} Presidential Search {{!}} The George Washington University|website=presidentialsearch.gwu.edu|language=en|access-date=2018-08-27}}</ref> After bachelor's degree, she completed course works for a master's degree in [[Chemistry:Organic chemistry|organic chemistry]] at [[Organization:University of Maryland, College Park|University of Maryland College Park]] in 1969.<ref name=":1" /> Jacobs received an honorary [[Social:Doctor of Science|Doctor of Science]] degree from George Washington University in 2003.<ref name=":1" />

== Career ==
Jacobs began her career in science communications in 1969, working as a reporter for Chemical and Engineering News (C&EN).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cen.acs.org/articles/92/i49/Madeleine-Jacobs-Reflects.html|title=Madeleine Jacobs Reflects {{!}} December 8, 2014 Issue - Vol. 92 Issue 49 {{!}} Chemical & Engineering News|last=Baum|first=Rudy M.|website=cen.acs.org|access-date=2018-08-27}}</ref> In 1972, she left C&EN to work for National Institutes of Health and the National Bureau of Standards (now the [[Organization:National Institute of Standards and Technology|National Institute of Standards & Technology]]), where she worked for two years.<ref name=":1" /> Jacobs then moved to Smithsonian Institution to work as a chief science writer in 1979. She was promoted to director of the Office of Public Affairs in 1987, the position she held until 1993. During her time at Smithsonian, Jacobs' work in outreach programs toward underrepresented communities has been recognized and earned her the Smithsonian's Secretary's Gold Medal for Exceptional Service in 1993.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite news|url=https://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_sic_11806|title=Secretary's Gold Medal for Exceptional Service Awarded, 1993|last=sysadmin|date=1993-07-28|work=Smithsonian Institution Archives|access-date=2018-09-07|language=en}}</ref>

Jacobs returned to C&EN as a managing editor in 1993. After being promoted to editor-in-chief in 1995, she became the first female CEO of the ACS in 2004, after the previous CEO John K. Crum retired in late 2003.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.eurekalert.org/staticrel.php?view=newacsdirector|title=Madeleine Jacobs named new executive director for world's largest scientific society|website=EurekAlert!|language=en|access-date=2018-09-10}}</ref> She was also the first person to hold that position without having a PhD.<ref name="OH">{{cite web|author=Center for Oral History| title= Madeleine Jacobs |url=https://oh.sciencehistory.org/oral-histories/jacobs-madeleine|website= [[Organization:Science History Institute|Science History Institute]] }}</ref>

=== Diversity and inclusion advocacy work ===
Under the slogan of "The Smithsonian is for everyone," which was coined during her time at Smithsonian, Jacobs developed a variety of outreach programs that earned her the Smithsonian's Secretary's Gold Medal for Exceptional Service.<ref name="Domush">{{cite book|first=Hilary  |last=Domush |title=Madeleine Jacobs, Transcript of an Interview Conducted by Hilary Domush at American Chemical Society Washington, D.C. on 28 May 2009 |date=28 May 2009 |url=https://oh.sciencehistory.org/sites/default/files/jacobs_m_0669_suppl.pdf|place=Philadelphia, PA|publisher=Chemical Heritage Foundation }}</ref>

When Jacobs first joined C&EN in 1969, she was the only woman reporter among magazine's staffs.<ref name=":3" /> This led to her work dissecting the challenges that women chemists face, which was the first major story of this sort in C&EN.<ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Cite journal|date=1970-10-26|title=Women chemists: concerned over rights|journal=Chemical & Engineering News|language=EN|volume=48|issue=45|pages=26–27|doi=10.1021/cen-v048n045.p026|issn=0009-2347}}</ref> Jacobs also initiated the annual release of the "scorecard," where C&EN tracks how the academia and the industry are doing in hiring women chemists.<ref name="Domush"/>

== Notable awards and honors ==
* 2006-2007, [[Chemistry:Sylvia M. Stoesser Lecturer in Chemistry|Sylvia M. Stoesser Lecturer in Chemistry]], University of Illinois<ref name="Oral History">{{cite web |last1=Center for Oral History |title=Madeleine Jacobs |url=https://oh.sciencehistory.org/oral-histories/jacobs-madeleine |website=Science History Institute |accessdate=29 June 2019}}</ref><ref name="Stoesser">{{cite web |title=Sylvia M. Stoesser Lecturer 2006-07 - Madeleine Jacobs |url=https://chemistry.illinois.edu/sylvia-m-stoesser-lecturer-2006-07-madeleine-jacobs |website=University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |accessdate=27 June 2019}}</ref>
*2004, American Crystallographic Association Public Service Award<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.amercrystalassn.org/content/pages/main-award-descriptions |title=American Crystallographic Association - Award Descriptions |website=American Crystallographic Association |access-date=2018-09-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100405073425/http://www.amercrystalassn.org/content/pages/main-award-descriptions |archive-date=2010-04-05}}</ref>
* 2003, ACS Award for Encouraging Women into Careers in the Chemical Sciences<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=http://pubs.acs.org/cen/awards/8103/8103awards.html|title=C&EN: AWARDS - 2003 ACS NATIONAL AWARD WINNERS|website=pubs.acs.org|access-date=2018-09-10}}</ref>
* 1993, Smithsonian's Secretary's Gold Medal for Exceptional Service <ref name=":2" />

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