Caption:Irwin L. Jacobs, entrepreneur, raider. (Photo by Mitch Kezar/The LIFE Images Collection/Getty Images) Photograph by Mitch Kezar — The LIFE Images Collection ...

Irwin Jacobs was a founding professor of UC San Diego, serving on the faculty from 1966 to 1972. He went on to co-found Linkabit and later Qualcomm , where he served as founding chairman and CEO.

Irwin Jacobs, 77, a noted businessman and former part-owner of the Minnesota Vikings in the 1980s, was found dead along with his wife on Wednesday morning in what is being described as an apparent ...