The International Eric Jacobsen Page

This page is maintained by Eric A. Jacobsen. Primarily, this page serves to help identify Who I Am Not, but has the added benefit of providing something of an internet identity freak show in a reverse Multiple Personality Disorder sort of way. All of the people listed below apparently actually exist with the misfortune of sharing the same name as I. For me this is often not a bad thing. Being confused with award-winning chemists, lung doctors, Harvard faculty, or popular record producers can be a lot of fun at parties.

I do, however, humbly apologize to those "other" Eric Jacobsens who may have had to endure the embarassment of someone confusing them with me. "Oh, no! You're not THAT Eric Jacobsen, are you?" The unstoppable giggling and finger pointing must be particularly humiliating. I survive by claiming to be you.

So far, I have found the following interesting Eric Jacobsens around the world (Listed in no particular order. I tried alphabetical order, but somehow the effect was lost. URLs included when possible.):

• Eric Jacobsen - Executive Designer at MGM Studios Theme Park at Disney World.
• Eric Jacobsen - Also an Electrical Engineer working in Phoenix (like me). I see his articles in Design News, Sensors, EDN, and elsewhere all the time. Colleagues leave them on my desk and say, "You been moonlighting at Motorola?" The Sensors article had a cover picture of a Yamaha 3.0l V6 engine used in a Ford Taurus SHO, like the one I drive. Another member of the SHOtimes mailing list saw it and sent me mail about what an interesting article it was, I'd done a good job, etc. I had to explain...
• Eric Jacobsen - A psychology prof. who did a very interesting interview with David Cherniack about cults. This is interesting since I share an interest in cults, and my brother, Jeff, is a fairly well-known cult researcher, particularly concerning Scientology.
• Eric Jacobsen - A lung doctor on the faculty of the University of Chicago who has published some interesting papers.
• Eric T. Jacobsen - Co-founder of the Home Financial Network, now part of Financial Fusion, which deals with commerce over the internet.
• Eric Jacobsen - A student at the College of Wooster, Ohio, who participated in an exchange program and spent his junior year in Germany. This is also interesting since I spent most of my High School years attending Stuttgart American High School in Ludwigsburg, Germany.
• Eric Jacobsen - A former student at Mississippi College who is apparently working there now.
• Eric N. Jacobsen - 1996 Winner of the Thieme-IUPAC Prize in Synthetic Organic Chemistry. These Eric Jacobsens, we're an intelligent bunch. Eric is a full professor of Chemistry at Harvard. Congratulations, Eric!
• Eric Jacobsen - 1997-1998 President of the Electrical Engineering student Honor Society Eta Kappa Nu at the University of Dayton. This is pretty cool, since I was president of Eta Kappa Nu at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology for the 1984-1985 school year. Eric is now a graduate student at the University of Colorado.
• Erik Jacobsen - Producer for hit musician star Chris Isaak.
• Erik Jacobsen - One of many in Denmark. Are we related?
• Erik Jacobsen - A former Computer science graduate student at the University of Wisconsin Madison.
• Eric Jacobson - Transportation and Land Use Analyst for the Department of Land Conservation and Development in Salem, Oregon.
• Eric Jacobson - A realtor in Boulder, Colorado.
• Eric Jacobson - Formerly a MBA student at U Penn, Eric now works for a speech recognition software company in Ann Arbor, Mich.
• Eric Jacobson - Service Manager at Strasbaugh, a manufacturer of wafer polishing machines for the semiconductor industry. Is it just me, or are a lot of us nerds?
• Eric Jacobson - A talented New York photographer.
• Eric Jacobson - An 8-year-old who participated in Bloomsday '96. Congratulations!
• Eric Jacobson - A freshman at ASU, just down the street from me. That makes three of us here in the Valley.
• Eric Jacobson - Associate Director, Academic Computing, Weber State University
• Eric Jacobson - Director of Progressive School of Long Island.
• Eric Jacobson - On the staff of the Minnesota Legislative Auditor.
• Eric Jacobson - An MD at the University of Massachusetts Medical School.
• Eric Jacobsen - Owner of the Ouray Ice Park in Ouray, Colorado.
• Eric Jacobsen - An engineering student at San Diego State University who participated in the 1996 AIAA student design/build/fly competition.
• Eric Jacobsen - A student at Trinity University in San Antonio, TX, working on a masters degree in healthcare administration.
• Eric Jacobsen - Serves on the board of directors of Operation Lifesaver, and organization dedicated to improving safety at roadway rail crossings.
• Eric Jacobsen - Featured in a summer, 1997 Phoenix R&G article for measuring the decline of civilization by the number of Jack-in-the-Box antenna balls stolen from his car. When this article came out I had people calling convinced it was me, since it does sound like something I'd do. Alas, it was merely another one of us on the loose.
• Erik Jacobsen - A casket distributor from St. Charles, Missouri.
• Eric Jacobsen - A principal at Frogtalk Media.
• Eric Jacobsen - A chemical engineer for Orica in Australia.
• Eric Jacobsen - A homebuilder in Washington state.
• Eric Jacobsen - A Pathologist on the staff at a Good Samaritan Hospital in Oregon.
• Eric M Jacobson - A Software Engineer at Hewlett-Packard in Loveland, Colorado.
• Eric Jacobsen - Another HP employee who trades email with Eric M in Loveland.
• Eric L and Eric W Jacobsen - A father and son duo who run an electrical contracting firm in Vancouver, B.C.
• Erik Jacobsen - Teaches computer science at Aarhus Business College, Denmark.
• Eric D Jacobsen - Studied Chemical Engineering at Colorado School of Mines, now lives in Bellevue, Washington and works at Microsoft.
• Erik H Jacobsen - A Network Professional for Allstate Insurance in Northbrook, Illinois.
• Eric Jacobsen - A Hydrologist from Trenton, New Jersey, who wishes he lived closer to the Adirondacks and had more leisure time.
• Eric Jacobsen - NASCAR street stock race driver. Eric now has a website at www.ericjacobsenracing.com.
• Eric Jacobsen - Pastor of The First Presbyterian Church of Missoula, Montana.
• Eric Jacobsen - Wrote a review for Star Wars: Dark Forces Vol. 1, Soldier for the Empire for The Comic Review.
• Eric Jacobsen - An Architect in California.
• Eric Jacobsen - Singer-Songwriter in Tokyo, and Tokyo Correspondent for GoGaGa. He was once confused with Chris Isaak's producer by another music producer in L.A. Eric used to live in Boulder, CO, just like Eric does now. He now has achieved a modest amount of fame in Japan among the 2 to 6 year old set and their moms on a daily kid's show called "Eigo de Asobo" ("let's have fun in English") You can see him at eigodeasobo.com.
• Eric Jacobsen - Covers articles, reports, book reviews, interviews, etc., that are related to the traditional medical cultures of India and Tibet in AyurVijnana.
• Eric G. Jacobsen - A public transportation technician, from Liverpool, NY.
• Erik K. Jacobsen - an electrician working for the City of Los Angeles, CA.
• Eric Jacobsen - A very talented fine artist living in White Salmon, WA.
• Erik Jacobsen - Studying Finance at Michigan State University.
• Erik Jacobsen - A journalist in Oslo, Norway, who does reporting and produces documentaries for the National Broadcasting Corporation (NRK).
• Erik L. Jacobsen - A Peacekeeping soldier from Colorado serving in Bosnia Herzogovina.
• Eric Jacobson - A realtor in Northwest Arkansas.
• Erik A. Jacobsen - A branch manager for Hiflex Denmark who also plays in a band in Esbjerg.
• Eric Jacobson - A software engineer for Calific Systems in Silicon Valley.
• Eric Jacobsen - A 3d Animator in Bellevue, Washington.
• Eric Jacobsen - A Teacher at Conant High School in Illinois.
• Eric Jacobsen - A cross country skiier in New England.
• Eric Jacobson - The guy to contact if you want a radar gun from Anaconda Sports.
• Eric Jacobsen - One of the proprietors of Jacobsen Trailers.
• Eric P. Jacobsen - Completed doctoral studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and is presently writing a dissertation about Monism and ecology.
• Erik G. Jacobsen - A sailor and righand living in Canada.
• Eric Jacobsen - Web page designer / nerd - Maintains an interesting website
• Eric A. Jacobsen - As though my life wasn't confusing enough, Eric and I have the same full name, and he owns the coveted www.ericjacobsen.com website. He's a financial advisor in Seatlle, Washington.
• Erik D. Jacobson - Owns Up2Night, a web design and hosting company in Massachusetts. His grandfather was Eric Jalmar Jacobson, from the Isle of Gotland, Sweeden.
• Eric A. Jacobsen - A factory service and sales rep for the Bee Line Alignment Equipment Company, and very active in the Coast Guard Auxiliary. His son is Erik, and his father is Eric C.
• Eric J. Jacobson - A freelance web site designer from Houtzdale, PA. He maintains a personal website.
• Eric Jacobsen - From Brooklyn, NY, where he is a purchasing manager for a 5 star French hotel in NYC
• Eric Jacobson - A heavy Equipment operator from Michigan. Don't mess with him. ;)
• Eric Jacobson - In insurance sales here in Phoenix. Another local!
• Eric A. Jacobson - Executive Vice-President, Progressive Financial Services, Inc.

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since 1/8/97

This page last updated 12/23/03, although all I changed was this date.

Update, December, 2003. Okay, so I finally got around to adding almost two year's worth of links. Since the internet and search engines like Google are so incredible, I no longer find new entries by doing websearches. There are just too many hits on the common variations of "Eric Jacobsen" to sort through and avoid duplications. New entries are now generally a result of someone sending me an introductory email to say "Hello, found your site, my name, oddly enough, is Eric Jacobsen," or something along those lines. We do seem to be an intelligent bunch who generally can generally recognize a computer and find the "Enter" key, so this seems to be a workable system. Please don't hesitate to contact me if you have a question or would like to be added to the list

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