Harry Jacobson
Current Name (if Different)—Harry
Jacobson-Beyer
Spouse/Partner's Name—Sherry Jacobson-Beyer
(nee Beyer)
1405 S. First St.
Louisville, KY
40208
(Day) 502-634-1103; (Evening) 502-634-1103; (Cell) 502-417-4885
harryjb@me.com
1 Child-Keith; 1 Grandchild-Ethan
University of Kentucky (1967-74) BA in English & Political Science, MA in Education; Spalding College (now Spalding University) (1977-79) MS in Library Science.
Navy—1963–1967 Teacher’s corps—1972–1974
I started out as a Kindergarten/First grade teacher at Roosevelt Elementary in Louisville’s west end. After 7 years doing that I attended Spalding College (now Spalding University) and in 1979 I received my MS in Library Science. I was a school librarian until 1989 when I became Coordinator of Children’s Services at the Louisville Free Public library. I resigned that position in 1997, and since that time I have been “Self-unemployed, living off the fruits of my wife’s labors.” It’s the best gig I’ve ever had.
I married Sherry Beyer in 1974 (Seneca, class of 68). Prior to our marriage I legally changed my last name to Jacobson-Beyer so she is now Sherry Beyer Jacobson-Beyer (grin).
In 1980, we adopted our son, Keith, who was 8 years old. He is now living in Fairhope, AL, where he is a financial planner (stock broker) with Wacovia. His wife, Jenny, is a marine biolgist with the Army Corps of engineers. They have one child, Ethan (3). We also have a standard poodle, Rusty. He is the 5th standard poodle we have had over the years.
I’m a long time volunteer for Louisville’s public radio stations and between 1999 and 2007 I edited and wrote for Tune In their newsletter for volunteers. I also write a column (Notes From the Motherboard ®) for the local Macintosh user group.
One of my hobbies is creating web pages. I’ve got my own web page www.harryjb.us and I created the web site for the reunion. I also created a web site for a friend of mine who is a freelance writer and another site for a horse racing consortium http://charliehorseracing.com.
In additon, I am a volunteer for Kentucky Homefront, a not-for profit radio show hosted by singer/songwriter John Gage. I produce the programs for the monthly shows and I maintain their web site www.kentuckyhomefront.org. The show is broadcast Wednesday nights at 8 p.m. on WFPK 91.9 (one of Louisville’s three local public radio stations).
Sherry and I have a tandem recumbent bicycle and, weather permitting, we ride once or twice a week. This year, we drove to New York with our bike and rode in the 5 boro bicycle ride through the streets and boros of New York City. What an incredible experience!
Sherry and I love to travel. In the fall of 2004, to celebrate our 30th wedding anniversary, we took a riverboat cruise on the Douro River in Portugal.
In 2005, I began studying Spanish and since that time Sherry and I have traveled to Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands, Costa Rica where we lived with a local family and attended Spanish School, Peru where we visited and lived with a family and only one person in the family spoke English, and Chile where we lived with a family and attended Spanish school. You can see some photos of some of our adventures on my web page www.harryjb.us.
My
wife and I are truly fortunate in our life together. We have a wonderful, son daughter-in-law, and grandson,
travel extensively, and are having an all around great life.