Dr. Maurice Jacobs, active in Jewish education in Philadelphia, has been awarded the Gold Medal of the National Interfraternity Conference. Dr. Jacobs, a past chairman of the NIC, is the first Jew to ever receive the Gold Medal.
The inscription on the medal reads: “Honor Service Fraternity presented by the National Interfraternity Conference to Maurice Jacobs for distinguished service to youth through the American College Fraternity.”
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