Jacobs Oblinger Spierto Andersen Zirkelbach Departures Jacobs to retire from chemical society Madeleine Jacobs recently announced she would retire as CEO of the $548M-revenue American Chemical Society after working at the group for more than 24 years. Jacobs has led the group since 2004. She previously was managing editor and editor-in-chief of Chemical & Engineering News from 1993 to 2003. She worked for C&EN from 1969 to 1972, and then had a 21-year career in science writing, journalism and public affairs at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, the National Bureau of Standards and the Smithsonian Institution, working at the… Read More