Thornwell Jacobs

Linked to Thornwell Jacobs

Share Feedback

In 1933 Thornwell Jacobs launched his "University of the Air," a pioneer effort at distance learning that broadcast college credit courses over radio station WJTL.

Courtesy of Oglethorpe University Archives

Thornwell Jacobs

Updated Recently

A More Perfect Union

The New Georgia Encyclopedia is supported by funding from A More Perfect Union, a special initiative of the National Endowment for the Humanities.