Temple City : Jacobs Is Citizen of Year
The founder of a volunteer program at the Temple City Sheriff’s Station has been named the city’s 1989 citizen of the year by the Chamber of Commerce.
Matthew (Matt) Jacobs, 72, was a 28-year employee of the county Facilities Management Department and a 12-year reserve officer with the Sheriff’s Department.
Jacobs, who has degrees from UCLA and USC, has been active as a member of Camellia Masonic Lodge 612 in Temple City and with the Boy Scouts of America as an assistant scoutmaster.
Seven years ago, he recruited and organized about 50 volunteers to help with routine paper work at the Temple City Sheriff’s Station.
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