DEAN L. JACOBSON - Corporate Board Profile

SRH Total Return Fund, Inc.

Filing Date	Source Excerpt
2009-03-13	Dr. Dean L. Jacobson Director of BTF since Founder and President (since 1989), Forensic 4 2004 and BIF since Engineering, Inc. (engineering Age: 70 2006. Current Nominee investigations); Professor Emeritus (since for BTF and BIF for a 1997), Arizona State University; Director term to expire at the (since 2003), First Opportunity Fund, Inc.; Director (since 2007), The Denali Fund Inc. ... The Audit Committee of each Fund is composed entirely of the applicable Fund's independent Directors, consisting of Messrs. Barr, Jacobson, and Looney for both BTF and BIF. ... The Nominating Committee of each Fund has a nominating committee (the "Nominating Committee") consisting of Messrs. Looney, Jacobson and Barr... ... Name of Person and Position with the Aggregate Compensation Aggregate Compensation Total Compensation from Funds from BTF from BIF the Funds and Fund Complex ---------------------------------------- ------------------------- ------------------------- ---------------------------- ... Dr. Dean Jacobson, Director for BTF $26,500 $23,000 $101,000 and BIF (4 funds)
2011-04-05	Dr. Dean Jacobson, Director. Dr. Jacobson joined the Board in 2006 and sits on the boards of each of the three Affiliated Funds; BTF since 2004, DNY since 2007, and FOFI since 2003. Since 1985, Dr. Jacobson has been president and CEO of Forensic Engineering, Inc., a consulting engineering firm providing scientific and technical expertise in a number of areas where discovery related to property damage and/or personal injury is necessary (e.g., accident reconstruction, failure and design analysis of products, animation and simulation of fires, explosions and mechanical system functions). He sits on the boards of directors of Southwest Mobile Storage Inc. (1995 to Present) and Arizona State University Sun Angel Foundation (past chairman) (1995 to Present). Dr. Jacobson previously sat on the board of directors of Arizona State University Foundation (1999 to 2009). He is a Professor Emeritus at Arizona State University (“ASU”) and held a number of faculty and advisory positions at ASU between 1971 and 1997, including director of the Science and Engineering of Materials Ph.D. program and tenured professor of Engineering, and he has also served as a professor and/or research assistant at the University of California at Los Angeles (“UCLA”) (1964 to 1969) and the University of Notre Dame (“Notre Dame”) (1957 to 1963). Dr. Jacobson is a renowned expert in business engineering processes and has published over 130 scholarly and peer-reviewed research articles in numerous academic, research and business journals and publications. He holds two patents and a number of professional and business designations. He holds a B.S. and an M.S. from Notre Dame, and a Ph.D. from UCLA. Based upon the foregoing, the Board selected Dr. Jacobson to serve as a Director of the Fund because of his academic qualifications, his critical thinking, analytical skills, executive and business experience and because of his substantial closed-end investment company experience, during which he has dealt skillfully with a broad range of complex issues with respect to the Fund and Affiliated Funds.
2015-10-06	Dr. Dean L. Jacobson, Director. Dr. Jacobson joined the Fund’s Board in 2006. ... The Audit Committee is composed entirely of the Fund’s Independent Directors, consisting of Dr. Jacobson and Messrs. Barr and Norgaard. ... The Nominating Committee is composed of the Independent Directors, consisting of Dr. Jacobson and Messrs. Barr and Norgaard. ... The Audit Committee also serves as the Qualified Legal Compliance Committee ("QLCC") for the Fund ... The following table sets forth certain information regarding the compensation of the Directors. ... Dr. Dean Jacobson, Director, $25,500.
2018-10-09	Dr. Dean L. Jacobson Age: 79 Class I Director Term expires 2019; Director since 2006. The Audit Committee is composed entirely of the Fund’s Independent Directors, consisting of Dr. Jacobson and Messrs. Barr and Norgaard. The Nominating Committee is composed of the Independent Directors, consisting of Dr. Jacobson and Messrs. Barr and Norgaard. Aggregate Compensation from Fund Paid to Directors Dr. Dean L. Jacobson, Director $74,000
2020-10-09	Dr. Dean L. Jacobson Birth Year: 1939 Class I Director Term expires 2022; Director since 2006. The Audit Committee is composed entirely of the Fund’s Independent Directors, consisting of Dr. Jacobson and Messrs. Barr and Norgaard. The Nominating Committee is composed of the Independent Directors, consisting of Dr. Jacobson and Messrs. Barr and Norgaard. The Audit Committee also serves as the Qualified Legal Compliance Committee. Dr. Dean L. Jacobson received $73,000 aggregate compensation from the Fund.
2021-10-08	Dr. Dean L. Jacobson joined the Fund’s Board in 2006. Dr. Jacobson also served on the boards of BTF, DNY and FOFI until these funds ceased operations as investment companies after the Reorganization. Since 1985, Dr. Jacobson has been president and CEO of Forensic Engineering, Inc., a consulting engineering firm providing scientific and technical expertise in a number of areas where discovery related to property damage and/or personal injury is necessary (e.g., accident reconstruction, failure and design analysis of products, animation and simulation of fires, explosions and mechanical system functions). He serves as secretary for and sits on the board of directors of Southwest Mobile Storage Inc. (1995 to Present) as well as that of Arizona State University Sun Angel Foundation (past chairman) (1995 to Present). Dr. Jacobson previously sat on the board of directors of Arizona State University Foundation (1999 to 2009). He is a Professor Emeritus at Arizona State University (ASU) and held a number of faculty and advisory positions at ASU between 1971 and 1997, including director of the Science and Engineering of Materials Ph.D. program and tenured professor of Engineering, and he has also served as a professor and/or research assistant at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) (1964 to 1969) and the University of Notre Dame (1957 to 1963). Dr. Jacobson is a renowned expert in business engineering processes and has published over 130 scholarly and peer-reviewed research articles in numerous academic, research and business journals and publications. He holds three patents and a number of professional and business designations. He holds a B.S. and an M.S. from Notre Dame, and a Ph.D. from UCLA. The Audit Committee is composed entirely of the Fund’s Independent Directors, consisting of Dr. Jacobson and Messrs. Barr and Norgaard. The Board has determined that Mr. Norgaard qualifies as an “audit committee financial expert,” as defined under SEC Regulation S-K, Item 407(d). The Audit Committee is in compliance with applicable rules of the listing requirements for closed-end fund audit committees including the requirement that all members of the audit committee be “financially literate” and that at least one member of the audit committee have “accounting or related financial management expertise,” as determined by the Board. The Audit Committee is required to conduct its operations in accordance with applicable requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, and the Fund’s independent publicly registered accounting firm is required to comply with the rules and regulations promulgated under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board. The members of the Audit Committee are subject to the fiduciary duty to exercise reasonable care in carrying out their duties. Members of the Audit Committee are independent, as that term is defined by the NYSE Listing Standards. The Audit Committee met four times during the fiscal year ended November 30, 2020. The following table sets forth certain information regarding the compensation of the Directors. No persons (other than the Independent Directors, as set forth below) currently receive compensation from the Fund for acting as a Director or officer; however, Director and officers of the Fund may also be officers or employees of AAI (or an affiliate of AAI) or RMA and may receive compensation from such entities for acting in such capacities. Directors and executive officers of the Fund do not receive pension or retirement benefits from the Fund. In addition to the amounts stated below, Independent Directors receive reimbursement for travel and other out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with attending Board and Board committee meetings. Each Director of the Fund who is not a director, officer or employee of the Adviser, Sub-Adviser or an affiliate of the Adviser or Sub-Adviser, receives a fee of $10,000 per quarter plus $5,000 for each in-person meeting, $3,000 for each audit committee meeting, $1,000 for each nominating committee meeting and $1,000 for each telephonic meeting of the Board. The chairman of the Audit Committee receives an additional $3,000 per meeting and the Lead Independent Director receives an additional $3,125 for each regular quarterly meeting. The Board held seven (7) meetings, six (6) of which were held virtually by video conference during the fiscal year ended November 30, 2020. For purposes of determining Director remuneration, each virtual meeting held by video conference was treated as an in-person meeting. Each Director currently serving in such capacity for the entire fiscal year attended at least 75% of the meetings of the Directors of the Fund and any committee of which he is a member. The aggregate remuneration paid to the Directors of the Fund for acting as such during the fiscal year ended November 30, 2020 amounted to $246,500.