Aaron Jacobson earned a purple heart for his service as an Army combat medic in World War II before pursuing a career in journalism, covering legal news—including the early parts of the Sam Sheppard trial—for The Cleveland News. As a result, he developed an interest in law, joining Abe H. Dudnik’s (1927) law firm soon after graduating from night school at Cleveland-Marshall. A leader in malpractice law, Jacobson cofounded one of the nation’s largest malpractice insurance carriers in 1975, first called Physicians Insuring Exchange, then PIE Mutual Insurance Co. In 1984 he founded the law firm of Jacobson, Maynard, Tuschman & Kalur, a firm that mainly defended PIE clients. Jacobson served as a CSU College of Law Alumni Association president and was named its outstanding alumnus in 1992.