United States, Georgia, DeKalb County, 33.77153, -84.22641United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.387981931In 1933 Thornwell Jacobs launched his "University of the Air," a pioneer effort at distance learning that broadcast college credit courses over radio station WJTL.Photograph of Oglethorpe University president Thornwell Jacobs seated at a desk during a radio broadcast. An open book sits before him on the table, and a large square microphone emblazoned with the letters WJTL sits on the edge of the desk.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. Ordained as a Presbyterian minister, Jacobs is best known as the refounder and president of Oglethorpe University in Atlanta, Georgia.image/jpeghttp://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/education/thornwell-jacobs-1877-1956Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopediahttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/UND/1.0/http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/education/thornwell-jacobs-1877-1956Forms part of: New Georgia EncyclopediaClergy--Georgia--AtlantaPresbyterians--Georgia--AtlantaCollege presidents--Georgia--AtlantaRadio--Georgia--AtlantaRadio--Equipment and suppliesDesks--Georgia--AtlantaMen--Georgia--AtlantaMicrophoneRadio broadcasters--Georgia--AtlantaBooks--Georgia--AtlantaEducators--Georgia--AtlantaOglethorpe University (Atlanta, Ga.)Oglethorpe University (Atlanta, Ga.)--PresidentsJacobs, Thornwell, 1877-1956Thornwell JacobsStillImage