Jakway was born Jacqueline Halle Sinks in 1928 in
Puerto Rico, later moving to
Missouri. Jakway attended
Joplin High School in 1946, followed by attending
Park College in
Parkville, earning a BA in biology in 1950, and then in 1958 pursued a PhD in anatomy from the
University of Kansas. Jakway worked her postdoc at the
University of Nebraska becoming an assistant professor of anatomy at the
University of Southern California in 1961. Jakway then moved to
New York and taught gross anatomy and neuroanatomy as an associate professor of anatomy and cell biology at the
State University of New York Downstate Medical College from 1967 to 2008. She has been noted by a former student for her impact on Occupational Therapy students in need of high-quality Anatomy courses at Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York, as well as for her role in designing the curriculum in collaboration with Occupational Therapy faculty members. ==Publications==