Jack Dangermond

Jack Dangermond
Dangermond in 2012.
Born	Jack Dangermond 1945 (age 79–80)
Nationality	American
Education	California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (BS) University of Minnesota (MUP) Harvard University (PhD)
Known for	Co-founder and president, Esri
Spouse	Laura Dangermond
Website	esri.com

Jack Dangermond (born 1945) is an American billionaire businessman and environmental scientist, who in 1969 co-founded, with Laura Dangermond, the Environmental Systems Research Institute (Esri), a privately held geographic information systems (GIS) software company. ^[1] As of July 2023, his net worth was estimated at US$9.3 billion. ^[2]

Dangermond, Esri's president, works at its headquarters in Redlands, California. He founded the company to perform land-use analysis; however, its focus evolved into GIS-software development, highlighted by the release of ARC/INFO in the early 1980s. The development and marketing of ARC/INFO positioned Esri with the dominant market share among GIS-software developers. Esri's flagship product, ArcGIS, traces its heritage to Dangermond's initial efforts in developing ARC/INFO.

Career

Dangermond grew up in Redlands, the son of Dutch immigrants. ^[3] His parents owned a plant nursery in the town. ^[4] Dangermond attended Redlands High School.

Dangermond completed his undergraduate degree in landscape architecture at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. ^{[4] [5]} He then earned a Master in Urban Planning from the University of Minnesota, and a Master of Landscape Architecture degree from the Harvard University Graduate School of Design in 1969. ^[4] His early work in the school's Laboratory for Computer Graphics and Spatial Analysis (LCGSA) led directly to the development of Esri's ARC/INFO GIS software. He has been awarded 13 honorary doctoral degrees.

Philanthropy

In December 2017, Jack and Laura Dangermond donated $165 million to establish the Jack and Laura Dangermond Preserve on the Pacific coast—the largest ever gift to The Nature Conservancy. ^{[6] [7]}

Jack and Laura Dangermond have signed The Giving Pledge. ^[8]

In January 2020, Jack and Laura Dangermond donated $3 million to the Museum of Redlands fund. ^[9]

In 2005, Jack helped Duane Marble establish the American Association of Geographers Marble Fund for Geographic Science. ^[10] This fund serves to advance GIScience education by providing awards to undergraduate and graduate student research. ^[10] These awards include the "Marble-Boyle Undergraduate Achievement Award," "William L. Garrison Award for Best Dissertation in Computational Geography," and the "Marble Fund Award for Innovative Master's Research in Quantitative Geography." ^{[11] [12] [13]}

Honors

Anderson Medal of Honor in Applied Geography

Dangermond has received many awards, including:

• Officier in de Orde van Oranje Nassau ^[14]
• Horwood Distinguished Service Award of the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association in 1988 ^[15]
• John Wesley Powell Award of the U.S. Geological Survey in 1996
• Anderson Medal of the Association of American Geographers in 1998 ^[16]
• Cullum Geographical Medal of the American Geographical Society in 1999
• EDUCAUSE Medal of EduCause
• Honorary doctorate from the University of West-Hungary in 2003
• Carl Mannerfelt Gold Medal of the International Cartographic Association in 2007
• Honorary doctorate from the University of Minnesota in 2008 ^[17]
• Patron's Medal of the Royal Geographical Society in 2010. ^[18]
• Alexander Graham Bell Medal of the National Geographic Society in 2010, together with Roger Tomlinson. ^{[19] [20]}
• Fellow of the University Consortium for Geographic Information Science in 2012 ^[21]
• Recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award (Champions of the Earth) in 2013. ^[22]
• Audubon Medal of the National Audubon Society in 2015 ^{[23] [24]}

See also

• Geographic information science  – Scientific discipline
• Michael Frank Goodchild  – British-American geographer
• National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis
• Technical geography  – Study of using and creating tools to manage spatial information
  • Qualitative geography  – Subfield of geographic methods
  • Quantitative geography  – Subfield of geographic methods
• University Consortium for Geographic Information Science

References

1. "Esri Awards GIS Users for Improving Social, Environmental, and Economic Outcomes". www.businesswire.com. July 14, 2021. Retrieved July 22, 2021.
2. "Forbes profile: Jack Dangermond". Forbes. Retrieved July 18, 2023.
3. New York Times: "Corner Office – Conversations about leadership and management" retrieved May 3, 2013
4. Howell, Donna (August 1, 2009). "Jack Dangermond's Digital Mapping Lays It All Out". Investor's Business Daily. Archived from the original on May 10, 2010. Retrieved August 21, 2009.
5. "Alumnus Jack Dangermond to Earn Honorary Doctorate". PolyCentric. Archived from the original on August 26, 2014. Retrieved September 14, 2008.
6. Helft, Miguel, 'In largest-ever gift to Nature Conservancy, tech CEO preserves pristine stretch of California coast", Forbes, December 22, 2017.
7. Hamm, Keith, "$165 million private donation to Nature Conservancy" Archived February 28, 2018, at the Wayback Machine , independent.com, December 22, 2017. Retrieved February 9, 2018.
8. "Jack and Laura Dangermond (pledge statement)", The Giving Pledge, n.d.
9. News, DINA COLUNGA Reporter Redlands Community (January 24, 2020). "Dangermonds add $3 million to Museum of Redlands fund". Redlands News. Retrieved January 29, 2021.{{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
10. Sherwood, Nora. "Dr. Duane Marble Explains William L. Garrison Award". Directions Magazine. Retrieved October 23, 2023.
11. "Marble-Boyle Undergraduate Achievement Award". American Association of Geographers. Retrieved October 23, 2023.
12. "Marble Fund Award for Innovative Master's Research in Quantitative Geography". American Association of Geographers. Retrieved October 23, 2023.
13. "William L. Garrison Award for Best Dissertation in Computational Geography". American Association of Geographers. Retrieved October 23, 2023.
14. "Esri-ceo ontvangt koninklijke onderscheiding". Computable. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
15. "Horwood Distinguished Service Award". Archived from the original on September 19, 2020. Retrieved November 21, 2016.
16. "Previous Anderson Medal of Honor Recipients". American Association of Geographers Applied Geography Specialty Group!. Retrieved March 31, 2023.
17. "University Awards & Honors: Honorary Degree". Archived from the original on September 7, 2015.
18. "2010 Medals and Awards". Royal Geographical Society. Archived from the original on September 27, 2011. Retrieved June 27, 2011.
19. Jack Dangermond and Roger Tomlinson receive National Geographic’s Bell Medal Archived November 1, 2010, at the Wayback Machine , GIS Lounge, July 12, 2010.
20. David Braun (July 13, 2010). "Nat Geo awards Alexander Graham Bell Medals to GIS pioneers". National Geographic Society. Archived from the original on December 24, 2011. Retrieved June 22, 2011.
21. "Fellows". www.ucgis.org.
22. Programme, UN Environment. "Search Results". Champions of the Earth.
23. "You Can't Kill Jack Dangermond's Company. Try, And It Will Only Get Stronger". Forbes . Forbes. Retrieved May 3, 2015.
24. 2015 Audubon Medal Awardees: Jack and Laura Dangermond . Retrieved April 10, 2024– via www.youtube.com.

External links

• Jack Dangermond, Esri President – Biographical information on Esri's Web site