Jack Dangermond

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Jack Dangermond
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Dangermond in 2012
Born
Paul Jacob Dangermond

(1945-07-23) July 23, 1945 (age 80)
Loma Linda, California, U.S.
Education California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (BS)
University of Minnesota (MUP)
Harvard University (MLA)
Known forCo-founder and president, Esri
Spouse
Laura C. Herman
​
(m. 1966)​
[1] [2]
Website esri.com

Paul Jacob Dangermond (born July 23, 1945) bkaJack Dangermond [3] [4] [5] [6] is an American billionaire businessman and environmental scientist. He is the co-founder and president of the Environmental Systems Research Institute (Esri), a privately held geographic information systems (GIS) software company that he started with his wife Laura in 1969. [7] As of July 2023, his net worth was estimated at US$9.3 billion. [8]

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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.

Dangermond is inventor of GIS Day: an annual, worldwide event since 1999 to celebrate accomplishments and to promote the use of GIS and its technology. [9]

Early life and education

Dangermond was born and raised in Redlands to Dutch immigrants: Peter Dangermond Sr. and Alice Meines. [10] [11] [12] His parents owned a plant nursery in the town. [13] Dangermond attended Redlands High School, and graduated in 1963. [14]

Dangermond completed his undergraduate degree in landscape architecture at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. [13] [15] 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. [13] [5] 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.[ citation needed ]

Career

In May 1970, Dangermond collaborated with Kingsbury Elementary School, located in Redlands, on a landscape design involving planting a total of 300 trees for its school grounds. [16] [17]

In 2000, Dangermond was selected to be a fellow for University of California, Riverside's A. Gary Anderson Graduate School of Management. [18]

Philanthropy

In 2005, Dangermond helped Duane Marble establish the American Association of Geographers Marble Fund for Geographic Science. [19] This fund serves to advance GIScience education by providing awards to undergraduate and graduate student research. [19] 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." [20] [21] [22]

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. [23] [24]

Jack and Laura Dangermond have signed The Giving Pledge. [25]

In January 2020, Jack and Laura Dangermond donated $3 million to the Museum of Redlands fund. [26]

Honors

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Anderson Medal of Honor in Applied Geography

Dangermond has received many awards, including:

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Laura Herman is bride of Jack Dangermond". Redlands Daily Facts . Redlands, California, U.S. July 29, 1966. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ↑ "Marriage Licenses Issued". Redlands Daily Facts . Redlands, California, U.S. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "Born". San Bernardino County Sun . San Bernardino, California, U.S. July 25, 1945. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com. Dangermond – In Loma Linda, California, July 20, 1945, at Loma Linda hospital, to the wife of Peter Dangermond... a son.
  4. ↑ "Paul Jacob Dangermond, Born 07/23/1945 in California". californiabirthindex.org. Retrieved October 9, 2025.
  5. 1 2 "Local men get degrees from Harvard". Redlands Daily Facts . Redlands, California, U.S. June 18, 1969. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Whoo Whoo Who Has a birthday". Redlands Daily Facts . Redlands, California, U.S. July 22, 1970 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "Esri Awards GIS Users for Improving Social, Environmental, and Economic Outcomes". www.businesswire.com. July 14, 2021. Retrieved July 22, 2021.
  8. ↑ "Forbes profile: Jack Dangermond". Forbes. Retrieved July 18, 2023.
  9. ↑ Lochrie, Christy (November 5, 2006). "Seize the Day Therefore, be it resolved that the calendar brims with 'special' dates". Record Searchlight . Redding, California, U.S. pp. E1 –E2– via Newspapers.com. Take GIS Day, for example, The November 15 day was conceived by Jack Dangermond, president of Redlands-based ESRI, a geography information systems (GIS) software company, according to Maria Jordan, an ESRI spokeswoman who also heads up GIS Day.
  10. ↑ New York Times: "Corner Office – Conversations about leadership and management" retrieved May 3, 2013
  11. ↑ "Peter Dangermond Sr., founder of nursery, dies at age 79". Redlands Daily Facts . Redlands, California, U.S. December 12, 1981. p. A3 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ↑ Reynolds, H. Y. (November 15, 1977). "Menton-Crafton News". Redlands Daily Facts . Redlands, California, U.S. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. 1 2 3 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.
  14. ↑ "Class of 1963, Redlands High". Redlands Daily Facts . Redlands, California, U.S. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. ↑ "Alumnus Jack Dangermond to Earn Honorary Doctorate". PolyCentric. Archived from the original on August 26, 2014. Retrieved September 14, 2008.
  16. ↑ "'Daffodils' is subject of talk to Society". Redlands Daily Facts . Redlands, California, U.S. April 20, 1970. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com. The [Redlands Horticultural and Improvement Society] voted to send a letter of appreciation to Jack Dangermond for his donation of a landscape design for Kingsbury school grounds.
  17. ↑ "Kingsbury 300 trees". Redlands Daily Facts . Redlands, California, U.S. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  18. ↑ "Sparkman honored as grad school fellow". The Californian . Riverside, California, U.S. November 3, 2000. p. D1 – via Newspapers.com.
  19. 1 2 Sherwood, Nora. "Dr. Duane Marble Explains William L. Garrison Award". Directions Magazine. Retrieved October 23, 2023.
  20. ↑ "Marble-Boyle Undergraduate Achievement Award". American Association of Geographers. Retrieved October 23, 2023.
  21. ↑ "Marble Fund Award for Innovative Master's Research in Quantitative Geography". American Association of Geographers. Retrieved October 23, 2023.
  22. ↑ "William L. Garrison Award for Best Dissertation in Computational Geography". American Association of Geographers. Retrieved October 23, 2023.
  23. ↑ Helft, Miguel, 'In largest-ever gift to Nature Conservancy, tech CEO preserves pristine stretch of California coast", Forbes, December 22, 2017.
  24. ↑ 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.
  25. ↑ "Jack and Laura Dangermond (pledge statement)" Archived October 9, 2017, at the Wayback Machine , The Giving Pledge, n.d.
  26. ↑ Colunga, Dina (January 24, 2020). "Dangermonds add $3 million to Museum of Redlands fund". Redlands News. Retrieved January 29, 2021.
  27. ↑ "Esri-ceo ontvangt koninklijke onderscheiding". Computable. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
  28. ↑ "Horwood Distinguished Service Award". Archived from the original on September 19, 2020. Retrieved November 21, 2016.
  29. ↑ "Previous Anderson Medal of Honor Recipients". American Association of Geographers Applied Geography Specialty Group!. Retrieved March 31, 2023.
  30. ↑ "University Awards & Honors: Honorary Degree". Archived from the original on September 7, 2015.
  31. ↑ "2010 Medals and Awards". Royal Geographical Society. Archived from the original on September 27, 2011. Retrieved June 27, 2011.
  32. ↑ Jack Dangermond and Roger Tomlinson receive National Geographic’s Bell Medal Archived November 1, 2010, at the Wayback Machine , GIS Lounge, July 12, 2010.
  33. ↑ 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.
  34. ↑ "Fellows". www.ucgis.org. Archived from the original on April 19, 2023. Retrieved October 27, 2021.
  35. ↑ Programme, UN Environment. "Search Results". Champions of the Earth.
  36. ↑ "You Can't Kill Jack Dangermond's Company. Try, And It Will Only Get Stronger". Forbes . Forbes. Retrieved May 3, 2015.
  37. ↑ 2015 Audubon Medal Awardees: Jack and Laura Dangermond . Retrieved April 10, 2024– via www.youtube.com.
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