Jack Dangermond

Founder and President, ESRI

Jack Dangermond

Founder and President, ESRI

Biography

Jack Dangermound, Founder and President, ESRI

Environmental Systems Research Institute (Esri)
380 New York Street Redlands, California 92373-8100
A landscape architect by training, Jack Dangermond founded Environmental Systems Research Institute (Esri) in 1969 with a vision that computer mapping and analysis could help us design a better future. Under Dangermond’s leadership, that vision has continued to guide Esri in creating cutting-edge GIS and GeoDesign technologies used in every industry to make a difference worldwide.

Dangermond fostered the growth of Esri from a small research group to an organization recognized as the world leader in GIS software development. Esri employs 2,700 people in the U.S.; many who shared his passion for GIS in the early days are still with the company and remain dedicated to helping our users be successful.

Education
M.S., Landscape Architecture, Graduate School of Design, Harvard University, 1969
M.S., Urban Planning, Institute of Technology, University of Minnesota, 1968
B.S., Landscape Architecture, California Polytechnic College–Pomona, 1967Honorary Doctorates
University of Greenwich, London, 2013
University of Massachusetts, Boston, Massachusetts, 2013
Clark University, Worcester Massachusetts, 2011
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 2008
Loma Linda University, California, 2006
University of Arizona, Tucson, 2006
Technical University for Civil Engineering of Bucharest – Romania, 2005
California Polytechnic University – Pomona, 2005
State University of New York – Buffalo, 2005
University of West Hungary, 2003
City University of London, 2002
University of Redlands, 1999
Ferris State University, 1993
Selected Awards
Audubon Medal, The National Audubon Society, 2015
Ocean Conservation Award, Aquarium of the Pacific, 2014
Champions of the Earth Award, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), 2013
Alexander Graham Bell Medal, National Geographic Society, 2010
Patron’s Medal, Royal Geographical Society, 2010
Public-Private Partnership Award, National Governors Association, 2009
Carl Mannerfelt Medal, International Cartographic Association, 2008
Outstanding Service Award, American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing,
2007
Inductee, GIS Hall of Fame, Urban and Regional Information Systems Association, 2005
Outstanding Service Award, American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
(ASPRS), 2007
Henry Shaw Medal, Missouri Botanical Garden, 2006
08/2010
Fellow of ITC, The Netherlands, 2004
Distinguished Public Service Award for outstanding contributions to national and
international affairs, U.S. Department of State, The Secretary’s Open Forum, 2002
LaGasse Medal for Excellence in the Management of Public Lands and Natural Resources in
the Public Interest, American Society of Landscape Architects, 2000
Brock Gold Medal for Outstanding Achievements in the Evolution of Spatial Information
Sciences, International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 2000
Cullum Geographical Medal of Distinction for the advancement of geographical science,
American Geographical Society, 1999
EDUCAUSE Medal for developing outstanding, technology-based teaching and learning
programs in geography, EDUCAUSE in partnership with the Association of
American Geographers, 1999
James R. Anderson Medal of Honor in Applied Geography, Association of American
Geographers, 1998
Ed Forrest Award for Excellence in Design/Construction Design Automation, A/E/C Systems
International, 1997
John Wesley Powell Award, U.S. Geological Survey, 1996
Professional Organizations
Commerce Data Advisory Committee
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) Urban Dynamics Institute (UDI) Advisory Board
Census Advisory Science Committee
The Jane Goodall Institute (JGI), Board Member
National Geospatial Advisory Committee, NGAC
National Geographic Education Foundation, NGS
Earth System Science and Applications Advisory Committee, NASA
Science and Technology Advisory Committee, NASA
National Steering Committee, Task Force on National Digital Cartographic Standards
Role, International Eurasian Academy of Sciences
Executive Board, National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis (NCGIA)
National Advisory Council for Environmental Policy and Technology (NACEPT)
Information Impacts Committee, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Board of NCGIA—University of California at Santa Barbara
National Science Foundation: SBE Advisory Committee and AC-ERE Advisory Council
Committee on Social Science Association (COSSA)
Committee on Geography, National Academy of Science
President’s Engineering Advisory Council, University of California at Berkeley
Editorial Advisory Board, GEO World
Editorial Advisory Board, Geospatial Solution