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 |