Jack Dangermond
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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
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
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References
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- ↑ Helft, Miguel, 'In largest-ever gift to Nature Conservancy, tech CEO preserves pristine stretch of California coast", Forbes, December 22, 2017.
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- ↑ "Jack and Laura Dangermond (pledge statement)", The Giving Pledge, n.d.
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External links
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- Jack Dangermond, Esri President – Biographical information on Esri's Web site
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- 1945 births
- Living people
- American people of Dutch descent
- American billionaires
- American geographers
- Businesspeople in software
- California State Polytechnic University, Pomona alumni
- American environmental scientists
- Humphrey School of Public Affairs alumni
- Harvard Graduate School of Design alumni
- Recipients of the Cullum Geographical Medal
- National Geographic Society medals recipients
- American technology company founders
- 21st-century American philanthropists
- Recipients of the Royal Geographical Society Patron's Medal
- Geographic data and information professionals