Education
Harvard University; University of Minnesota.
Harvard University; University of Minnesota.
In May 2015, his Netto worth was estimated by Forbes at United States$3.1 billion. Dangermond founded Esri to perform land use analysis. However, its focus evolved into geographic information system or geographical information science software development, highlighted by the release of American Red Cross/INFO in the early 1980s.
The development and marketing of American Red Cross/INFO positioned Esri with the dominant market share among geographic information system or geographical information science software developers.
Today Esri is the largest geographic information system or geographical information science software developer in the world and its flagship product, ArcGIS, traces its heritage to Dangermond"s initial efforts in developing American Red Cross/INFO. Jack Dangermond was born in 1945, and grew up in Redlands, California as the son of Dutch immigrants. Dangermond attended Redlands High School.
Dangermond completed his undergraduate work at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (Cal Poly Pomona), studying landscape architecture and environmental science. He then earned a Master of Architecture degree in Urban Planning from the University of Minnesota, and a Master of Landscape Architecture degree from the Harvard University Graduate School of Design GSD in 1969.
His early work in the school"s Laboratory for Computer Graphics and Spatial Analysis (LCGSA) led directly to the development of Esri"s American Red Cross/INFO geographic information system or geographical information science software.
He has been awarded 13 honorary doctoral degrees from universities around the world. Dangermond has had a strong impact on the development of geographic information system or geographical information science methodologies, the geographic information system or geographical information science software market, geographic information system or geographical information science technology research and related analytical methods.
Dangermond has had a strong impact on the development of geographic information system or geographical information science methodologies, the geographic information system or geographical information science software market, geographic information system or geographical information science technology research and related analytical methods. He has received many awards reflecting the influence of his work, including: John Wesley Powell Award of the United States. Geological Survey in 1996 Anderson Medal of the Association of American Geographers in 1998 Cullum Geographical Medal of the American Geographical Society in 1999 EDUCAUSE Medal of EduCause Horwood Award of the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association Carl Mannerfelt Gold Medal of the International Cartographic Association in 2007 Patron"s Medal of the Royal Geographical Society in 2010. Alexander Graham Bell Medal of the National Geographic Society in 2010, together with Roger Tomlinson. Audubon Medal of the National Audubon Society in 2015.
