Jack Dangermond - Early Life

Early Life

Jack Dangermond grew up in Redlands, California, as the son of immigrants. His parents owned a plant nursery in Redlands. 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 ARC/INFO GIS software. He has been awarded 13 honorary doctoral degrees from universities around the world.

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