Jack Dangermond, the founder and president of Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) and a 1967 Cal Poly Pomona alumnus, has been selected by the California State University Board of Trustees to receive the degree of Doctor of Humane Letters (L.H.D.). Dangermond was nominated for the award by Cal Poly Pomona's Honorary Doctorate Committee, made up of five senior faculty members from five different colleges.