Daniel Yergin, IHS Vice Chairman and Pulitzer Prize-winning Author, to Receive Honorary Doctorate from Dartmouth College
Doctorate of letters to be presented by Tuck School of Business
during 2016 commencement ceremonies slated for June 12
Daniel Yergin, vice chairman of IHS Inc. (NYSE: IHS), the leading global
source of critical information and insight, has been named the recipient
of an honorary doctorate from Dartmouth College Tuck School of Business.
Dr. Yergin will deliver the keynote address during the school’s
graduation ceremony, Saturday, June 11 at the Dartmouth campus in
Hanover, New Hampshire. He will formally receive the honorary degree
during 2016 commencement ceremonies the following day.
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In announcing the honor, the college noted Dr. Yergin’s leadership role
at “leading economic and energy research firm” IHS and his status
as “one of the planet’s foremost thinkers about energy and its
implications,” as described by Fortune magazine.
He is the author of several books, including his definitive work on oil
and geopolitics, The Prize: the Epic Quest for Oil, Money and Power,
for which he won a Pulitzer Prize. His most recent bestseller is The
Quest: Energy, Security and the Remaking of the Modern World.
The New York Times described Yergin as “America’s most
influential energy pundit.” And Time Magazine said, “If there is
one man whose opinion matters more than any other on global energy
markets, it’s Daniel Yergin.”
As vice chairman of IHS, he oversees energy research across conventional
and renewable sources and has responsibility for the overall agenda for
energy and its interaction with geopolitics and economics. A director of
the Council of Foreign Relations and a trustee of the Brookings
Institution, Yergin serves on the advisory boards of the MIT Energy
Initiative, the Columbia University Center of Global Energy Policy and
Singapore’s International Energy Advisory Board. In 2014, he was the
recipient of the first James Schlesinger Medal for Energy Security from
the U.S. Department of Energy. That same year, the Prime Minister of
India presented him with a Lifetime Achievement Award.
About IHS (www.ihs.com)
IHS (NYSE: IHS) is the leading source of insight, analytics and
expertise in critical areas that shape today’s business landscape.
Businesses and governments in more than 140 countries around the globe
rely on the comprehensive content, expert independent analysis and
flexible delivery methods of IHS to make high-impact decisions and
develop strategies with speed and confidence. IHS has been in business
since 1959 and became a publicly traded company on the New York Stock
Exchange in 2005. Headquartered in Englewood, Colorado, USA, IHS is
committed to sustainable, profitable growth and employs nearly 9,000
people in 33 countries around the world.
IHS is a registered trademark of IHS Inc. All other company and
product names may be trademarks of their respective owners. © 2016 IHS
Inc. All rights reserved.
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