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Daniel Yergin, IHS Vice Chairman and Pulitzer Prize-winning Author, to Receive Honorary Doctorate from Dartmouth College

April 15, 2016 10:09 AM EDT

Doctorate of letters to be presented by Tuck School of Business during 2016 commencement ceremonies slated for June 12

ENGLEWOOD, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- 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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IHS Vice Chairman, Daniel Yergin (Photo: Business Wire)

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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