NSPS Ballot Nominations, 2012

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NSPS is the premier national organization for surveyors

NSPS provides the platform by which members can share their thoughts and opinions about our common interests through business meetings / committees, regional groups, and student chapters. It also provides a forum for input from other groups such as the National Association of County Surveyors, National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying, and the State Surveying Society Executives Forum. Membership is open to all persons working, teaching or interested in the professions of surveying, mapping and other related geospatial professions..

of State Lands, Bureau of Survey and Mapping as the Mean High Water (MHW) and Land Boundary Information System (LABINS) Program Manager. Professional Associations: Life Member of the Florida Surveying and Mapping Society (FSMS), Alabama Society of Professional Land Surveyors, American Association for Geodetic Surveying, American Soci-ety of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, and a Fellow Member of the National Society of Pro-fessional Surveyors (NSPS). He has served as Vice President, President-Elect, President and Immedi-ate Past President of FSMS and is currently serving as FSMS District One Director. As NSPS Governor for FSMS, he served as Secretary and Chairman of the NSPS Board of Governors and the NSPS Area 4 Director. He has served on the Department of Natural Resources Public Land Survey Advi-sory Board, Edison Community College Techni-cal Advisory Committee and the Troy University Geomatics Advisory Board. Awards: FSMS Sur-veyor of the Year, 1988 & 1990; FSMS Civic Con-tribution Award, 1987; FSMS Chapter President of the Year Award, 2008; FSMS Life Member Award, 2000; FSMS President’s Award, 1988, 2001 & 2003. Publications and Seminars: Mean High Water Observations and Computations; Florida’s Off-shore Boundary; Minimum Technical Standards; Boundaries; Survey Requirements for Sovereignty Submerged Land Leases; Land Boundary Informa-tion Systems (LABINS); Condominiums; Florida Plat Law; Mean High Water—A Field Experience; Chapter 177, Part III, Florida Statutes and Chapter 177, Part II, Florida Statutes.

Licensure: Professional Land Surveyor registered in Alabama, Florida, Mississippi and North Caro-lina. Education: Graduated Naples High School in 1966, some college level courses at Edison Com-munity College, Tallahassee Community College and Georgia Middle College as well as numerous state and national surveying workshops. Expe-rience: Began his surveying career in 1966 and received licensure as a Professional Land Surveyor in Florida in 1978. He has served as a county sur-veyor and owned and operated his own firm for 11 years. He is currently employed by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Division

for nsps president-elect lamar evers, pls


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Born: Gallopolis, Ohio, October 10, 1951. Educa-tion: 1969 High School, Bellaire, TX. Experience: Employed in the surveying profession since 1972; Registered Professional Land Surveyor in Texas in 1984; Owner/President of Interstate Surveying Inc., Austin, TX, 1989-2006; Stanley Consultants Inc., Technical Chief of Survey, 2006-2011; currently Senior Staff with Surveying & Mapping Inc. (SAM Inc.), Austin, TX. Professional Associations: Texas Society of Professional Surveyors (TSPS); National Society of Professional Surveyors (NSPS). Profes-sional Activities: TSPS President, 2000; TSPS Gov-ernmental Affairs Chair, 2001-2011; NSPS Texas Governor, 2001 - Present; NSPS Liaison to NCEES, 2001-2006; NSPS Representative to ACSM Joint Governmental Affairs Committee; Chair, NSPS Board of Governors, 2008-2011. Awards: TSPS Sur-veyor of the Year, 2001; TSPS Presidential Citation, 2001 and 2008; NSPS Presidential Citation, 2005; NSPS Key Governor Award, 2006. Publications: Articles for TSPS Magazine.

for nsps vice president patrick a. smith, rpls


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Instructor, University of Delaware; 2008, Survey Instructor, Delaware Technical College. Profes-sional Associations: Professional Land Surveyors of South Jersey, New Jersey Society of Professional Land Surveyors, National Society of Professional Surveyors. Professional Activities: NJSPLS Chapter President, NJSPLS Area Director, New Jersey NSPS Governor, NJ Coordinator NSPS Survey USA 2010, ACSM Certified Survey Technician Seminar Pre-senter, Continuing Education Instructor, various topics. Awards: 1988 NJSPLS Outstanding Techni-cian of the Year, 2009 NJSPLS Surveyor of the Year, 2009 Fall Meeting NSPS Key Governor. Publications: Numerous Articles in the ACSM Bulletin and the NJSPLS magazine, “The Coordinate.” Hobbies: Frank is an accomplished runner having finished twenty five races of marathon length or greater. He is a well known field naturalist working as a volunteer trip leader for the New Jersey Audubon Society. He is a member of the Delaware Valley Paleontological Society and participates in fossil excavations in the eastern U.S. He has been active in his community as a scout leader and church elder. In his spare time he works to help eradicate unexploded ordinance left over after warfare throughout the world.

Born: Passaic, NJ; September 18, 1959. Education: Wayne Hills H S, Wayne, NJ; Richard Stockton College, B.S. Geology. Experience: Registered Land Surveyor in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware and North Carolina. 1984 - 2003, Private practice in land surveying; 2003 - Present, Leica Geosystems, Inc. Technical Sales Representative; 2003 - Pres-ent, Consulting Land Surveyor; 2007, Survey Lab

for nsps area 2 director frank lenik, pls

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Mission: I would love the opportunity to continue as an officer with NSPS. My only regret of relocating back to my home state of New York was to give up my Governor position in Missouri which I held with honor, professionalism and dignity, especially as a Native New Yorker representing all Missouri surveyors. Having worked on the national level, I understand the importance and significance of national representation. I am looking forward to rekindling old and starting new acquaintances in the state soci-eties in the Northeast. As a new member of the Allegheny Plateau chapter of NYSAPLS I have already met friends for life. As NSPS Governor, I have met friends for life and look forward to working with my Governor brethren and the Board representing New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey and my second home as a kid Ontario, Canada as Area 2 Director.

for nsps area 2 director william (bill) s. kankolenski, pls


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Born: Niagara Falls, New York, October 17, 1957. Edu-cation: 1975, Trott Vocational High School, Structural Drafting and Design; 1984, Ferris State University, BS Surveying Engineering; 1984, Ferris State University, AAS Real Estate. Experience: Professional Land Sur-veyor licensed to practice in Missouri, Illinois, Kansas, and New York. 1980-2011, Private practice in land sur-veying and civil engineering. 1990-2011, Adjunct Pro-fessor at Washington University, University of Mis-souri, St. Louis, and St. Charles Community College. Professional Associations: National Society of Profes-sional Surveyors (NSPS), 1980; New York State Asso-ciation of Professional Land Surveyors, 2011; Michi-gan Society of Professional Surveyors, 1980; Missouri Society of Professional Surveyors, 1984; Illinois Pro-fessional Land Surveyors Association, 1984; Kansas Society of Professional Surveyors, 2010. Professional

Activities: NSPS Governor for Missouri representing all land surveyors in Missouri; member of NSPS Stan-dards, Private Practice, ALTA/NSPS/ACSM Stan-dards, Membership, Education and Youth Outreach Committees; Past State President MSPS; Chairman, MSPS Standards Committee representing all land surveyors in Missouri; MSPS Legislative Committee and MSPS Board; Past Chapter President, Delegate to the IPLSA Board representing Southwest Chapter and Legislative Review Committee representing all land surveyors in Illinois; State Specific Exam Com-mittee Review, Missouri Board for Licensing; Semi-nar presenter, MSPS and IPLSA. Community College and professional communities (Minimum Standards, Subdivision Mapping, Ethics and Surveying History). Awards: Land Surveyor Instructor Appreciation, MSPS, St. Louis, Missouri. Publications: Boundary Law in Mis-souri, 1994; Certified Survey Technician (CST-NSPS) Program, St. Charles Community College, 2011.


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in land surveying; 1983 – Present, Small Business Owner. Professional Associations: New York Asso-ciation of Professional Land Surveyors; National Society of Professional Surveyors. Professional Activities: Past president, Genesse Valley Land Surveyors Association; Past president, New York State Association of Professional Land Surveyors; NYSAPLS education, legislative and membership committees; NYSAPLS Alternate NSPS Governor; NSPS Trig Star Committee; NY Trig Star Coordi-nator; Industry Advisory Council for Paul Smiths College; Surveying Seminar presenter to the Roch-ester Realty Board; Continuing Legal Education (CLE) for the New York State Bar Association; 2009 NY County Clerks Association Annual Conference Surveying Seminar Presenter

Born: Rochester, NY, April 18, 1949. Education: Rush Henrietta H S, Rochester, NY; Paul Smiths College, NY, A.S. Forestry. Experience: Registered Land Sur-veyor in New York; 1969 - 1983, Private practice

for nsps area 2 director edwin (ed) a. summerhays, pls


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earned his MS in Civil Engineering from the Uni-versity of Missouri, Columbia in 1978 and served as an adjunct professor teaching Plane Surveying at the University of Missouri, Kansas City for sev-eral years on a part time basis. He is registered to practice surveying in Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, Illi-nois, Idaho, Nebraska, Nevada and South Dakota. He is registered to practice engineering in Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas, Arizona, Virginia, Washing-ton, Colorado, Maryland, Idaho and Tennessee. Larry Graham completed the coursework and passed the exam to become a Certified Federal Surveyor in 2008.He has been a member of Kansas Society of Land Surveyours (KSLS) since 1984. He has served two terms as a counselor for KSLS and two terms as President of KSLS, in 2005 and 2006. He served on the Steering Committee of the Coun-cil of Professional Surveyors (COPS), a subgroup of the American Council Engineering Consultants (ACEC), from 2001 to 2009. He serves as an inves-tigator for the Kansas State Board of Technical Professions and has been Kansas NSPS Governor since 2008 and NSPS Area 6 Director since 2009. In November of 2010, he was inducted as a Fellow in NSPS. Larry Graham is currently the senior stock-holder at Shafer Kline & Warren, Inc. and serves as the Division Manager of Infrastructure and Design, Vice President and Secretary/Treasurer.

for nsps area 6 director larry graham, pe, pls, cfeds (incumbent)

Born: Prairie Village, Kansas, March 8, 1948. Edu-cation: Graduated from Kansas State University in 1971 with BS in Civil Engineering. He went to work for Shafer Kline & Warren, Inc. in the same year. He worked primarily in private development. Mr. Graham had worked with a survey crew with Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) in the summers at Kansas State University and con-tinued to do both surveying and engineering at Shafer Kline & Warren, Inc. He was licensed as a Kansas PE in 1976 and Kansas LS in 1981. He


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I became involved with the Arizona Professional Land Surveyors Association as soon as the ink was dry on my certificate. I learned early on the serving my profession was not only something I enjoyed but something that should be looked upon as a great honor, being able to give back to a group of professionals that have given so much to me. In 2001, my first executive role was to serve as Secretary in APLS. Then, in 2005 I was elected Vice Chairman and in 2007 I became Chairman. At, the end of 2008 I took a year off to work overseas. In 2010 after con-versations with the then NSPS Arizona Governor, and my friend Chuck Paddack, I announced to our Board of Directors my desire to serve as the NSPS Governor. The progression of my service to my profession from member to Governor to Director parallels my entry and elevation through the profession itself. As an Instrument Operator and a member in APLS I learned the basics of survey-ing and of my organization. As a Party Chief and APLS Secretary I learned how things are done in the field and in the board room. During my term as Vice Chair and as an LSIT I prepared for higher responsibility. Then as Chairman of APLS and while studying to obtain my Ari-zona license, I realized that I will never know everything and that I must continue to learn and grow as a profes-sional and a leader in my profession. Working with my peers was a key component of these professional cycles in my life. By accepting the position of Arizona Gover-nor I committed to help my profession move forward. At a time of advanced GIS Mapping, Geodesy and Sur-veying we must endeavor to build new bridges to other practices and professions and move surveying into the brave new world of collaboration and responsibility to ourselves and to the public not seen in the past. As your Area 8 director I promise to bring rigor and commitment to the position and represent ALL of Area 8 at the board level and beyond to the best of my abilities and with the highest level of professionalism I can muster.

for nsps area 8 director michael fondren, rls

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Born: Napa, California, 7 April 1964. Education: 1982 Mohave High School, Bullhead City, AZ. Experience: Registered Land Surveyor in Arizona and Nevada; Private practice in land surveying 1990 – 1996, 2001, 2004 to 2011. Mohave County Surveyors office 1996-2001, 2002 - 2003. Professional Associations: Arizona Professional Land Surveyors (APLS), Council of Pro-fessional Land Surveyors (COPS), National Society of Land Surveyors (NSPS). Professional Activities: Past Chairman APLS 2007-2008, Ethics and Standards Committee Chair 2005-2010, Bylaws / Strategic Plan-ning Chair 2005-2011. Awards: Honorable Mention, Robert C. Easterbrook’s Fifth Annual, Arizona AACE.

Extended Biography: I began my surveying career in Ari-zona around 1990, working along the Colorado River. In 1996, I went to work for Mohave County where my role as a Party Chief allowed me to develop the experience and knowledge to obtain my LSIT in 1999 and subsequently my RLS in 2000. Following my then mentor’s example,


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land in San Antonio and Bexar County virtually since the “horse and buggy days,” Henry Huehlem has helped create an extensive amount of records includ-ing subdivision plats, town sites, field books, field note descriptions and original surveys from single lots to ranches containing thousands of acres. Edu-cation: San Antonio Commercial College, 1972-1973, Diploma in Architectural Drafting/Communications; Highlands High School, 1972 graduate. Professional Organizations: American Congress on Surveying and Mapping; National Society of Professional Surveyors; Area 8 Director (Texas, New Mexico and Arizona), 2009-2011; Texas Society of Professional Surveyors, since 1981. Offices held: Director 2000-2001, 2nd. Vice President 2001-2002, 1st. Vice President 2002-2003, President Elect 2003-2004, President 2004-2005, Past President 2005-2006. Committee Work: Convention Committee Chair, Texas Association of Appraisal Dis-tricts Liaison Chair, Historical Committee, Education Committee, Nominating Committee Chair, Past Presi-dents Committee. Texas Surveyors Foundation, Inc., since 1983; Trustee – 1989-1990, 2003-2004, 2005-2006, 2009. Alamo Chapter No. 11 T.S.P.S. Offices held: Sec-retary/Treasurer 1981-1982, Director 1985-1987, 1st. Vice President 1987-1988, President 1988-1989, Direc-tor 1994-1996. Current activities with the Texas Soci-ety of Professional Surveyors include: member, Con-vention Committee; member, Governmental Affairs Committee; chair, Mentor Task Force; member, 2007 Nominating Committee; assisted the Governmental Affairs Committee with the 2003 Sunset Bill and other legislation. Instructor for the past nine years at the Texas A&M Corpus Christi Field Camp II 14350.

for nsps area 8 director henry a. kuehlem, rpls (incumbent)

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Henry Kuehlem has 37 years of experience in the sur-veying profession of which 27 years were in private practice. Registration: Registered Professional Land Surveyor, Texas Board of Professional Land Survey-ing, Registration No. 4020, September 15, 1981. Experi-ence: Owner of H.A. Kuehlem Survey Company which he established in 1982. He also owns the San Antonio-based Adams Land Survey Company which performs surveys of farms and ranches in numerous central and south Texas countries. He started with the com-pany as a draftsman in 1972 and remained associated with it for the next 17 years, acquiring the company in February 1989. Further experience includes work for Baker Surveying, Inc. as Survey Technician/RPLS, 1979-1982; Bexar County Public Works Department as Survey Technician, 1976-1979; and for Adams Land Survey Company as Draftsman, 1972-1976. Surveying


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