AwardsUCLS offers awards for the Surveyor of the Year and the Lifetime Achievement. These distinguished awards are outlined below. Nominations for each award are due on the last day of December. Surveyor of the Year Surveyor of the Year Award requirements: Any living, licensed member of the UCLS in good standing is eligible for nomination. Prior recipients of the award are ineligible for 10 years following acceptance of the awards. The purpose is to recognize accomplishments over the past year. Nominations may be made by individual members of the UCLS or by a UCLS chapter. Nominations should be placed on an official UCLS Surveyor of the Year nomination form and received in the central office of the UCLS by December 31 or given to the Chapter president of your Chapter. The selection committee shall be the State Chair, the Chair-Elect, Past Chair, and Chapter Presidents, including any Student Chapter Presidents the UCLS has at that time. The selection process shall be overseen by the Chair-Elect as set forth in Section 3-20 of the by-laws. The award will not be given more than once a year. The award will be a plaque or equivalent prize as well as a free membership for one year. Click here to download the nomination form for Surveyor of the Year award Lifetime Achievement Lifetime Achievement Award requirements: Any living, licensed member in good standing of the UCLS who has been active in the profession for 25 years or more is eligible for nomination. This award can only be received once. Contributions, leadership and achievements will be considered. Nominations may be made by an individual UCLS member or by a UCLS chapter. Nominations should be placed on an official UCLS Lifetime Achievement award nomination form and received in the central office of the UCLS by December 31 or given to the Chapter president of your Chapter. The selection committee shall be the State Chair, the Chair-Elect, Past Chair, and Chapter Presidents, including any Student Chapter Presidents the UCLS has at that time. The selection process shall be overseen by the Chair-Elect as set forth in Section 3-20 of the by-laws. The award will not be given more than once a year. The award will be a plaque or equivalent prize as well as a lifetime membership to the UCLS. Click here to download the nomination form for Lifetime Achievement award Clarifications for the organizational awards for Surveyor of the Year and LIfetime Achievement Awards:
Chapter of the Year Award: Chapters may earn extra money for their activities! Click here to view the requirements for the Chapter of the Year Award UCLS Surveying Excellence Award: The UCLS Surveying Excellence Award recognizes a Professional Land Surveyor and/or Surveying Company for outstanding achievements on a Land Surveying Project completed or started during the five-year period. Click here for more information: Surveying Excellence Award Award Winners
1998 Robert Jones 1999 Martin Moore 2000 Richard Kimball 2001 Nelson Marshall 2002 Robert Knox 2003 Dale Bennett 2004 Ron Whitehead 2005 Ernest Rowley 2006 Walt Cunningham 2007 Keith Hafen 2008 Dan Knowlden, Sr. 2009 John Stahl 2010 Jerry Allred (awarded 2011) 2011 Steve Keisel (awarded 2012) 2012 Arthur LeBaron (awarded 2013) 2013 Darryl Fenn (awarded 2014) 2014 Dan Perry (awarded 2015) 2015 Scott Bishop (awarded 2016) 2016 Dale Robinson (awarded 2017) 2017 Todd Jacobsen (awarded 2018) 2018 Scott Woolsey (awarded 2019) 2019 Andy Hubbard (awarded 2020) 2020 Michael Nadeau (awarded 2021) 2021 Brad Mortensen (awarded 2022) 2022 Trent Williams (awarded 2023) 2023 Christopher Donoghue (awarded 2024)
Past Lifetime Achievement Award Recipients Clyde Naylor Vaughn Butler Jack Balling Bud Rhodes Val Schultz Lawrence Kay 2011 Dean Hill (awarded in 2012) 2011 Richard Sorenson (awarded in 2012) 2012 Bob Knox (awarded in 2013) 2013 Max Elliott (awarded in 2014) 2014 Phylip Leslie (awarded 2015) 2015 Ken Hamblin (awarded 2016) 2016 John Stahl (awarded 2017) 2016 Thomas Harvey (awarded 2017) 2017 Walter Cunningham (awarded 2018) 2017 Keith Russell (awarded 2018) 2018 Von Hill (awarded 2019) 2018 James Kaiserman (awarded 2019) 2019 Ronald Whitehead (awarded 2020) 2019 Kary Monroe (awarded 2020) 2020 Steve Keisel (awarded 2021) 2020 Rodney Torgersen (awarded 2021) 2021 Kirk Morgan (awarded 2022) 2021 Esrafil Rahimzadegan (awarded 2022) 2022 Brad Mortensen (awarded 2023) 2023 Nolan C. Hathcock (awarded 2024) 2023 Mark L. Brown (awarded 2024) 2024 Plat Competition Subdivision Plats 2nd Place: Matt Peterson, ESI Engineering 3rd Place: Dusty Bishop, Ensign Engineering Topographic Surveys 1st Place: Dusty Bishop, Ensign Engineering Record of Survey Maps 1st Place: Matt Peterson, ESI Engineering 2nd Place: Phillip Christensen, Flint Land Surveying & Development 3rd Place: Tyler Harper, Highland Surveying ALTA/NSPS Surveys 1st Place: Phillip Christensen, Flint Land Surveying & Development 2nd Place: Justin Lindberg, Focus Engineering 3rd Place: Dusty Bishop, Ensign Engineering Monument Record 1st Place: Dusty Bishop, Ensign Engineering
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