Awards

UCLS 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 licensed member of UCLS in good standing is eligible.  Elected officers of the association are not eligible while serving in office.  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 UCLS or by a UCLS chapter.  Nominations will only be valid if received on an official UCLS Surveyor of the Year nomination form and received in the central office of the UCLS by December 31.  The selection committee shall be the Executive Committee as defined in section 3-16 in the by-laws of the UCLS.  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.

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Lifetime Achievement

Lifetime Achievement Award requirements:  any licensed member in good standing of the UCLS who has been active in the profession for 25 years or more.  Members of the State Executive Board would not be eligible while serving on the Board.  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 will only be valid if received on an official UCLS Lifetime Achievement nomination form and received in the central office of the UCLS by December 31.  The selection committee shall be the Executive Committee as defined in section 3-16 in the by-laws of the UCLS.  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 UCLS.

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Award Winners

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)

RECENT AWARD OR RECOGNITION

2012 Plat Competition

Subdivision Plats

Ward Engineering

Topographic Surveys

Crow and Associates

Record of Survey Maps

Tooele County Surveyor

ALTA/ACSM Surveys

Crow and Associates

Monument Record

Leon Day