JOHN L. THALACKER

PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION
Licensed Professional Land Surveyor

-Washington Certificate No. 8657 (1963)
-Oregon Certificate No. 1670
-Idaho Certificate No. 3697
-California Certificate No. 4919
-Alaska Certificate No. LS-4652
-Arizona Certificate No. 14679

EDUCATION
Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, Indiana
-Civil Engineering

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Fellow
-American Congress on Surveying and Mapping
-National Society of Professional Surveyors
-American Cartographic Association
-American Association of Geodetic Surveyors

Member
-Land Surveyors Association of Washington
-Surveyors Historical Society
-San Juan County Realtors Association, Associate

Past President
-Land Surveyors Association of Washington
-Western Federation of Professional Land Surveyors
-Board of Governors, National Society of Professional Surveyors
-National Society of Professional Land Surveyors

Past Director
-American Congress on Surveying and Mapping
-Surveyors Historical Society

Chairman

-Land Surveyors Association of Washington Foundation

Washington State Board of Registration, Select Committee for the preparation and grading of Washington State Land Surveyors Examination * Advisory Board, Bureau of Surveys and Maps, Washington State Department of Natural Resources ( 1983 - 1994 )

AWARDS & RECOGNITION
Land Surveyors Association of Washington:
-Award of Merit – 1981, 2008

-Surveyor of the Year - 1983
-Professional Excellence - 1983, 1984


American Congress on Surveying and Mapping:

-Presidents Citation - 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1990


National Society of Professional Surveyors:

-Board of Directors Commendation - 1981
-Presidential Recognition - 1983, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994

LIAISON / REPRESENTATIVE

ACSM / NSPS
-Canadian Council of Land Surveyors
-International Federation of Surveyors
    Select Committee - Definition of Surveying
-American Bar Association

PUBLICATIONS
-ACSM
    SURVEYING & MAPPING
    BULLETIN
    Technical Proceedings

-PROFESSIONAL SURVEYOR MAGAZINE
-P.O.B. MAGAZINE
-EVERGREEN STATE SURVEYOR
-NEW YORK STATE BAR - JOURNAL
-WASHINGTON STATE REALTOR’S

CONTRIBUTING AUTHOR
-Washington State Department of Natural Resources
    Surveyor’s Guidebook On Relative Accuracy - 1995
-Grays Harbor County
    Comprehensive Plan - 1962
-Land Surveyors Association of Washington
    Arbitration Handbook - 1984

INSTRUCTOR
-Land Surveyors Association of Washington
-Professional Land Surveyors of Oregon
-California Land Surveyors Association
-North Dakota Lands Surveyors Association
-Alabama Land Surveyors Association - University of Alabama
-Indiana Land Surveyors Association - Purdue University
-Wisconsin Land Surveyors Association - University of Wisconsin
-Wetland Training Institute, (Wetland Mapping) - Washington, D.C.