The Oregon Surveyor | Vol. 39, No. 1 6 SURVEYOR OF THE YTEEAXRT Nomination Letter e ve surveyors named below hereby nominate ALBERT HERTEL to be honored as Surveyor of the Year at the 2016 PLSO Conference. is letter provides the required written submittal to so nominate (PLSO Bylaws, Article 15, Section 1). Respectfully Submitted: J.H. Greenman, PE, PLS, CWRE (letter prepared by) Chairman, Pioneer Chapter Mike Rademacher, PLS Chairman-Elect, Pioneer Chapter James Elam, PLS, CWRE Washington County Surveyor Carl Clinton, PLS Clackamas County Surveyor James Clayton, PLS Multnomah County Surveyor Albert Hertel, PLS Biography Aer graduating from Oregon Technical Institute with an Associate Degree in Civil Engineering (Surveying) in 1968, Al Hertel began his surveying career with the engineering rm of Robert E. Meyer, under the supervision of Layne Caswell. Shortly thereaer came a four year enlistment in the US Navy, including an “all expense paid” trip to Vietnam for a year. In 1972 when his enlistment was up, Al rejoined Layne who now had opened his own rm. As part of Layne’s rm, Al has progressed from survey technician to owner. He has been involved in many projects from both the public and private sectors, from boundary and subdivision work to utility and street surveys. He received his rst Professional Land Surveyors license (Oregon) in 1980. Since that time he has led over 1,200 Records of Survey and Plats in Washington, Clackamas and Multnomah counties alone. In 1987 Al was a founding member of Eagle GPS Survey Corporation, and worked parallel with Caswell/ Hertel Surveyors, Inc. In contrast to the local work for Caswell/Hertel, Eagle’s GPS expertise brought them to 11 Western states, providing Geodetic and mapping control to many large scale projects. Eagle GPS was disbanded in 2008. When Layne Caswell retired in January, 2000, Al advanced to President of the rm. Due to the strong reputation, built initially by
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