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The Directors
A.A Duchanne. R.L.S.
M. E. Lafferty, R.L.S.
Editor’s E. B. Lougfield, R.L.S.
N. E. Myer, R.L.S.
Corner This is from the very first issue of The Nevada Traverse, and these

words still stand true today!

By: Trent J. Keenan, PLS
NALS LIVES
The Nevada Association of Land Surveyors was brought to life
Welcome to The Nevada Association of Land Surveyors’ 50 officially in August 1973 to represent the Nevada Registered Land
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Anniversary Year and another Living Legends Edition! Surveyor. NALS membership includes 74 Regular Members with
Welcome to 2023! We kick off the first 50th-Anniversary edition 10 Associates and 4 Sustaining Members. There are 55 Regular
with another Living Legend! Terry W. McHenry is a true NALS Members within Nevada and 19 residing outside of the State.
Living Legend. Spending 24 years as the Editor of this amazing Each member of the surveying profession interested in the future
publication. As I was preparing to put this edition together, I had of that profession has art obligation to contribute to it. This is
the chance to go through all of our archives since 1974 and watch as true for the registered man with 30 years of experience as it
the progression and changes that have transpired over the last is for the young Party Chief interested in becoming registered.
49 years, and the most significant changes that happened came Membership in NALS is one way to meet that obligation. With
under the outstanding leadership of Terry. As I reviewed all of your support, NALS can speak for the unified voice of our entire
the archives, I came up with a list of all of the editors that have profession. If you haven’t yet joined, take a few minutes and a few
provided us with some fantastic content through the years, and bucks and fill out the application included in this issue. Then send
it is incredible to go back and look at all the history they put to it in!
words for us.
This was a fascinating bit of history as we prepare for our
Here is the list of the 50 years of editors of annual state conference this month!
The Nevada Traverse: The first NALS/CLSA Joint Conference was held…
1974 – 1975, 1st Editor - Maurice E. Lafferty, R.LS., 1976-1977, The 1975 NALS Convention will be held jointly with the Land
2nd Editor – Ronald L. Cooper, R.L.S, 1978 – 1979, 3 Editor - Dan Surveyors Association on March 6, 7, and 8, 1975, at the Sahara
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Asikainen, R.L.S., 1980, 4th Editor - Gene Lafferty, R.L.S., 1981, Tahoe, South Lake Tahoe.
5th Editor - Russ Davies, 1982 – 1984, 6th Editor - William D.
Jacobsen, R.L.S., 1985 – 1989 v1, 7th Editor - James L. (Les) The Convention theme is “The Future of Surveying “ and will draw
MacFarlane, P.E., RLS., 1989 v2 – 1990 v4, 8 Editor – Brett N. experts from many fields, which affect the surveying profession.
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Lane, RLS, 1991 – 2014, 9th Editor – Terry W. McHenry, PLS,
2015-2019, 10th Editor - Carl C.de Baca, PLS, 2020- current, 11 TAHOE 1975 CONVENTION REVISITED
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Editor – Trent J. Keenan, PLS. The attendance at the 1975 joint NALS-CLSA Convention at Lake
Tahoe was reported by Chairman Jerry Tippin as follows:
Reviewing that list of editors, you will see how this association
has been blessed with amazing leadership over the years! THANK Paid Registrants:
YOU to every editor that has shaped our association! Non-Members: 64
I will go back over the years and highlight a few items that would NALS: 30
CLSA: 180
be worthwhile to share from the earlier years throughout the
course of the next three issues of The Nevada Traverse! Students: 11
Total: 285
Historical information of note from the 1974 No. 1 Publication:
The Nevada Association of Land Surveyors (NALS) was The total number of attendees, including wives, exhibitors, and
speakers, was around 550, according to Tippin, with the best-
incorporated and chartered on November 2, 1973. As an
Association of Professional Land Surveyors, our purpose is to attended event being the Friday Lunch, with around 400 persons
promote the common good and welfare of our members in their present. For those who did not attend that event’ Joe Conforte, a
activities in the profession of Land Surveying; to promote and well-known controversial Nevada brothel owner enthralled the
maintain the highest possible standards of professional ethics overflow crowd on the aspects of his business.
and practice; to promote professional uniformity and to promote
public awareness and trust in Professional Land Surveyors and NALS Board Meeting Minutes from the 1974 No.1 Publication.
their work. A special meeting of The NALS State Board was held on August
10, 1974, at John Ascuaga’s Nugget in Sparks. Items of general
1974 Officers interest covered were:
President Gilbert D. Buck, (side note, he ran for Nevada Governor
and lost in the Primaries 1974) The Nevada Board of Registration has indicated they will
Vice President Frank Gentry, R.L.S introduce Legislation in the upcoming Legislature to permit a land
Secretary Dan Asikainen, R.L.S Surveyor Member of that Board. At present, all members of the
Treasurer Walt Neitz, R.L.S Board of Registration must be Professional Engineers.
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