Honoring the individuals who helped shape the foundation, growth, and future of our profession.
We kindly ask for help from our community to curate our historical records and biography pages. Please reach out to info@sd-surveyors.org to contribute a testimony, biography, photo collage, or story that you believe should be included in the Chapter History.
CLSA San Diego Chapter History
Go back in time with the Way-Back-Machine! Our library has recently recovered 159 copies of “Survey Notes” newsletters from 2000-2016.
1970s
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Jon Blake, PLS, Past President 1980-1981
Welcome to the California Land Surveyor Association, San Diego!
The San Diego Chapter of CLSA was approved by the Board of Directors on October 20, 1973.
Corey Pippin, LSIT, Associate Member
Past Presidents of the 1970s
1973 - Joseph Switzer
1974 - Michael J. Curren
1975 - Charles D. Stafford, Jr.
1976 - Charles D. Stafford, Jr.
1977 - Thomas F. Rattray
1978 - William Karn
1979 - Louis R. Hall
1980 - Jon Blake
1981 - Jon Blake
1982 - Vince Sincek
1983 - Michael Pallamary
1984 - D. K. Nasland
1990s
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1980s
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Did you know?
Then-Mayor Kevin Faulkner and District 5 Councilmember Mark Kersey proclaimed September 7, 2016, to be “Jas Arnold Trail For All People Day” in the City of San Diego. The Jas Arnold Trail for All People is a 1,100-foot flat loop in the Black Mountain Ranch Open Space Park that will be accessible for the elderly, young children, and people with mobility challenges.
We honor CLSA Life Member Jas Arnold with a yearly scholarship.
Past Presidents of the 1990s
1990 - Phillip J. Giurbino
1991 - Mary A. Niederberger-Lee
1992 - John “Jack” Hill, Jr.
1993 - Robert R. Wallace
1994 - Dana M. Seguin
1995 - Anthony J. Spillane
1996 - James W. Arnold
1997 - Armand A. Marois
1998 - Beth A. Swersie
1999 - David P. Viera
2000s
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Welcome to the World Wide Web! The San Diego Chapter Website went live in 2000.
This screen capture is from October 18, 2001.
Past Presidents of the 2000s
Arnold White, Jr. - 2000
Scott Hurst - 2001
Allan Wake - 2002
Steve Martin - 2003
Dave Ambler - 2004
Anne Hoppe - 2005
Don Woolley - 2006
Andrew Karydes - 2007
Sean Englert - 2008
Pat McMichael - 2009
2010 - Casey Lynch
2011 - Justin Pallamary
2012 - Blake Torgersen
2013 - Paul Goebel
2014 - Tony Nothdurft
Past Presidents of the 1980s
1985 - Frank Fitzpatrick
1986 - Ronald C. Parker
1987 - Gary Lintvedt
1988 - Richard E. Gaddy
1989 - Chris Ciremele
2015 - Steve Heise
2016 - Mark McFarland
2017 - Dirk Nasland
2018 - Rafi Hanna
2019 - James Nicolau IV
Cuyamaca students surveying, from “Survey Notes” Newsletter V18-5, May 2012
2020s
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2010s
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Paul Goebel - 2020
Paul Goebel - 2021
Rick Coffman - 2022
Sean Squire - 2023
James Nicolau IV - 2024
Michael Butcher - 2025
(Current) Armand Marois - 2026
Did you know?
The January 2004 edition of “Survey Notes” included this hand-drawn comic book art for “Amazing Surveyor Stories” by
2003 Past-President Steve Martin.
Past Presidents
Did you know?
Past President Michael Pallamary (1983) and Curtis Brown
co-authored "History of San Diego Land Surveying Experiences" in 1988. Their account of local knowledge follows several early San Diego County surveyors, surveys, and maps, and discusses known sectionalized land problems, subdivision problems,
and water boundaries.
Cover & excerpt from Chapter 2: Brief History of San Diego
County Early Surveyors, Surveys, and Maps
