According to a press release, to be eligible for life membership, a B.C. land surveyor must reach a specified age, have been a member in good standing for 35 years and merit such an honour.
Since 1905, and prior to this year, there have been 64 life members named.
William (Bill) was born in Vancouver and attended primary and secondary school in North Vancouver before going on to attend the University of British Columbia where he graduated with a bachelor of science (math) in 1969. After graduation, he joined the firm of Ray E. Chapman, B.C. Land Surveyor, in West Vancouver and articled to his father, Ray.
Chapman Land Surveying is one of the oldest land surveying firms in the province, its roots going back to the late-1800s. In 1975, Bill became British Columbia Land Surveyor No. 526.
Bill has served on many association committees and was first elected to the board of management in 1984 and served as its president in 1988. He is a regular attendee and an involved participant at all the Lower Mainland association BCLS regional group meetings and is supportive of preserving the history of the association and the history of land surveying in West Vancouver.
He is a past-president of the Canadian Council of Land Surveyors, a past-president of the West Vancouver Chamber of Commerce and a past-chairman of the West Vancouver Coho Festival.
He received a certificate of recognition for participation in the association in 1999 and also a Meritorious Service Award (now the G.M. Thomson Award) in 2004 for his service to the B.C. land surveying profession.
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North Vancouver resident Gillian Edwards, a student in the University of New Brunswick's bachelor of nursing advanced standing program, was recently named to the dean's list. Qualifying students attained a sessional grade-point average of at least 3.7 or A-for the 20112012 academic year.
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