About the Foundation

Pennsylvania Land Surveyors’ Foundation

The Pennsylvania Land Surveyors’ Foundation was established to promote, improve, and encourage the profession and practice of land surveying in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

The Foundation seeks to create an awareness of the opportunities available in the land surveying profession, provide financial assistance to persons pursuing an education in land surveying, make grants and contributions to educational institutions to enhance their curriculum related to land surveying, and provide financial assistance to persons or institutions for research in land surveying.

Scholarships

Each year, the Pennsylvania Land Surveyors’ Foundation presents scholarships to individual land surveying students who are outstanding scholars, students, and citizens. Up to $20,000 in scholarships are awarded to Pennsylvania residents pursuing a Bachelor of Science Degree or Associate Degree in Land Surveying. Scholarship application

Support

Over the years, surveyors have demonstrated with pride a desire to support the preservation and development of the surveying profession. The Pennsylvania Land Surveyors’ Foundation needs the help, support and guidance of every Professional Land Surveyor to perpetuate the profession.

Become a member of the Pennsylvania Land Surveyors’ Foundation today! (pdf application)

Four categories of membership:

  • Regular Member – contributes $35 annually
  • Century Member – contributes $100 annually
  • Sustaining Member – contributes $500 annually
  • Lifetime Member – contributes $2,000 in a lump sum or in a 2-year period

Foundation Trustees

Chairman (At-large Trustee)

J. Frederick Friden, PE, PLS
P: 570-864-2468
jfred@epix.net

Trustee – PSLS Education Committee Chair

John G. Fuehrer II, PE, PLS
P: 717-733-9658
jfuehrer@fuehrer.com

Vice Chairman (Eastern Region Trustee)

Glenn L. Johnson, PLS
P: 570-477-2368
gljassoc@usnetway.com

Trustee – PSLS President

Brent L. Birth, PLS
P: 570-814-9412
blbirth@yahoo.com

Secretary/Treasurer (PSLS Treasurer)

Mark Hummel, PLS
P: 412-521-2851
mhummelpgh@comcast.net

Trustee – PSLS Immediate Past President

William J. Beitler, PLS
P: 610-285-6694
beitlerls@verizon.net

Central Region Trustee

Charles G. Lang, PLS
P: 570-477-2368
chuck@langsurveying.com

Trustee – At-large Trustee

Dennis E. Sheehan, PLS
P: 814-674-5619
sheehansurveying@aol.com

Western Region Trustee

Norman J. Landsperger, PLS
P: 412-341-6000
anyhoodle@hotmail.com

Trustee – At-large Trustee

Michael C. D’Angelo, PLS
P: 717-774-0489
mcdpls@verizon.net

Foundation Lifetime Members

Adam Crews, PLS
Daniel K. Lake, PE, PLS
David T. Logue, PLS
James E. Pahel, PLS


Sustaining Member

Michael C. D’Angelo, PLS


Century Members

Timothy D. Diehm, PLS
Charles D. Ghilani, Ph.D.
Charles G. Lang, PLS
Precision Laser & Instrument


Regular Members

John W. Clark III, PE, PLS
K. Robert Cunningham, PLS
Brian C. Kelly, PLS
James A. Rigby III, PLS
Jeffrey P. Turner, PLS

2012 Donors (as of April 24)

Lional Alexander, PLS
David L. Anderson, PLS
Emil A. Bove, PLS
Michael F. Brinkash, PLS
John W. Clark III, PE, PLS
K. Robert Cunningham, PLS
Michael C. D’Angelo, PLS
Timothy D. Diehm, PLS
Dale R. Ebersole, PLS
Curtiss M. Fyock, PLS
Charles D. Ghilani, Ph.D.
Jeffrey P. Gilmore
Brian C. Kelly, PLS
Wendy Lathrop, PLS
Dennis M. Litzenberger, PLS
Thomas F. Marro, PLS
Robert C. Moncrief, PLS
James E. Pahel, PLS
Jared Pantella
Precision Laser & Instrument
Jeffrey P. Turner, PLS
Ronald L. Wary, PLS
Rudolf M. Wolff Jr., PLS
Charles E. Wright