He received his B.S. in civil engineering from California State University at Fresno (then called Fresno State College) in 1970 and became licensed as a professional engineer in California in 1975. He began his career at the USGS as a civil engineering student trainee in 1966, working summers engaged in field topographic and photogrammetric survey operations. Following graduation and an active duty assignment with the U.S. Army National Guard in 1970, he entered the USGS Civil Engineer Career Development Program.
An active member of ASPRS since 1971, Mikuni held several elected positions within the Northern California Region. During his term as Region President in 1988-89, he directed the Northern California Region to two consecutive ASPRS Region of the Year Awards. He has also served on or chaired numerous ASPRS committees.
In addition to his membership in ASPRS, he is a Fellow in ASCE, a Fellow in ACSM, and holds memberships in URISA and NSPE. In addition to his involvement in professional society activities, he is president of the Fremont, California, Chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League.
As an officer of the Society, Mikuni plans to work with ASPRS members and leaders to help ensure that involvement in ASPRS activities becomes one of the benefits of membership. In addition to helping ASPRS continue to strengthen its financial resource base, he also plans to work with the officers, directors, and members to develop programs to advance the traditional ASPRS disciplines into non-traditional discipline, education, and application areas as a means to further expand the Society’s membership base.
Two division assistant directors were also elected for two-year terms that began April 2, 1998. Dr. Jan Gervin was elected assistant director for the Remote Sensing Applications Divison, and Bryan Foley will serve as assistant director for the Professional Practice Division.
Gervin is an instrument manager and remote sensing research scientist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. She oversaw the development and delivery of MOPITT (Measurements of Pollution in the Troposphere), one of five instruments to fly on the first Earth Observing System platform in 1998, and was instruments manager for the EOS Atmospheric Chemistry Program at NASA, managing the definition and development of the third EOS platform.
A member of ASPRS since 1974, Gervin has served in all of the elected positions of the Potomac Region. During her tenure, the Potomac Region twice received Honorable Mention for Region of the Year (1995 and 1996) and won Newsletter of the Year (1996).
For the past 12 years, Foley has been president/project administrator of Triathlon Mapping Corporation where he is responsible for all matters of administration, including the future direction in technology, staffing, and evolution of the firm. As part owner of Nies Mapping Group in Bellevue, Washington, he keeps abreast of major developments as presented to the Board of Directors.
Prior to his position at Triathlon, Foley spent 15 years as a photogrammetrist, draftsperson, photolab technician and sales with Pacific Survey Corporation and Atlantic Air Survey.
Foley’s professional affiliations include: Digital Mapping Group
(Can)–past-president/shareholder, Nies Mapping Group (US)–vice president/shareholder,
Underhill Mapping & Surveying (Can)–board of directors/shareholder,
International Geomatics Services Corporation (IGSC)–IGSC Shareholder, American
Society Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (Puget Sound)–executive director/secretary.
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