Richard L. “Dick” Elgin, CE’74, MS CE’76, was named Surveyor of the Year by the Missouri Society of Professional Surveyors. Elgin is semi-retired from Archer-Elgin Engineering, Surveying and Architecture, and is an adjunct professor at Missouri S&T, where he teaches the civil engineering department’s required surveying course. He authored The U.S. Public Land Survey System for Missouri among other books.