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“His career exemplifies what it means to be devoted to one’s profession.”Īs Johnston tells it, he was born Feb. Knowing Howard has reached this pinnacle in his profession still inspires all of us to ‘cut a little more line, pull that chain taunt, drop another chaining pin, pick up our transit and move on to the next traverse point.’” Based on that firm biblical foundation and a great historical reference, Howard has set a benchmark high for the rest of us to try to achieve. “It is said that surveying is the second oldest profession and many believe it is referenced in the Bible in Genesis Chapter 13. NSPS, president and CEO of DDS Engineering, PLLC in Bowling Green, Kentucky. One just has to wonder, how many steps has he taken?” says Dennis D. Licensed in 1967, and with 54 years of surveying, he has left his mark on many a boundary line in his part of the world. “His career exemplifies what it means to be devoted to ones profession. This year Pendleton celebrated his achievement by proclaiming Johnston’s birthday on Feb. “And since the FEMA organization was founded back in the ’60s, I’ve done flood elevations all over Pendleton County.”Īt 92, Johnston is the oldest serving elected official in the county and has been county surveyor almost longer than the job has existed. “Many, many farms, lots, building sites,” he says of the job. But his most famous gig came in 1989, when he was elected county surveyor for Pendleton County, Kentucky. Today, Johnston’s resume reads like a cross-county tour of Kentucky’s best survey work - which includes Whites Trailer Park, American Trailer Park, Blueberry Hill in Falmouth, Cool Farm Subdivision, Daniel Boone Parkway and the Brent Spence Bridge. “I went to Frankfort on Monday morning they hired 21 people and, of course, I was one of them.” In spring 1966, he answered an ad from Brighton Engineering looking for land surveyors in Frankfort, Kentucky. “I decided that if I was going to do surveying that I needed to go where the money was,” Johnston says. After working a few survey jobs here and there, he studied advanced mathematics, drawing and metalwork for two years at the Ohio Mechanics Institute in Cincinnati, Ohio, and began looking for a way to jump-start his career.
Howard Johnston was a born and raised Kentucky farmer in his early 30s when he went back to school to become a land surveyor.
Over his more than five decade-long career, Johnston has done a lot more than the average land surveyor. 3 Howard Johnston Day, Johnston joined the ranks of land surveyors George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln, whose illustrious careers are celebrated on their birthdays. When Pendleton County, Kentucky, proclaimed Feb. Howard Johnston Land Surveyor & Living Legend