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John Schleppe made history in 1981 when he won the first Gold Medal in Surveying Engineering awarded by the Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists and Geophysics. John also made history by enrolling in the first class of the new Surveying Engineering Program at the U of C in 1979. The new SE Program set high standards for graduates and John was one its star students. He also won the J.H. Holloway Scholarship for U of C students enrolled in SE (now Geomatics Engineering). John went on to have a very successful career working on leading edge satellite positioning and navigation systems for several companies. John was a Practicing Engineer of great stature and sound professionalism.
---Dr. Edward J. Krakiwsky, Ph.D., P. Eng., Founding and Past Head of the Department of Geomatics Engineering, Professor Emeritus, U of C.
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