Tibshrany Honored for Service to NCEES
August 27, 2009
COLUMBIA, SC – August 27, 2009 – At its 2009 Annual Meeting, NCEES presented the Distinguished Service Award to Mitchell Tibshrany Jr., P.E., of Columbia, South Carolina, for his dedicated service to the engineering and surveying professions.
A member of the South Carolina State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Surveyors from 1996 to 2008, Tibshrany served as board chair, vice chair, and secretary during his tenure. While on the board, he was instrumental in decisions on budgets, policy, and enforcement issues, and he worked to ensure board representation at zone and national meetings and on NCEES committees. He also promoted faculty licensure and spoke to university students about the value of licensure. He is now an emeritus member of the South Carolina Board.
Tibshrany served as the 2005–07 Southern Zone vice president. He was a member of the Advisory Committee on Council Activities for four terms and served as a member of the Committee on Awards, the Mobility Task Force, and the Special Awards Task Force. In 2009, Tibshrany was awarded the Southern Zone Distinguished Service Award.
Tibshrany has been a member of the South Carolina Society of Professional Engineers since 1973 and is as a past president of the organization’s Columbia chapter. He is a former chair of the South Carolina Joint Engineers Council and a past president of the Columbia and South Carolina sections of IEEE.
The NCEES Annual Meeting was held August 12–15, 2009, in Louisville, Kentucky.
ABOUT NCEES
NCEES is a national nonprofit organization composed of engineering and surveying licensing boards representing all U.S. states, the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. An accredited standards developer with the American National Standards Institute, NCEES develops, scores, and administers the examinations used for engineering and surveying licensure throughout the United States. NCEES also provides services facilitating professional mobility for licensed engineers and surveyors. Its headquarters is located in Clemson, S.C.
