In Memory | |

Roy H. Minnick
Born on November 7, 1937, and passed on September 29, 2004. Survived by: Jean, his wife of 38 1/2 years; daughters Kim Williams and Nancy Williams; and three grandchildren. Roy was the devoted "Papa" to Stephen, Jessica, and William and leaves numerous friends and colleagues. Memorial service will be held at 11:00 am, Saturday, November 13th, at The Sterling Hotel, 1300 H Street in Sacramento, California. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that any donations be made in his memory to: Survey Technology Program at Sacramento City College; California Foundation for Land Surveying Education (CFLSE) 13681 Newport Ave. Ste. 8 Tustin, Ca. 92780-7815.

Since September 1994, as the waterways and boundary specialist, Roy consulted with First American underwriting staff on matters relating to tidelands, waterways, land survey matters in United States, Canada, Mexico, and other countries served by the Company. Recently, the duties had expanded to provide an array of consulting services involving land boundary determination and location, review and preparation of land descriptions, and facilitating title and boundary settlements.

Between 1992 and 1994, he was in private practice consulting on land survey problems for private clients.

From 1962 to 1992 Roy was employed principally by the State Lands Commission in Sacramento. Between 1988 and 1992 he served as the Supervisor of the Commission's Land Location and Boundary Section.

Roy had been a surveyor since 1955, in both office and field. He had been a property boundary surveyor most of that time, and during the last 30 years has specialized in land title and boundary problems, many along waterways.

Courts had accepted Roy as an expert Land Surveyor a number of times, and he had frequently acted as a consultant in boundary research.

Roy was founder and chairman of the Survey Technology Program at Sacramento City College and in that capacity developed and taught courses and seminars in various aspects of surveying.

The American Congress on Surveying and Mapping had accepted papers a number of times for presentation at the national convention. He had also given hundreds of speeches and seminars throughout the United States. He had written a number of articles and reviews for professional journals, and was the founding chairman of the editorial review board for the American Congress on Surveying and Mapping and a past member of the editorial review board for The American Cartographer.

Over a period of years Roy assisted in the preparation of examinations for Land Surveyor and Land-Surveyor-in-Training for the National Council of Engineering Examiners and the California State Board of Registration for Civil Engineers and Land Surveyors.

Roy was the author of "Ownership, Title, and Boundaries" (1975, 1987), "Water Boundaries for Surveyors in California" (2nd edition, 2000) and "Land Surveyor Test Training Manual" (1981). He also co-authored "Advanced Land Descriptions" and contributed to "Standard Handbook for Civil Engineers." In addition to co-editing and authoring several chapters of "Surveying Handbook," Roy edited more than twenty other books in surveying and survey-related subject areas. He had also published a number of articles in professional journals.

Roy was licensed to survey in three states and had many active memberships in Societies and Associations.
Published in the Sacramento Bee from 10/30/2004 - 10/31/2004.