Resume' of Ralph E. Nichols
Education:
Graduated Union City High School - 1970
Attended Nashville Auto Diesel College
1970 - 1972
Attended University of Tennessee
at Martin
Martin, Tennessee
1972 through 1974 – Engineering Program
Experience:
1972 to 1977 - Nichols Engineering Service, Inc.
Union
City, Tennessee
Worked on various engineering and surveying projects,
included water, sewer, streets and sewer system
evaluation surveys
and sewer line inspection
1977 to 1982 - Deputy Sheriff, Obion County Sheriff Department
1982 to 1995 - Corporate Pilot for LWD, Calvert
City, Kentucky and also
charter flights. Holds commercial license, with multi-
engine rating and about 5,000 hours total time.
1995 to 2014
- Engineering and surveying technician with Robert L. Nichols
& Associates, Engineers-Surveyors, Union City, Tennessee.
2014 to Present
- Engineering and surveying technician with Ashburn Nichols
& Associates, Engineers-Surveyors, Union City, Tennessee.
Work consists
of supervision of field work, instrument man,
inspection of various water, sewer and street projects.
Civic: Former Obion County Commissioner
from 1990 to 2002.
Former member of Everett-Stewart Airport Commission from
1985 to present. Has been involved in numerous construction
projects
at the airport, including the construction of a
new 5,000 foot runway.