Mr. Langeley received his B.S. Degree from Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado. He has 35 years of professional experience in water and land resources activities with Colorado State University. He is the author of over 50 publications and special articles on water and land resources and has acted as a consultant to a number of foreign countries. From 1956 to late 1958, he was Chief of the Operations Division in charge of all land and water activities related to the operation, maintenance, drainage land classification etc. of irrigation projects in Southwestern Arizona and Southeastern California serving water to some 7000,000 acres. He received an incentive Award, an outstanding Service Award, and the Department of Interior`s Meritorious Service Award. In 1959 Mr. Langley joined the Commissioner`s staff of the Bureau of Reclamation in Washington, D.C. and shortly thereafter was appointed Chief of the Operations Branch in the Division of Irrigation and Land Use. During the period that he was Chief of the Division, he also served as the Department of Interior`s representative on the FAO/UNESCO Source Book on Irrigation and Drainage Saline and Alkaline Soils; was Chairman of the Department`s Reservoir Water Quality Management Task Force; was a member of the National Technical Advisory Committee on Water Quality Criteria; served as a collaborator for the US Department of Agriculture`s water conservation Laboratory at Pheonix, Arizona; took a leading role in the 1967 International Water for Peace Conference in Washingdon D.C., and carried out numerous other special assignments. In 1968, he was awarded the Department of Interior`s highest award - its Distinguished Service Award. He was Vice President of ICID from 1973-1976.
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