Don Teter graduated from Davis and Elkins College with a B.A. in History and Political Science and has been a West Virginia licensed surveyor since 1982. He is a past-President of the West Virginia Society of Professional Surveyors, was Editor of The West Virginia Surveyor for ten years, and served on the Board of Directors of the national Surveyors Historical Society.

For over 30 years Mr. Teter was self-employed surveying mostly rural properties, with a scattering of city and suburban work, and occasional topographic and minor construction surveying.

Don has participated in several exam-writing and review workshops for the West Virginia state exam, and is a part-time complaint-reviewer and investigator for the West Virginia licensing board.

He has been presenting continuing education seminars for surveyors for over twenty years in numerous states. Since 2018 Don has been Assistant Professor of Surveying at Fairmont State University, and he actively participated in the successful effort to obtain ABET accreditation for their BS in Surveying and Geomatics Engineering Technology.