Desert Peaks Section Angeles Chapter Sierra Club

Henderson Bill Active in the DPS: 1947-1989 Active HPS; DPS; Mountaineering Training; taught first series of mountaineering leadership courses in 1952. Bill founded the DPS Newsletter in 1950 while he served as Chairman. Bill and his wife Marge led many DPS trips during the l950s. Bill started the Bruin Mountaineers Hiking Club at UCLA and also served as Chair of the Angeles Chapter. He died December 19 1994 in L.A. of Huntington's Disease.

Margie Henderson and Bill Henderson after 10-day climbing trip in Sierra Nevada Aug. 1949 (George Creek trailhead?)	Bill & Margie with group on Granite Peak in the Oriflame Mountains April 25 1948 Willard Dan is behind Bill.

Bill Henderson & Lloyd Balsam posing after 10-day climbing trip in Sierra Nevada Aug. 1949 (George Creek trailhead?).	Margie & Bill with group on summit of Rabbit Peak. Album page labeled "Rabbit Peak 1946."

Bill Henderson holding up bighorn sheep skull on Desert Peaks Section outing he led to Rabbit Peak (Big Rabbit) December 1951.	Unspecified location & date (but c. 1948). Margie Henderson & Freda Walbrecht (dark hat).

S I E R R A C L U B C H R O N O L O G Y T H R U 2 0 0 6

1947	Joined the Desert Peaks Section
1947	DPS Emblem
1948	Secretary - Desert Peaks Section
1949	Vice Chairman - Desert Peaks Section
1949	Member - Harwood House Committee
1950	Member - Chapter Executive Committee
1950	Chairman - Desert Peaks Section
1951	Vice Chairman - Chapter Executive Committee
1951	Other Officer - Desert Peaks Section
1951	Chairman - Education Committee
1951	Associate Editor - Southern Sierran
1952	Chairman - Chapter Executive Committee
1952	Associate Editor - Southern Sierran
1953	Chairman - Chapter Executive Committee
1954	Representative to - Federation of Western Outdoor Clubs
1955	Member - Hundred Peaks Section
1955	Mountain Records Committee - Hundred Peaks Section
1956	Chairman - Desert Peaks Section
1956	Member - Hundred Peaks Section
1957	Member - Chapter Executive Committee
1957	Other Officer - Desert Peaks Section
1958	Member - Chapter Executive Committee
1963	Member - Mountaineering Training Committee
1964	Member - Mountaineering Training Committee
1965	Member - Mountaineering Training Committee
1966	Member - Mountaineering Training Committee
1989	Last year active in the Desert Peaks Section