Sierra Club Desert Peaks Section Sierra Club
Parker Severson (d.)
Active in the DPS: 1946-1968
Active in DPS; Local Hikes; Camping
Parker was an early member of the Desert Protective Council.







Parker Severson on Muir Peak April 20 1977

Photo by Bob Cates
Photo from the Rosemarie and Lloyd Balsam Collection

L to R: Dick Burnley Lloyd Balsam Parker Severson atop Mt. Sill August 1948

Photographer:  Unknown  Donor:  Fred Johnson

Posing with a Sierra Club group
on summit of Toro Peak July 5 1942


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

1946 Joined the Desert Peaks Section
1946 DPS Emblem
1946 Member - Library Committee
1947 Secretary - Desert Peaks Section
1947 Member - Library Committee
1948 Chairman - Desert Peaks Section
1948 Member - Library Committee
1949 Member - Library Committee
1949 Member - Schedule Committee
1950 Treasurer - Desert Peaks Section
1950 Member - Library Committee
1950 Member - Projection Equipment Committee
1951 Member - Library Committee
1951 Member - Projection Equipment Committee
1951 Associate Editor - Southern Sierran
1952 Mountaineering Chair - Desert Peaks Section
1952 Member - Library Committee
1952 Member - Projection Equipment Committee
1952 Associate Editor - Southern Sierran
1953 Secretary - Chapter Executive Committee
1953 Mountaineering Chair - Desert Peaks Section
1953 Member - Projection Equipment Committee
1953 Artist - Southern Sierran
1954 Secretary - Chapter Executive Committee
1954 Leader - Projection Equipment Committee
1954 Artist - Southern Sierran
1955 Member - Chapter Executive Committee
1955 Chairman - Desert Peaks Section
1955 Member - Program Committee
1955 Member - Projection Equipment Committee
1955 Artist - Southern Sierran
1956 Other Officer - Desert Peaks Section
1956 Member - Program Committee
1956 Member - Projection Equipment Committee
1957 Peak Guide Editor - Desert Peaks Section
1957 Member - Projection Equipment Committee
1957 Associate Editor - Southern Sierran
1957 Artist - Southern Sierran
1958 Member - Chapter Executive Committee
1958 Member - Projection Equipment Committee
1958 Associate Editor - Southern Sierran
1958 Artist - Southern Sierran
1959 Member - Projection Equipment Committee
1960 Member - Projection Equipment Committee
1961 Member - Projection Equipment Committee
1962 Member-at-Large - Desert Peaks Section
1962 Member - Projection Equipment Committee
1965 Vice Chairman - Desert Peaks Section
1968 Equiptment & Program Chairman - Pasadena Group
1968 Last year active in the Desert Peaks Section
1969 Equiptment & Program Chairman - Pasadena Group
1971 Member - Pasadena Group
1972 Member - Pasadena Group
1973 Equiptment & Program Chairman - Pasadena Group
1974 Equipment & Projection Chairman - Pasadena Group
1975 Equipment & Projection Chairman - Pasadena Group
1977 Vice Chairman - Evening Dinners Committee
1977 Equipment & Projection Chairman - Pasadena Group
1978 Vice Chairman - Evening Dinners Committee
1978 Equipment & Projection Chairman - Pasadena Group
1979 Vice Chairman - Evening Dinners Committee
1980 Vice Chairman - Evening Dinners Committee
1981 Angeles Chapter Special Service Award
1981 Vice Chairman - Evening Dinners Committee

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