Active in the DPS: 1957-1968
Active in DPS; HPS; Camping; Cabrillo Tom and Trudie Hunt both transplanted New Englanders led numerous trips for the Desert Peaks Section and the Hundred Peaks Section in the late l950s and early '60s. Their outings were superbly organized the pace was geared to the abilities of the group and most everyone who wanted to reach the summit was caringly shepherded to the top. Equally rewarding was the congeniality and intellectual stimulation provided by Tom and Trudie themselves; an evening campfire with the Hunts was an experience never forgotten. The Hunts were active not only in leading trips for the Angeles Chapter but also in serving on committees. Tom Trudie and son Peter all served on the chapter membership committee. Trudie was Angeles Chapter chairperson in l96l and chairperson of the Desert Peaks Section in l963. Their service to the Chapter ended in l967 when they moved to Guatemala and in keeping with their life-long vow to help the underprivileged set up the Guatemala Friends Student Scholarship/Loan Program. This program has provided higher education for more than four hundred Highland Maya Indian youth in the past twenty-five years. Tom Hunt died at the age of 79 in 1996; Trudie passed away a year later at the age of 80.-John W. Robinson

Left: Tom and Trudie Hunt flank their son Peter on the summit of Death Valley's Pyramid Peak in December of 1957. Right: Tom and Trudie in Guatemala in 1977