Desert Peaks Section Angeles Chapter Sierra Club

Richard ("Dick") Akawie (1923-89)
Active in the DPS: 1968-1989
Active in LTC HPS DPS WLA Moonlight Hikes;
The late Dick Akawie edited the Activities Schedule for many years and was a prolific leader for the peak climbing sections attaining emblem status in the HPS DPS and SPS. His most famous trademark was his constant map in hand keeping track of his exact location at all times in an era before GPS. Needless to say Dick was a sterling navigation instructor for the Leadership Training Course.
Beginning in 1967 Dick shouldered the responsibility for the chapter's outings schedule for 23 years! He was presented with the club's Oliver Kehrlein Award in 1984 which "honors an individual who has done outstanding work in the Sierra Club's or a chapter's outings program."

Dick Akawie (with map in hand) on Mecca Hill
Desert Peaks Section exploratory January 1979

Dick Akawie in the early '70s.

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

1967	Editor - Chapter Schedule
1967	Member - Chapter Schedule Committee
1967	Member - West Los Angeles Group
1968	Joined the Desert Peaks Section
1968	Chairman - Chapter Schedule Committee
1968	SPS Emblem
1968	Member - West Los Angeles Group
1969	Chairman - Chapter Schedule Committee
1969	DPS Emblem on Eagle Mountains 1
1969	Member - West Los Angeles Group
1970	Angeles Chapter Special Service Award
1970	HPS List Completion
1970	Member - Publications Administration Committee
1970	Chairman - Schedule Committee
1970	Member - West Los Angeles Group
1971	Member - Publications Administration Committee
1971	Chairman - Schedule Committee
1971	Member - West Los Angeles Group
1972	Hundred Peaks Section R. S. Fink Service Award
1972	Member - Publications Administration Committee
1972	Member - West Los Angeles Group
1973	HPS Second List Completion
1973	Member - Publications Administration Committee
1973	Council Representative - West Los Angeles Group
1974	Angeles Chapter Special Service Award
1974	DPS List Completion on Humphreys Peak
1974	Member - Publications Administration Committee
1974	Council Representative - West Los Angeles Group
1975	Member - Publications Administration Committee
1975	Chairman - Schedule Committee
1975	Council Representative - West Los Angeles Group
1976	Angeles Chapter Phil Bernays Service Award
1976	Chairman - Schedule Committee
1976	Council Representative - West Los Angles Group
1977	Angeles Chapter Chester Versteeg Outing Award
1977	Member - Publications Administration Committee
1977	Chairman - Schedule Committee
1977	SPS Senior Emblem
1978	HPS Third List Completion
1978	Member - Publications Administration Committee
1978	Chairman - Schedule Committee
1979	Member - Publications Administration Committee
1979	Chairman - Schedule Committee
1980	Mountaineering Committee - Desert Peaks Section
1980	Member - Publications Administration Committee
1980	Chairman - Schedule Committee
1981	Hundred Peaks Section John Backus Leadership Award
1981	Member - Publications Administration Committee
1981	Chairman - Schedule Committee
1982	HPS Fourth List Completion
1982	Member - Publications Administration Committee
1982	Chairman - Schedule Committee
1983	Member - Publications Administration Committee
1983	Chairman - Schedule Committee
1984	Member - Publications Administration Committee
1984	Chairman - Schedule Committee
1985	HPS Fifth List Completion on Mount Mooney
1985	Member - Publication Administration Committee
1985	Chairman - Schedule Committee
1986	Chairman - Chapter Schedule Committee
1986	Member - Publications Administation Committee
1987	Chairman - Chapter Schedule Committee
1987	Member - Publications Administation Committee
1988	Angeles Chapter Phil Bernays Service Award
1988	Chairman - Chapter Schedule Committee
1988	HPS Sixth List Completion on Buckhorn Peak
1988	Member - Publications Administation Committee
1989	Chairman - Chapter Schedule Committee
1989	Member - Publications Administation Committee
1989	Last year active in the Desert Peaks Section