Desert Peaks Section Angeles Chapter Sierra Club

Tom Amneus (d.) Active in the DPS: 1959-1977 Active in Local Hikes HPS Mule Pack NSS DPS SPS Mountaineering Training Rescue SFV BMTC Tom Amneus poses with a chapter group he led in 1959 that spent a week cleaning up the Mt. Whitney Trail.-Photo from October 1959 Seventy Six Magazine To quote from the 1979 Chapter Awards Banquet writeup: "Tom has provided outstanding service to the Chapter in outings conservation and administration since the day he joined in 1955. In his 73rd year he is still leading trips for the Sierra Peaks Section and Hundred Peaks Section in addition to National Club outings. He was Chapter Chairman in 1959 has served on the Rescue Committee was chairman of the Natural Science Section led the fights against check dams in Santa Anita Canyon and against the tramway on Mt. San Jacinto worked at the Chapter office in support of the Alaska campaign organized a dozen precincts and walked two of his own for Prop 15-the Nuclear Safeguards Initiative and wrote the report on the earthquake and flood damages for the Palmdale Airport." As chapter chair in 1959 Tom took an important positive role in the controversial issue of race discrimination revolving around the chapter's Membership Committee policies. In this as well as other policy matters he helped guide the chapter through the difficult years of transition from primarily a social group toward a conservation-oriented organization in tune with national club objectives.

August 24 1957 start of Sierra Club backpack out of Florence Lake. Mary Ann examines the scale as Tom Amneus raises the pack.	Taken during an August 1973 SPS trip to Foerster

Taken October 25 1964 on an SPS climb of Muah
	Tom Amneus on summit of Granite Mountain (which one not specified) May 1957
Tom Amneus 1966 Slide mount stamped with processing date of March 1966

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

1958	Chairman - Natural Science Section
1958	SPS Emblem
1959	Joined the Desert Peaks Section
1959	Chairman - Chapter Executive Committee
1959	DPS Emblem
1959	Vice Chairman - Sierra Peaks Section
1960	Member - Chapter Executive Commmittee
1961	Treasurer - Sierra Peaks Section
1962	Member - Chapter Conservation Committee
1963	Alternate Officer - Sierra Peaks Section
1964	Schedule Chairman - Sierra Peaks Section
1977	Last year active in the Desert Peaks Section
1979	Angeles Chapter Special Service Award
1979	SPS Senior Emblem
1986	Angeles Chapter Outings Service Award
1986	HPS 200 Peaks Bar on Buck Point
1989	HPS List Completion on Hot Springs Mountain
2003	Hundred Peaks Section John Backus Leadership Award