Desert Peaks Section Angeles Chapter Sierra Club

Ron Jones Active in the DPS: 1964-2005 Active in SPS DPS Ron Jones joined the Angeles Chapter of the Sierra Club in 1960. From the beginning he was active in the hiking and climbing sections. In 1964 he became involved with leading and for nearly four decades as an "E rated leader" he has led a wide range of activities for many sections and committees. He has led nearly a thousand outings ranging from local conditioning hikes eight years of desert barbecues and poetry contests several years of Messiah sing-alongs at Harwood Lodge where he provided vocal coaches professional lead singers and even transported an organ and a piano up to Harwood. Ron has led many of the technical Sierra peaks as well as hundreds of Desert and local Hundred peaks. These activities include leads in Mexico Hawaii Alaska and all the Southwestern states. He as chaired all three climbing sections. He was a member of the National Sierra Club Mountaineering Committee for 4 years. He and his wife Leora still lead occasional outings. Ron's goal to become the "Oldest SPS List Finisher" but when Ret Moore finished the list at almost 80 years of age Ron who by this time had two titanium hips gave up this goal and finshed the DPS list in 2004. -Duane McRuer & Charlie Knapke	Ron Jones on Inconsolable Peak August 1974.
	Ron Jones (left) and Louis Brecheen finishe the HPS list in style.
Ron Jones at the Echo Mountain Ruins History Committee outing January 11 2003

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

1964	Joined the Desert Peaks Section
1969	DPS Emblem
1969	Secretary - Sierra Peaks Section
1969	SPS Emblem
1970	Vice Chairman - Sierra Peaks Section
1971	SPS Senior Emblem
1973	Treasurer - Sierra Peaks Section
1974	Schedule Chairman - Sierra Peaks Section
1977	Secretary-Treasurer - Desert Peaks Section
1978	Chairman - Desert Peaks Section
1978	Vice Chairman - Sierra Peaks Section
1979	Angeles Chapter Outings Service Award
1981	HPS Emblem on Condor Peak
1982	DPS List Completion on Stepladder Mountains
1983	Member - Chapter Executive Committee
1983	Mountaineering Committee - Desert Peaks Section
1984	Chairman - Activities Administration Committee
1984	Member - Chapter Executive Committee
1984	Member - Chapter Safety Committee
1984	Mountaineering Committee - Desert Peaks Section
1984	Member - Publications Administration Committee
1984	Chairman - Training & Safety Administration Committee
1985	Angeles Chapter Chester Versteeg Outing Award
1985	Chairman - Chapter Outings Committee
1985	Member - Chapter Safety Committee
1985	Chairman - Training & Safety Administration Committee
1986	Member - Angeles Chapter Outings Committee
1986	Member - Angeles Chapter Safety Committee
1986	Chairman - Training and Safety Administration Committee
1987	Member - Angeles Chapter Safety Committee
1987	HPS 200 Peaks Bar on Bald Eagle Peak
1987	Outings Chairman - Orange County Group
1987	Member - Outings Committee
1987	Chairman - Sierra Peaks Section
1987	Chairman - Training and Safety Administration Committee
1988	Angeles Chapter Special Service Award
1988	Member - Angeles Chapter Safety Committee
1988	Mountaineering Committee - Desert Peaks Section
1988	HPS List Completion on Mount Hillyer
1988	HPS Leadership Emblem on Hildreth Peak
1988	Chairman - Training and Safety Administration Committee
1989	Member - Angeles Chapter Outings Committee
1989	Member - Angeles Chapter Safety Committee
1989	Chairman - Chapter Advertising Committee
1989	Program Chair - Desert Peaks Section
1989	Chairman - Training and Safety Administration Committee
1990	Ad Manager - Advertising Committee
1990	Member - Angeles Chapter Outings Committee
1990	Member - Angeles Chapter Safety Committee
1990	Newsletter Editor - Desert Peaks Section
1990	Vice Chairman - Hundred Peaks Section
1990	Chairman - Training and Safety Administration Committee
1991	Ad Manager - Advertising Committee
1991	Member - Angeles Chapter Banquet Committee
1991	Member - Angeles Chapter Outings Committee
1991	Member - Angeles Chapter Safety Committee
1991	DPS Second List Completion on East Ord Mountain
1991	Newsletter Editor - Desert Peaks Section
1991	Nominating Committee - Desert Peaks Section
1991	Chairman - Hundred Peaks Section
1991	Chairman - Training and Safety Administration Committee
1992	Ad Manager - Advertising Committee
1992	Member - Angeles Chapter Outings Committee
1992	Member - Angeles Chapter Safety Committee
1992	Member - Chapter Awards Committee
1992	Newsletter Editor - Desert Peaks Section
1992	Past Chairman - Hundred Peaks Section
1992	Chairman - Training and Safety Administration Committee
1993	Member - Chapter Advertising Committee
1993	Member - Chapter Awards Committee
1993	Member - Chapter Safety Committee
1993	Newsletter Editor - Desert Peaks Section
1993	Chairman - Training & Safety Administration Committee
1994	Member - Advertising Committee
1994	Member - Chapter Awards Committee
1994	Member - Chapter Outings Committee
1994	Member - Chapter Safety Committee
1994	Safety Chairman - Desert Peaks Section
1994	National Oliver Kehrlein Award
1994	Member - Outings Administration Committee
1995	Member - Chapter Outings Committee
1995	Member - Chapter Safety Committee
1995	Member - Outings Administration Committee
1996	Member - Chapter Safety Committee
1996	Member - Desert outings Committee
1997	Member - Chapter Safety Committee
1998	Member - Chapter Safety Committee
1999	Member - Chapter Safety Committee
2000	Member - Chapter Safety Committee
2000	Hundred Peaks Section R. S. Fink Service Award
2001	Member - Chapter Safety Committee
2002	Member - Chapter History Committee
2002	Member - Chapter Safety Committee
2003	Member - Chapter History Committee
2003	Member - Chapter Safety Committee
2004	Member - Chapter History Committee
2004	Member - Chapter Safety Committee
2004	SPS List Completion on San Joaquin Peak
2005	Member - Chapter History Committee
2005	Member 50 Anniversary Committee - Sierra Peaks Section