Sierra Club Desert Peaks Section Sierra Club
Duane McRuer
Active in the DPS: 1971-2005
Jerry Keating Collection
Active in HPS; Palos Verdes; SPS; DPS; LTC
Duane has been a Sierr Club member since 1964. He has served for more than three decades in various positions on the Leadership Training Committee the Executive Committee and as an outings leader for the Hundred Peaks Desert Peaks and Sierra Peaks sections. More recently he has taken the lead role in the Chapter's adaptation to the Club's restored Mountaineering Program. McRuer was the driving force in the development more than 25.years ago of the Leadership Training program that Angeles Chapter Archivesserves as the model for the entire Sierra Club. His LTC involvement remains steadfast as he helps shape the reinvigorated Snow and Rock Training and he still conducts practice and checkoff sessions in these events. He also is a Triple Peaks List Finisher (Sierra Peaks Desert Peaks and Hundred Peaks sections). McRuer created and endowed the Outings Leadership Award the Chapter's highest outings award which was later renamed for Chester Versteeg in 1976. He was also recognized last year by the national Club with the Oliver Kehrlein Award the highest Sierra Club Award for Outings Leadership. He is currently one of the three members of the Mountaineering Oversight Committee.

Right: August 17-18 1974 SPS trip to Parsons Amelia Earhart and Simmons

Left: 1999 Chapter Awards Banquet Writeup

Jerry Keating Collection
Duplicate slide from undocumented source. Date/place undetermined.
From L. to R.: Duane McRuer Bill T. Russell and Bob Hicks

Dick Worsfold Collection
Sierra Club-Angeles Chapter Archives

Duance McRuer 1970
Slide mount stamped with processing
date of March 1970


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

1970 Member - Conservation Committee
1970 Conservation Chairman - Palos Verdes Group
1970 SPS Emblem
1971 Joined the Desert Peaks Section
1971 Member - Conservation Committee
1971 DPS Emblem on Eagle Mountains #1
1971 Conservation Chairman - Palos Verdes Group
1972 HPS 200 Peaks Bar
1972 Chairman - Palos Verdes Group
1973 Angeles Chapter Phil Bernays Service Award
1973 Chairman - Leadership Training Commite
1973 Member - Palos Verdes Group
1973 Member - Training and Rescue Administration Commitee
1974 HPS List Completion
1974 Chairman - Leadership Training Committee
1974 Member - Palos Verdes Group
1974 Member - Training and Rescue Administrations Committee
1975 Member - Leadership Training Committee
1975 Treasurer - Sierra Peaks Section
1975 Member - Training and Rescue Administrations Committee
1976 DPS List Completion on Kingston Peak
1976 Member - Leadership Training Committee
1976 Chairman - Sierra Peaks Section
1976 Chairman - Training & Rescue Administration Committee
1977 Council Representative - Desert Peaks Section
1977 Safety Chairman - Sierra Peaks Section
1977 SPS Senior Emblem
1977 Chairman - Training and Rescue Administrations Committee
1978 Chairman - Chapter Council
1978 Chairman - Chapter Council
1978 Council Representative - Desert Peaks Section
1978 Angeles Chapter Alternate Representative - Sierra Club Council
1978 Safety Co-Chairman - Sierra Peaks Section
1979 Member - Chapter Executive Committee
1979 Chairman - Desert Peaks Section
1979 Member - Financial Advisory Committee
1979 Audit Subcommittee Member - Financial Advisory Committee
1979 Angeles Chapter Representative - Sierra Club Council
1979 Safety Chairman - Sierra Peaks Section
1979 Chairman - Training and Safety Administration Committee
1980 Member - Financial Advisory Committee
1980 Safety Chairman - Sierra Peaks Section
1980 Chairman - Training and Safety Administration Committee
1981 Angeles Chapter Chester Versteeg Outing Award
1981 Member - Financial Advisory Committee
1981 Outings Chairman - Leadership Training Committee
1981 Safety Chairman - Sierra Peaks Section
1981 Chairman - Training and Safety Administration Committee
1982 Member - Financial Advisory Committee
1982 Safety Chairman - Leadership Training Committee
1982 Chairman - Training and Safety Administration Committee
1983 Member - Financial Advisory Committee
1983 First Aid Chair - Leadership Training Committee
1983 Chairman - Training & Safety Administration Committee
1984 Member - Chapter Safety Committee
1984 First Aid Chairman - Leadership Training Committee
1985 Member - Chapter Safety Committee
1985 First Aid Chairman - Leadership Training Committee
1985 SPS Master Emblem
1985 SPS List Completion on Mount Gilbert
1986 First Aid - Leadership Training Committee
1987 Physical Conditioning - Leadership Training Committee
1988 Member - Leadership Training Committee
1989 Member - Leadership Training Committee
1992 DPS Second List Completion on Pleasant Point
1994 HPS Pathfinder Emblem on South Peak
1995 HPS Second List Completion on Constance Peak
1995 Co-Safety Chair - Sierra Peaks Section
1997 National Oliver Kehrlein Award
1997 Co-Safety Chairman - Sierra Peaks Section
1998 Angeles Chapter Lifelong Service Award
1998 Co-Safety Chairman - Sierra Peaks Section
1999 Hundred Peaks Section John Backus Leadership Award
1999 Co-Safety Chairman - Sierra Peaks Section
2000 Co-Safety Chairman - Sierra Peaks Section
2001 Member - Chapter Awards Committee
2001 Co-Safety Chairman - Sierra Peaks Section
2002 Member - Chapter Awards Committee
2002 Co-Safety Chairman - Sierra Peaks Section
2003 Member - Chapter Awards Committee
2003 Member-at-Large - Friends of the Angeles Chapter
2003 Co-Safety Chairman - Sierra Peaks Section
2004 Member - Chapter Awards Committee
2004 Co-Safety Chairman - Sierra Peaks Section
2005 Member - Chapter Awards Committee
2005 Member - Friends of the Angles Chapter Foundation
2005 Co-Safety Chairman - Sierra Peaks Section
2005 Member 50 Anniversary Committee - Sierra Peaks Section

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