Sierra Club Desert Peaks Section Sierra Club
Maureen Cates
Active in the DPS: 1972-1983
Active in HPS NSS History Committee LTC CNRCC Desert Committee
Maureen Cates has served the chapter in many capacities perhaps most notably as the Mistress of Ceremonies for the Annual Awards Banquet for 18 years. She was very active in the Hundred Peaks Section during the early '70s serving as Membership/ Treasurer Chair and leader. She served as an LTC lecturer from 1976 to 1985.





Maureen Cates on a desert peak 1975

Photo by Bob Cates
Photo by Bob Cates

Maureen calls the troops to
order while Paul Lipsohn looks
on at Heald Peak dedication
climb April 27 1974

R.S. "Sam" Fink and Maureen Cates
at the Heald Peak Dedication Climb
April 1974

Dick Worsfold Collection
Sierra Club-Angeles Chapter Archives
Dick Worsfold Collection
Sierra Club-Angeles Chapter Archives

Maureen Cates at 1975 Hundred Peaks Section Oktoberfest


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

1972 Joined the Desert Peaks Section
1972 HPS Emblem
1972 Treasurer/Membership Chairman - Hundred Peaks Section
1973 DPS Emblem
1973 Treasurer/Membership Chairman - Hundred Peaks Section
1974 Secretary - Chapter Executive Committee
1974 Chairman - Hundred Peaks Section
1975 Chairman - Activities Administration Committee
1975 Vice Chairman - Chapter Executive Committee
1975 Banquet Committee - Hundred Peaks Section
1975 Past Chairman - Hundred Peaks Section
1976 Hundred Peaks Section R. S. Fink Service Award
1976 Conservation Chairman - Hundred Peaks Section
1977 Angeles Chapter Phil Bernays Service Award
1977 Santa Suzanna Mountain Park Task Force - Conservation Subcommittee
1977 Conservation Chairman - Hundred Peaks Section
1977 Member - Services Administration Committee
1978 Santa Suzanna Mountain Park Task Force - Conservation Subcommittee
1979 Chairman - Chapter Fundraising Committee
1979 Santa Suzanna Mountain Park Task Force - Conservation Subcommittee
1980 Chairman - Chapter Fundraising Committee
1981 Chairman - Chapter Banquet Committee
1981 Chairman - Chapter Fundraising Committee
1981 Treasurer - Chapter History Committee
1982 Chairman - Chapter Banquet Committee
1982 Chairman - Chapter Fundraising Committee
1982 Treasurer - Chapter History Committee
1983 Chairman - Banquet Committee
1983 Chairman - Chapter Fundraising Committee
1983 Vice Chair - Chapter History Committee
1984 Chairman - Banquet Committee
1984 Vice Chair - Chapter History Committee
1985 Treasurer - Chapter History Committee
1986 Member - Chapter Awards Committee
1986 Treasurer - History Committee
1987 Chairman - Angeles Chapter Banquet Committee
1987 Member - Chapter Awards Committee
1987 Treasurer - Chapter History Committee
1988 Chairman - Angeles Chapter Banquet Committee
1988 Member - Chapter Awards Committee
1988 Treasurer - Chapter History Committee
1989 Chairman - Angeles Chapter Banquet Committee
1989 Member - Chapter Awards Committee
1989 Treasurer - Chapter History Committee
1990 Chairman - Angeles Chapter Banquet Committee
1990 Member - Chapter Awards Committee
1990 Treasurer - Chapter History Committee
1991 Angeles Chapter Phil Bernays Service Award
1991 Treasurer - Chapter History Committee
1992 Member - Chapter Awards Committee
1992 Treasurer - Chapter History Committee
1993 Member - Chapter Awards Committee
1994 Member - Chapter Awards Committee
1995 Member - Chapter Awards Committee
1996 Member - Chapter Awards Committee
1997 Chairman - Chapter Awards Committee
1997 Member - Chapter History Committee
1998 Member - Chapter History Committee
1999 Chairman - Chapter Awards Committee
1999 Member - Chapter History Committee
2000 Member - Chapter History Committee
2000 Treasurer - Natural Science Section
2001 Member - Chapter History Committee
2001 Treasurer - Natural Science Section
2002 Member - Chapter History Committee
2002 Treasurer - Natural Science Section
2003 Member - Chapter History Committee
2003 Treasurer - Natural Science Section
2004 Outings Chairman - Chapter History Committee
2004 Newsletter Editor - Natural Science Section
2005 Member - Chapter History Committee
2005 Newsletter Editor - Natural Science Section

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