Sierra Club Desert Peaks Section Sierra Club
Bill Oliver
Active in the DPS: 1986-2005
Active in DPS SPS LTC WTC
Bill Oliver has chaired the Sierra Peaks Section twice and currently chairs the National Mountaineering Oversight Committee. He was also the Vice-Chair of the Leadership Training Committee and served on the Wilderness Training Committee. Bill currently resides in Colorado.


Bill Oliver (left) presenting Glen Dawson
with honorary membership and
pinning him with SPS pin.
Taken at SPS Banquet January 1990.
From the Robert & Maureen Cates Collection


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

1986 Joined the Desert Peaks Section
1987 Banquet Chair - Sierra Peaks Section
1987 SPS Emblem
1989 Chairman - Sierra Peaks Section
1990 Vice Chairman - Leadership Training Committee
1990 Vice Chairman - Sierra Peaks Section
1991 Angeles Chapter Outings Service Award
1991 Vice Chairman - Leadership Training Committee
1992 Member - Angeles Chapter Executive Committee
1992 Excomm Laison - Angeles Chapter Safety Committee
1992 Member - Angeles Chapter Speakers Bureau
1992 DPS Emblem on Signal Peak
1992 Vice Chairman - Leadership Training Committee
1992 Member - Personnel Administration Committee
1992 Historian - Sierra Peaks Section
1992 Excomm Laison - Training and Safety Administration Committee
1992 Excomm Laison - Wilderness Training Committee
1993 Member - Angeles Chapter Executive Committee
1993 Council Representative - Backpacking Committee
1993 Excomm Liaison - Chapter Fundraising Committee
1993 Excomm Liaison - Chapter Safety Committee
1993 Excomm Liaison - Leadership Training Committee
1993 Member - Personnel Administration Committee
1993 Historian - Sierra Peaks Section
1993 Excomm Liaison - Training & Safety Administration Committee
1993 Excomm Liaison - Wilderness Training Committee
1994 Excomm Liaison - Backpacking Committee
1994 Member - Chapter Executive Committee
1994 Excomm Liaison - Chapter Fundraising Committee
1994 Excomm Liaison - Chapter Safety Committee
1994 Chairman - Outings Administration Committee
1994 Member - Personnel Administration Committee
1994 Historian - Sierra Peaks Section
1994 Excomm Liaison - Wilderness Training Committee
1995 Member - Chapter Budget Committee
1995 Member - Chapter Fundraising Committee
1995 Member - Chapter Safety Committee
1995 Member - Executive Committee
1995 Vice Chairman - Leadership Training Committee
1995 Chairman - Outings Administration Committee
1995 Historian - Sierra Peaks Section
1995 Member - Wilderness Training Committee
1996 Member - Chapter Executive Committee
1996 Member - Chapter Financial Budget Committee
1996 Chairman - Chapter Fundraising Committee
1996 Member - Chapter Safety Committee
1996 Vice Chairman - Leadership Training Committee
1996 Chairman - Outings Administration Committee
1996 Member - Personnel Administration Committee
1996 Historian - Sierra Peaks Section
1997 Member - Chapter Safety Committee
1997 Vice Chairman - Leadership Training Committee
1997 Chairman - Outings Management Committee
1997 Historian - Sierra Peaks Section
1997 ExComm Liaison - Wilderness Training Committee
1998 Member - Chapter Safety Committee
1998 Vice Chairman - Leadership Training Comiittee
1998 Chairman - Outings Management Committee
1998 Historian - Sierra Peaks Section
1998 Member - Wilderness Training Comiittee
1999 Member - Chapter Awards Committee
1999 Member - Chapter Safety Committee
1999 HPS Emblem on Pine mountain #2
1999 Vice Chairman - Leadership Training Committee
1999 Chairman - Outings Management Committee
1999 Historian - Sierra Peaks Section
1999 Excomm Liaison - Wilderness Training Committee
2000 Member - Chapter Awards Committee
2000 Member - Chapter Safety Committee
2000 Vice Chairman - Leadership Training Committee
2000 Chairman - Outings Management Committee
2000 Historian - Sierra Peaks Section
2000 Excomm Liaison - Wilderness Training Committee
2001 Member - Chapter Awards Committee
2001 Member - Chapter Safety Committee
2001 Vice Chairman - Leadership Training Committee
2001 Chairman - Outings Management Committee
2001 Historian - Sierra Peaks Section
2001 ExComm Liaison - Wilderness Training Committee
2002 Angeles Chapter Chester Versteeg Outing Award

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