Mountain Rescue Association Nordegg, Alberta, Canada 2018
Founders and Past Presidents Tim Kovacs
Founders 1956-1959
Wolf Bauer, Max Eckenburg, Ome Daiber, Dr. Otto Trott, Seattle Mountain Rescue Council with thoughts of what would be the MRA
First Meeting, 1956 First Conference, Mt Hood 1959
Whereabouts Unknown MRA Founder 1956-1959 Alex Creswell Alpinees/ CAP, Oregon
Whereabouts Unknown MRA Founder 1956-1959 Soren Norman Corvallis MR, Oregon
MRA Founder 1956-1959 William B. Van Wert, 40 1920-1960 Olympic MRU, Washington
MRA Founder 1956-1959 William Les Robinson, 54 1913-1967 Tacoma MR, Washington back from the mission on Denali
MRA Founder 1956-1959 Willi Unsoeld, 53 1926-1979 1 st W. Ridge Everest ++ Corvallis MR, Oregon Avalanched
MRA Founder 1956-1959 Father of U.S. Mountain Rescue Ome Daiber, 81 1908-1989 Seattle MR, Washington
MRA Founder 1956-1959 Dr. Otto Trott, 88 1911-1999 Seattle MR, Washington
MRA Founder 1956-1959 George Sainsbury 9 May 1925 13 Mar 2011 Seattle MR, AAC, Washington
Still Kicking & Climbing MRA Founder 1956-1959 Mike Norman Seattle MR, Washington
MRA Founder 1956-1959 Dave Sarvis, 84 1929-6 Dec 2013 Idaho Mountain SAR Unit, Idaho
MRA Founder 1956-1959 Bert Brown 27 Sep 1927 18 Apr 2014 Corvallis MR, Oregon
Wolf Bauer, 103 Seattle MRC Founder US Mountain Rescue Mentor 1956-1959 24 Feb 1912 23 Jan 2016 Seattle Mountain Rescue Washington
MRA Founder 1956-1959 MRA First President 1959-1961 Dick Pooley 6 Sep 1920 26 Oct 2015 Hood River Crag Rats & NSP, Oregon
MRA Founder 1956-1959 MRA 2 nd President 1961-1963 Dorrell E. Looff, 71 1910-1981 Seattle MR, Washington
MRA Founder 1956-1959 MRA 3 rd President 1963-1965 John W. Arens, Sr., 69 1922-1991 Hood River Crag Rats, Oregon
MRA 4 th President 1965-1967 Vance Yost, 56 1918-1976 Altadena MR, California
Still Kicking & Climbing MRA Founder MRA 5 th President 1967-1969 Kenn Carpenter Everett MR, Washington
MRA 6 th President 1969-1970 Ray Neal, 45 1922-1987 Southern Arizona Rescue Association
MRA 7 th President 1970-1972 Honor Guard Co-Founder 26 Nov 1928 5 Feb 2010 Dave Moore, 81 Alpine Rescue Team, Colorado
MRA Founder MRA 8 th President 1972 1974 Paul Williams, 80 1925 21 Dec 2005 Seattle MR, NSP Washington
Still Kicking & Climbing MRA 9 th President 1974-1975 Lynn Buchanan Central Washington MR, NSP+, Washington.
MRA 10 th President 1975-1978 Phil Umholtz 21 Jan 1920 17 Dec 2010 Bay Area Mountain Rescue Unit, California
Still Kicking & Climbing MRA 11 th President 1978-1980 Chuck Demarest Rocky Mountain Rescue Group, Colorado
Still Kicking & Climbing MRA 12 th President 1980-1982 Judy Hanna Central Washington Mountain Rescue, Washington
Still Kicking & Climbing MRA 13 th President 1982-1984 Arnold Gaffrey Sierra Madre SAR, California
MRA 14 th President 1984-1986 Abbe Keith, 66 1 July 1946 4 March 2013 Sierra Madre SAR, California
MRA 15 th President 1986-1988 Founder RMRU, 1961 Walt Walker, 70 3 July 1936 22 Dec 2006 Riverside MRU, California
MRA 16 th President 1988-1990 J. Hunter Holloway, 58 1934-1992 Alpine Rescue Team, Colorado
Still Kicking & Climbing MRA 17 th President 1990-1991 Deputy Drew Davis Larimer County SAR, Colorado
MRA 18 th President 1991-1993 1942-14 June 2017 Dick Bethers Salt Lake County SAR, Utah US Army
Still Kicking & Climbing MRA 19 th President 1993-1995 Kevin Walker Riverside MRU, California
MRA 20 th President 1995-1998 Tim Cochrane, 61 8 Mar 1950 16 May 2011 Vail Mountain Rescue Group, Colorado
Still Kicking & Climbing MRA 21 st President 1998-2000 Tim Kovacs Central Arizona MRA/ Maricopa County Sheriff s MR, Arizona
Still Kicking & Climbing MRA 22 nd President 2000-2002 Rocky Henderson Portland Mountain Rescue Unit, Oregon
Still Kicking & Climbing MRA 23 rd President 2002-2004 Dan Hourihan Alaska Mountain Rescue Group, Alaska
Still Kicking & Climbing MRA 24 th President 2004-2006 Monty Bell San Diego Mountain Rescue Team, California
Still Kicking & Climbing MRA 25 th President 2006-2008 Fran Sharp Tacoma Mountain Rescue Unit, Washington
Still Kicking & Climbing MRA 26 th President 2008-2010 Charley Shimanski Alpine Rescue Team, Colorado
Still Kicking & Climbing MRA 27 th President 2010-2012 Neil Van Dyke Stowe Mountain Rescue, Vermont
Still Kicking and Climbing MRA 28 th President 2012-2014 Doug Wessen Juneau Mountain Rescue, Alaska
Still Kicking and Climbing MRA 29 th President 2014-2016 Dave Clarke Portland Mountain Rescue Unit, Oregon
Still Kicking and Climbing MRA 30 th President 2016-2018 Byran Enberg New Jersey SAR, New Jersey
FOUNDERS & PAST PRESIDENTS Thanks; Bruce Andersen, Woody Woodward, Phil Umholtz, Caiti Kovacs Music: Crossfire, Stevie Ray Vaughn Produced and Directed by; Tim Kovacs & the MRA Honor Guard tkovacs59@gmail.com 602-819-4066 www.mra.org/mra-honor-guard
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