Jerry Caplan

Jerry joined the Colorado Mountain Club in 1966 and served as president in 1993. He has climbed all the fourteeners and has hiked and climbed in Europe, Asia, Africa and New Zealand, mostly with the CMC. In 1993, he was instrumental in organizing the drive to obtain the CMC headquarters in Golden. In 1996, Jerry was the first recipient of the Carl Blaurock Silver Piton Award.

In the 1960's, Jerry formed the law firm of Caplan and Earnest. In his 25 years of practice, he served as Boulder Municipal Judge, Boulder County Public Trustee, and Special Assistant Attorney General for Colorado. He was President of the Boulder County Bar Association, the Boulder County Bar Foundation, the National School Boards Association's Council of School Attorneys, and the Board of Trustees for the University of Northern Colorado. In the 1970's, he was on the Board of Trustees for the State Colleges of Colroado. He is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and the American Bar Foundation. Currently, Jerry is on the Boulder County Planning Commission and the Board of Directors of the Rocky Mountain Nature Association.