Steve Born, Dedicated Clamper

Above, Steve Born addresses the gathering of Clampers at the Six-Way Clampout plaque dedication in 2006.

Clamperdom lost a tireless and dedicated Clamper with the passing of Steve Born yesterday.

Right, Steve chats with the late Jerry Zorthian at a Platrix clampout in the Mojave Desert.

For several years, Steve ran the Platrix Chapter's store with Glenn Thornhill. He also participated in many initiations of PBCs (Poor Blind Candidates) into the Ancient and Honorable Order of E Clampus Vitus. He also attended the annual E Clampus Vitus greybeards gatherings (usually in Murphys, California) in the heart of the Mother Lode.

Above, Steve (second from left) participating in a Platrix initiation ritual in 2001.

He joined and soon became the Noble Grand Humbug of the Peter Lebeck Chapter.

His biggest project was planning the gigantic Six-Way Clampout that was attended by over 1,200 Clampers.

From the Peter Lebeck website:

The Randsburg-Mojave Road Six-Way didn't just magically spring up in the desert like some kind of mirage. It took four years of serious planning by representatives from each of the six Southern Alliance Chapters that had committed to the Doin's in 2002: Peter Lebeck, of Kern County; Billy Holcomb, of San Bernardino and Riverside Counties; Queho Posse of Southern Nevada; Platrix, of Los Angeles, Ventura and Orange Counties; Lost Dutchman, of the combined territories of Arizona and New Mexico; and John P. Squibob, of San Diego, Imperial Counties and Baja California.

For more details on the Six-Way Clamptrek from Fall, 2006, go here.

He will be missed.