In July 2022, Doc started his 48th year as a Cheyenne Frontier Days™ volunteer. In January 1975, Bill Garner and Les Smith recruited Doc to join the Security Committee on the third year of the Committee’s existence. During his first years on the Security Committee, Doc was involved with the carnival, exhibitors, and concessions up until the Concessions Committee was created in 1982. He was Chairman of the Fireworks Display after CFD assumed the show from the Jaycees and, with Ron Duda as his assistant, was put in charge of parking for 8 years.

Doc was the first volunteer to be responsible for signage for all CFD operations when then General Chairman, Duane Von Krosigk, asked Doc to take charge of the project in the late 1970s. Eventually, Doc helped create and place nearly all the signs on Frontier Park. Later, his work developed into the Frontier Days Sign Shop.

Doc worked his way up to First Assistant in 1982 and continued in that capacity until he was appointed Chairman of the Security Committee in 1993. He served as Chairman from 1994 to 1996 and was a member of the General Committee during the 100th anniversary of CFD. The second year of his chairmanship, Doc was able to build a new building for the Security Committee. He later air conditioned the building at his own expense. Doc served on the Security Committee for 46 of its 48 years of existence and continues volunteering with the Operations Committee today.

Doc was elected to the HEELs in 1979 and later became the first chairman of the HEELs Nomination Committee, serving for approximately 10 years. Beginning in 1987, he became a HEELs officer, ultimately serving 3 years as Secretary/Treasurer, 3 years as Vice President, and 1 year as President. Doc has served for the past 6 years as a member of the HEELs Advisory Committee and continues in that role.

While he continued to volunteer and accept responsibilities with the Security Committee, Doc also assisted several other Committees. Doc worked for 5 years as a chuck wagon timer and finish judge for Contract Acts. He volunteered with the Contestants Committee in running the Calcutta for volunteers and friends of CFD for about 10 years. Doc was a member of the Board of Directors at the Buckle Club for 6 years and has served as a Sponsor Host for the Public Relations Committee since 2004. Recently, Doc authored a history of the Security Committee entitled “The Red Shirts”.