Mrs. Wesley D. Gerber (Lois), Organizing Regent, was given the honor of organizing the Mission Viejo Chapter by the National Board of Management, NSDAR, on June 4, 1983. After much research and submitting three possible chapter names to the National Organization, it was decided our Chapter would be known as the Mission Viejo Chapter. On February 25, 1984, twenty-nine members were installed and the Chapter was assigned No. 8-181-CA. The founding officers were: Regent, Mrs. W. D. Gerber (Lois); First Vice Regent, Mrs. Janet Franks; Second Vice Regent, Mrs. Robert Hayward (Rachel); Chaplain, Mrs. Darline Altabet; Recording Secretary, Mrs. K. Hutchison (Rebecca); Corresponding Secretary, Mrs. Robert Dozier (Fannie); Treasurer, Mrs. Jack F. Morris (Jean); Registrar, Mrs. P.S. Moyer (Artis); Historian, Mrs. Raymond A. Arnold (Sharon); Librarian, Mrs. Willis M. Dimmick (Beverly).