About Jerry Schad
Source: Wikipedia
Jerry Schad (also known as Gerald Schad, November 3, 1949 – Sept. 22, 2011) was an American educator and nonfiction writer, who had extensively documented local hiking trails in San Diego, Orange County and Southern California. His book Afoot & Afield San Diego County is widely considered the local bible of hiking. Jerry Schad Observatory was dedicated by San Diego Mesa College on the rooftop of the Math and Science building of the community college.