PAST GRAND MASTERS

Past Grand Masters

YEAR	PAST GRAND MASTER	COUNCIL
2024	Russell S. Hanson - Honorary	Centralia No. 34
2023	Dr. Paul L. Daniels	Carthage No. 41, Nevada No. 65
2022	Michael S. Smith	Hiram No. 1, York No. 40
2021	Donald MacCormick	Kansas City No. 45, Independence No. 49
2021	Christopher E. Tilley - Honorary*	Hiram No. 1, York No. 40
2020	Wayne B. Fryer	Rolla No. 39
2019	Wayne B. Fryer	Rolla No. 39
2018	Aaron M. Shoemaker	Independence No. 49, East Gate No. 51
2017	Joseph P. Elsen	Centralia No. 34, Shelbina No. 59
2016	Todd A. Schulze	Hiram No. 1, Jeremiah No. 48
2015	William G. Snyder	Kansas City No. 45, Independence No. 49
2014	Terry R. Struse	Centralia No. 34, York No. 40
2013	David C. Witte	Kansas City No. 45, Independence No. 49
2012	William C. Woolsey	Rolla No. 39
2011	George M. Merkle	Hiram No. 1
2010	James G. Haddox	Hiram No. 1, Rolla No. 39, Jeremiah No. 48
2009	Danny D. Smothers	Kansas City No. 45, Liberty No. 50
2008	Edgar F. Coonrod*
2007	Robert L. Wright*
2006	Albert H. Miller*	Hiram No. 1, York No. 40, Bonne Terre No. 43
2005	Robert H. Bray*
2005	Kevin B. Sample - Honorary	Poplar Bluff No. 27, Centralia No. 34
2005	Donald L. Trabue - Honorary*	Ezra No. 32, Bonne Terre No. 43
2004	Stanton T. Brown*
2003	Gary A. Phillips	Jasper No. 30, Bert S. Lee No. 58
2002	Richard J. Holmes*	Hiram No. 1, York No. 40
2001	LeRoy D. Unruh*	Hiram No. 1, Bonne Terre No. 43
2000	William J. Bowser*	St. Joseph No. 9
1999	Teddie E. Harrison*	Independence No. 49
1998	E. Allen Kohler - Honorary	Centralia No. 34
1998	Bob L. Detherow	Zabud No. 25
1997	Frederick H. Neal*	Cape No. 40, El Camino No. 52
1996	Clarence W. Wieland*
1995	C. Richard Carter*	St. Joseph No. 9, Kirksville No. 44
1994	Paul K. Kawakami*	Westport No. 38
1993	Lawrence R. Albright, II*	Neosho No. 46
1992	John V. Crampton*	Cape No. 20
1991	James A. Cockerham*	Hiram No. 1
1990	William R. Probst*
1989	Frank W. Hazelrigg, Jr.*
1988	Alvin E. Gerstenschlager*	Bonne Terre No. 43
1987	Jack R. Clark, Sr.*	Westport No. 38
1986	Blair C. Mayford*
1985	Billie L. Bird*	St. Joseph No. 9
1984	William Gordon Buckner*	Sedalia No. 42
1983	Donald C. Treece*	Kirksville No. 44
1982	Ronald R. Bielby*
1981	Robert N. Hunter*
1980	George R. Johnson*
1979	Ernest J. Thacker*
1978	Everette L. Gloyd*
1977	Dudley C. Barnes*
1976	James E. Sullivan*
1975	Franklin J. Anderson*
1974	Frank A. Arnold*
1973	Clyde M. McCrea*
1972	Logan E. Wing, Jr.*
1971	Everett E. Phillips*
1970	Richard H. Kerr*
1969	Frank K. Roy, Jr.*
1968	Alfred W. Griffith*
1967	Harold L. Lowe*
1966	G. Fred Kling*
1965	Clovis E. Collier*
1964	Dewey A. Routh*
1963	Hiram U. Ford*
1962	William H. Utz, Jr.*
1961	Allen C. Sodemann*
1960	Olin S. McDaniel*
1959	R. Marvin Cowden*	Zabud No. 25
1958	Walter H. Baird*	Jasper No. 30, Centralia No. 34
1957	Walter J. Bublitz*	Shekinah No. 24, Kansas City No. 45
1956	Richard P. Dorris*	Ezra No. 32
1955	Edward E. Wilson*	St. Joseph No. 9
1954	Francis J. Bullivant*	Hiram No. 1
1953	Robert E. Armstrong*	Jasper No. 30, Neosho No. 46
1952	Edwin Knudsen*	Trenton No. 37
1951	Bruce H. Hunt*	Kirksville No. 44
1951	Ray V. Denslow - Honorary*	Trenton No. 37
1951	George C. Marquis - Honorary*	Westport No. 38
1950	Ralph J. Brooks*	Zabud No. 25
1949	Cornelius D. Struble*	Shekinah No. 24, Westport No. 38
1948	Henry C. Thompson II*	Bonne Terre No. 43
1947	Joseph D. Stewart*	Chillicothe No. 28
1946	Walter H. Niestrath*	Hiram No. 1
1945	Joseph V. Gaddy*	St. Joseph No. 9
1944	Joseph V. Gaddy*	St. Joseph No. 9
1943	Bruce J. Carl*	Centralia No. 34
1942	Paul R. Byrum*	Shekinah No. 24
1941	Clyde C. Evans*	Solomon No. 26, Trenton No. 37
1940	Walter B. Pingree*	Carthage No. 41
1939	Samuel A. Gilliland*	Rabboni No. 9, Westport No. 38
1938	Walter A. Higbee*	Eastern Star No. 29
1937	Carl P. Westerhaus*	Bellefontaine No. 25
1936	Robert W. Hedrick*
1935	John M. Gallatin*
1934	Charles Gurley*	St. Joseph No. 9
1933	Ralph T. Finley*
1932	Carl A. Swenson*
1931	W. Ed Johnson*
1930	Henry C. Elberg*
1929	Kipp C. Johnson*
1928	Thomas H. Raynolds*
1927	¶ Frank P. McAtee*
1926	John M. Waller*
1925	Bernal L. Tatman*
1924	James R. McLachlan*
1923	George W. Walker*
1922	William M. Campbell*
1921	James Price*
1920	Louis Moller*
1919	William C. Glenn*	Jasper No. 30
1918	John Pickard*	Centralia No. 34
1917	William J. Vannix*	St. Joseph No. 9
1916	Sanford M. Daniels*
1915	V. H. Falkenhainer*
1914	James L. Heckenlively*
1913	Walter R. Anthony*
1912	William H. Herrick*
1911	Henry Schroeder*
1910	Bert S. Lee*
1909	¶ William R. Brock*
1908	Thomas A. Milburn*
1907	George T. Burnham*
1906	¶ John H. Barr*
1905	Martin T. Balsley*
1904	Gibbon W. Carson*
1903	Robert F. Stevenson*
1902	‡ Cyrus H. Jones*
1901	Beuben Barney*
1900	John H. Murphy*
1899	David M. Wilson*
1898	William Y. Bean*	Arcana No. 16
1897	Elijah H. Phelps*	Shekinah No. 24
1896	Emanuel F. Hartzell*	St. Joseph No. 9
1895	Fred A. Kage*
1894	William Richardson*	Hiram No. 1
1893	William F. Kuhn*
1892	Ulrich Schneider*
1891	Thomas Seal*
1890	F. J. Tygard*
1889	John J. Pierron*
1888	H. C. Christopher*
1887	William H. Stansbury*
1886	‡ William A. Lord*
1885	P. R. Flitcraft*
1884	William H. Dale*
1883	William G. Hall*	St. Joseph No. 9
1882	William B. Wilson*	Cape No. 20
1881	John R. Parson*
1880	John A. Dolman*
1878	B. Peter Bailey*
1877	William R. Penick*
1876	William R. Stubblefield*
1875	Noah M. Givan*
1874	W. W. Garth*
1873	Joseph S. Browne*	St. Joseph No. 9
1872	Allan McDowell*
1871	William A. Prall*	St. Louis No. 1, Tyrian No. 13
1870	Martin Collins*
1869	Martin Collins*
1868	‡ George W. Belt*
1867	Thomas E. Garrett*
1866	Anthony O'Sullivan*	St. Louis No. 7, Illinois
1864	Anthony O'Sullivan*	St. Louis No. 7, Illinois