Past
Potentates
Past Potentates
Each title in the Shrine is derived from Arabic tradition, and each has its own set of defined duties and responsibilities. Potentates (both past and present) are addressed as “Illustrious Sir”,
2023 Robert Schoonmaker
2022 Thomas J. Whitney
2021 Andrew O. Roberts
2020 David L. Hantsch
2019 Mark J. Loughran
2018 David J. Karre
2017 Marty D. DeVault
2016 Scott G. Kinne
2015 Alan P. Zdimal
2014 Richard L. Barnar
2013 Harold "Bud" Skinner
2012 William P. Hush
2011 Eric G. Putman
2010 John W. Orr, Jr.
2009 Hugh R. Price
2008 Alan P. Zdimal
2007 Steven E. Behe
2006 Peter R. Yantalvich
2005 Thomas M. "Tim" McMullin
2004 Thomas M. "Tim" McMullin
2004 Jack W. Landy
2003 J. David Tinklepaugh, III
2002 Gerald E. Putman
2001 Nelson E. Johns
2000 Charles R. Henneman
1999 Wayne K. Cox
1998 Thomas J. Cowan
1997 Donald R. Magill
1996 Nicholas F. Seketa
1995 Gerald Abbey
1994 Douglas S. Immoor
1993 Orlin W. Darrach
1992 James C. Whited
1991 Linden J. Barnstead
1990 David P. Spencer
1989 Eugene E. Thomas
1988 Joseph D. Tinklepaugh, Jr.
1987 Arthur P. Ives
1986 Francis G. Paul*
1985 Earl Markham
1984 Richard N. LaFever
1983 Robert L. Swearengin
1982 Glenn Scovell
1981 Clyde E. Cotterill
1980 Stephen M. James
1979 John J. Rennell
1978 Leslie W. Wedge
1977 John L O'Brien, Sr.
1976 Roger W. Ainselle
1975 Charles F. Dates
1974 Vincent G. Hammond
1973 Charles F. Murphy
1972 Gilbert C. Cottrell
1971 Frank H. Wesh, Jr.
1970 Charles N. Griffiths
1969 Earle G. Ridall
1968 George J. Reese
1967 John F. Ackerman
1966 Louis K. Thakler
1965 Creighton E. Wray
1964 L. Pierce Hotchkiss
1963 J. Donald Garncey
1962 William G. Taylor
1961 Robert H. Austin
1960 Clive A. Blowers
1959 Willis L. Beemer
1958 J. William Harding
1957 Glenn C. Garner
1956 Lester R. Mosher
1955 M. Harding James
1954 Percy D. Morton
1953 Carl H. Nelson
1952 Brant S. Derr
1951 Marz B. Wilcox
1950 William B. Wilkinson
1949 J. Earl Edick
1948 William E. Low, Jr.
1947 Melville W. Lenox
1946 Richard Marlow
1945 William M. Onley, Jr.
1944 William M. Onley, Jr.
1943 Clarence S. Oakley
1942 Howard A. Swarewood
1941 Percy D. Tursell
1940 Nathan Turk
1939 Nathan Turk
1938 Morris F. Ford
1937 C. Mosserman McLean
1936 Seymour R. Hayes
1935 Seymour R. Hayes
1934 Marvin F. Kelley
1933 Milton H. Steele
1932 Milton H. Steele
1931 Miles M. Smith
1930 Foster Disinger
1929 Louis P. Smith
1928 Walter S. Jennings
1927 Cecil D. Martin
1926 Samuel J. Bailey
1925 Samuel J. Bailey
1924 Ray G. Pratt
1923 Ray G. Pratt
1922 Edwin H. Moody
1921 Norman A. Boyd
1920 Norman A. Boyd
1919 Amos M. Johnson
1918 Amos M. Johnson
1917 Amos M. Johnson
1916 Amos M. Johnson
1915 George M. McCann
1914 Henry M. Smith
1913 Henry M. Smith
1912 H. Carl Handle
1911 Frank E. Harris
1910 James T. Rogers
1909 James T. Rogers
1908 James T. Rogers
1907 James T. Rogers
1906 August G. Wales
1905 August G. Wales
1904 Rollin W. Meeker
1903 Rollin W. Meeker
1902 James H. Roberts
1901 James H. Roberts
1900 James H. Roberts
1899 James H. Roberts