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