Past Potentates

The office of Potentate is a Shrine Temple’s highest leadership position. Listed below are those distinguished gentlemen who have served Moslem in this esteemed capacity since the inception of our Temple in 1880.

O.W. Shipman*
1880
O.W. Shipman*
1881
O.W. Shipman*
1882
O.W. Shipman*
1883
O.W. Shipman*
1884
O.W. Shipman*
1885
O.W. Shipman*
1886
O.W. Shipman*
1887
John B. Corliss*
1888
M. H. Chamberlain*
1889
Bruce Goodfellow*
1890
Lou Burt*
1891
Lou Burt*
1892
Lou Burt*
1893
Fred Fayram*
1894
Fred Fayram*
1895
Charles F. Beck*
1896
Charles F. Beck*
1897
Charles F. Beck*
1898
Charles F. Beck*
1899
William F. Baxter*
1900
Harry S. Starkey*
1901
Harry S. Starkey*
1902
William Dunn*
1903
William Dunn*
1904
H.C. Corns*
1905
J. Frank Boydell*
1906
Will W. Watts*
1907
William Van Sickle*
1908
Herman O. Rogers*
1909
William M. Perrett*
1910
Thomas W. Fletcher*
1911
William T. Benallack*
1912
Thomas V. Dutton*
1913
Rusel G. Pearce*
1914
Sid W. Millard*
1915
Arthur Fisher*
1916
William B. Wood*
1917
James A. Ballard*
1918
Mark A. Gardner*
1919
William J. Murray*
1920
A. E. D. Allen*
1921
James H. Garlick*
1922
Frank T. Lodge*
1923
Claude W. Moore*
1924
Clyde I. Webster*
1925
Albert E. Hamilton*
1926
William Curtis*
1927
Tunis E. Stinson*
1928
Ernest O. Knight*
1929
Charles E. Swales*
1930
James Dickson Jr.*
1931
Guy W. Moore*
1932
Richard Reading*
1933
Arthur E. Gordon*
1934
Lyle C. Ling*
1935
DeWitt Merriman*
1936
Richard E. Moore*
1937
Frank H. Tout*
1938
Sidney M. Harvey*
1939
Thomas D. Van Dine*
1940
Edward J. Savage*
1941
William E. Frackelton*
1942
William Carlson*
1943
Milton C. Smith*
1944
Robert V. Johnson*
1945
C. Dale Curtis*
1946
T. Mel Rinehart*
1947
Harry McDonald*
1948
Vaugn Reid*
1949
Eugene D. Williamson*
1950
Thomas D. Leadbetter*
1951
George M. Ingram*
1952
Walter Fuller*
1953
Charles E. Merrill*
1954
Marvin G. Lane*
1955
Joseph C. Davidson*
1956
Charles L. Wilson*
1957
Carl L. Johnson*
1958
Herbert E. Payne Jr.*
1959
Harvey E. Mack*
1960
Frank A. Bostrom*
1961
Norman A. Smith*
1962
William H. Polkinghom*
1963
Alex Acey*
1964
R. Harold Ling*
1965
F. Raymond Dasher*
1966
Fred R. Morrison Sr.*1
1967
Michael A. Gentile Sr*
1968
J. Murray Brown*
1969
George H. Bobbish*
1970
Robert H. Potts*
1971
William S. Spence*
1972
Gerald W. Groat*
1973
William Vincent Taylor*
1974
Andrew Robertson*
1975
Frank C. Ellis*
1976
Fred R. Morrison Jr.*
1977
Billy D. Semanson*
1978
Robert E. Kellstrom*
1979
Leo E. Harrawood*
1980
Robert C. Hair
1981
Thomas G. Draper*
1982
Carl F. Sexauer*
1983
Harold A. Haering
1984
Leroy Hocking
1985
Donald D. Cameron*
1986
Gilbert G. Kuehl*
1987
William C. Petrocy*
1988
Robert P. Haffner
1989
Albert J. Wood*
1990
William B. Plier
1991
Charles E. Strong*
1992
Larry R. Ode*
1993
Adam Olweean*
1994
Donald L. Carman
1995
David E. Sowers*
1996
Richard E. Frembes
1997
Rodney S. Petkovich*
1998
Larry R. Ode*
1999
Alan R. Peterman
2000
John Thomhill*
2001
Thomas Taylor
2002
Charles Ferguson
2003
Jack Hansen Jr.
2004
William Pullen
2005
Charley Wallace*
2006
John W. Brown*
2007
Charles J. Thorpe*
2008
Joel R. Ozment
2009
Michael J. Dib
2010
Robert M. Lee
2011
Michael Spensley*
2012
Charles Baer*
2013
Robert Pate
2014
Larry Leib
2015
Craig Stigleman
2016
Arthur J. Brdak
2017
Bob O'Brien*
2018
Jeff Geske
2019
Ray Moore
2020
Mike Zelmanski
2021
Timothy Lancaster
2022
Frank Dougherty
2023