Past Potentates

Index of Past Potentates from Moslem Temple.

***** indicates

went on to become Imperial Potentate of The Shrine of North America

***** indicates

went on to become Imperial Potentate of The Shrine

of North America

Bold blue text indicates ‘living.’ 

Black standard text indicates ‘deceased.’

 


td WIDTH=”211″ HEIGHT=”16″>R. Harold Ling 2015

 

Year

 

Potentate

 

Year

 

Potentate

 

Year

 

Potentate

 

1876

 

(under Mecca, NY, NY)

 

1926

 

Albert E. Hamilton

 

1976 

Frank

C. Ellis

 

1877

 

(under Mecca, NY, NY)

 

1927 

 

William Curtis

 

1977 

 

Fred R. Morrison Jr.

 

1878

 

(under Mecca, NY, NY)

 

1928 

 

Tunis E. Stinson

 

1978 

 

Billy D. Semanson

 

1879

 

(under Mecca, NY, NY)

 

1929 

 

Ernest O. Knight

 

1979 

 

Robert E. Kellstrom

 

1880

 

O. W. Shipman

 

1930 

 

Charles E. Swales

 

1980

 

Leo E. Harrawood

 

1881

 

O. W. Shipman

 

1931

 

James Dickson Jr.

 

1981

 

Robert C. Hall

 

1882

 

O. W. Shipman

 

1932 

 

Guy W. Moore

 

1982 

 

Thomas G. Draper

 

1883

 

O. W. Shipman

 

1933 

 

Richard Reading

 

1983

 

Carl F. Sexauer

 

1884

 

O. W. Shipman

 

1934 

 

Arthur E. Gordon

 

1984 

 

Harold A. Haering

 

1885

 

O. W. Shipman

 

1935 

 

Lyle C. Ling

 

1985 

 

Leroy Hocking

 

1886

 

O. W. Shipman

 

1936 

 

DeWitt Merriman

 

1986 

 

Donald D. Cameron

 

1887

 

O. W. Shipman

 

1937

 

Richard E. Moore

 

1987 

 

Gilbert G. Kuehl

 

1888

 

John B. Corliss

 

1938 

 

Frank H. Tout

 

1988 

 

William C. Petrocy 

 

1889

 

M. H. Chamberlain

 

1939 

 

Sidney M. Harvey

 

1989 

 

Robert P. Haffner 

 

1890

 

Bruce Goodfellow

 

1940

 

Thomas D. Van Dine

 

1990

 

Albert J. Wood

 

1891

 

Lou Burt

 

1941 

 

Edward J. Savage

 

1991

 

William B. Plier 

 

1892

 

Lou Burt

 

1942 

 

William E. Frackelton

 

1992 

 

Charles E. Strong

 

1893

 

Lou Burt

 

1943 

 

William Carlson

 

1993 

 

Larry R. Ode

 

1894

 

Fred Fayram

 

1944 

 

Milton C. Smith

 

1994 

 

Adam Olweean

 

1895

 

Fred Fayram

 

1945 

 

Robert V. Johnson

 

1995

 

Donald L. Carman

 

1896

 

Charles F. Beck

 

1946

 

C. Dale Curtis

 

1996

 

David E. Sowers

 

1897

 

Charles F. Beck

 

1947 

 

T. Mel Rinehart

 

1997

 

Richard E. Frembes

 

1898

 

Charles F. Beck

 

1948

 

Harry McDonald

 

1998

 

Rodney S. Petkovich

 

1899

 

Charles F. Beck

 

1949 

 

Vaughn Reid

 

1999

 

Larry R. Ode

 

1900

 

William F. Baxter

 

1950 

 

Eugene D. Williamson

 

2000

 

Alan R. Peterman

 

1901

 

Harry S. Starkey

 

1951 

 

Thomas D. Leadbetter

 

2001

 

John Thornhill

 

1902

 

Harry S. Starkey

 

1952 

 

George M. Ingram

 

2002

 

Thomas Taylor

 

1903

 

William Dunn

 

1953 

 

Walter Fuller

 

2003

 

Charles Ferguson

 

1904

 

William Dunn

 

1954 

 

Charles E. Merrill

 

2004

 

Jack Hansen Jr.

 

1905

 

H C. Corns

 

1955 

 

Marvin G. Lane

 

2005

 

William Pullen

 

1906 

 

J. Frank Boydell

 

1956 

 

Joseph C. Davidson

 

2006

 

Charley Wallace

 

1907 

 

Will W. Watts

 

1957 

 

Charles L. Wilson

 

2007

 

John W. Brown 

 

1908

 

William Van Sickle

 

1958 

 

Carl L. Johnson

 

2008

 

Charles J. Thorpe

 

1909 

 

Herman O. Rogers

 

1959

 

Herbert E. Payne Jr.

2009  Joel

R. Ozment 

 

1910

 

William M. Perrett

 

1960 

 

Harvey E. Mack

2010 Michael

J. Dib

 

1911

 

Thomas W. Fletcher

 

1961

 

Frank A. Bostrom

2011
 

1912

 

William T. Benallack

 

1962 

 

Norman A. Smith

2012
 

1913 

 

Thomas V. Dutton

 

1963 

 

William H. Polkinghorn

2013
 

1914 

 

Russell G. Pearce

 

1964 

 

Alex Acey

2014
 

1915 

 

Sid W. Millard

 

1965 

 

1916 

 

Arthur Fisher

 

1966 

 

F. Raymond Dasher

2016
 

1917 

 

William B. Wood

 

1967

 

Fred R. Morrison Sr.*****

2017
 

1918 

 

James A. Ballard

 

1968 

 

Michael A. Gentile Sr.

2018
 

1919

 

Mark A. Gardner

 

1969 

 

J. Murray Brown

2019
 

1920 

 

William J. Murray

 

1970 

 

George H. Bobbish

2020
 

1921

 

A. E. D. Allen

 

1971 

 

Robert H. Potts

2021
 

1922 

 

James H. Garlick

 

1972 

 

William S. Spence

2022
 

1923 

 

Frank T. Lodge

 

1973 

 

Gerald W. Groat

2023
 

1924 

 

Claude W. Moore

 

1974 

 

William Vincent Taylor

2024
 

1925

 

Clyde I. Webster

 

1975 

 

Andrew Robertson

2025

 


***** indicates

went on to become Imperial Potentate of The Shrine

of North America

Bold

blue text indicates ‘living.’ 

Black standard text indicates ‘deceased.’