Past Grand Masters of Colorado
The Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of Colorado owes an enormous debt of
gratitude to the brethren who have led us in the past and continue to provide inspiration and guidance for our
officers and brethren. The following is a listing of our past grand masters in order of their service. We thank
them one and all.
| 1861 |
John M. Chivington * |
|
1918 |
Clarence M. Kellogg * |
|
1968 |
Steward A. Shafer * |
| 1862 |
Allyn Weston * |
|
1919 |
Frank L. Bishop * |
|
1969 |
William L. Gobin * |
| 1863 |
Henry M. Teller * |
|
1920 |
Haslett P. Burke * |
|
1970 |
Galen E. Swank * |
| 1864 |
Archibald J. VanDeren * |
|
1921 |
Marshall H. VanFleet * |
|
1971 |
Dean C. Mabry * |
| 1865 |
Andrew Mason * |
|
1922 |
Edward P. Huffred * |
|
1972 |
Hugh E. Chastain * |
| 1866 |
Chase Withrow * |
|
1923 |
Jesse C. Wiley * |
|
1973 |
Edward A. Martin * |
| 1867-72 |
Henry M. Teller * |
|
1924 |
William N. Vaile * |
|
1974 |
Clarence C. Carlson * |
| 1873-74 |
Webster D. Anthony * |
|
1925 |
Frank G. Mirick * |
|
1974 |
Dean C. Settle (H)* |
| 1875 |
Oren H. Henry * |
|
1926 |
Frank J. Reinhard * |
|
1975 |
Clarence W. Hines, Jr. * |
| 1876 |
Harper M. Orahood * |
|
1927 |
John Andrew * |
|
1976 |
Jess W. Gern * |
| 1877 |
Cornelius J. Hart * |
|
1928 |
I. Ernest Newsom * |
|
1977 |
Wilbur N. Ladd * |
| 1878 |
Roger W. Woodbury * |
|
1929 |
Rueben W. Hershey * |
|
1978 |
Lloyd J. Jamerson * |
| 1879 |
Byron L. Carr * |
|
1930 |
Horace H. Mitchell * |
|
1979 |
Carl H. Powell * |
| 1880 |
Lawrence N. Greenleaf * |
|
1930 |
Will D. Grisard * |
|
1980 |
Roscoe Roberts * |
| 1881 |
Robert A. Quillian * |
|
1931 |
Casper S. Desch * |
|
1981 |
John. R. Wagner * |
| 1882 |
Frank Church * |
|
1932 |
George A. Luxford * |
|
1982 |
David L. Corlett * |
| 1883 |
Andrew Sagendorf * |
|
1933 |
Howard T. Vaille * |
|
1983 |
Samuel Berman * |
| 1884 |
James H. Peabody * |
|
1934 |
Charles A. Patton * |
|
1984 |
R. Keith Milheim |
| 1885 |
George W. Wyman * |
|
1935 |
Kenneth O. Wood * |
|
1985 |
James Dunn * |
| 1886 |
Albert H. Branch * |
|
1936 |
William R. Arthur * |
|
1986 |
John C. McCracken |
| 1887 |
George K. Kimball * |
|
1937 |
Harry L. Baum * |
|
1987 |
Norman L. Hoff |
| 1888 |
William D. Todd * |
|
1938 |
William D. Nelson * |
|
1988 |
Harry C. English * |
| 1889 |
William T. Birdwell * |
|
1939 |
Thomas H. Cox * |
|
1989 |
Dwight A. Hamilton * |
| 1890 |
Ernest LeNeve Foster * |
|
1940 |
Francis J. Knauss * |
|
1990 |
Donald P. Smith, Jr. * |
| 1891 |
John M. Maxwell * |
|
1941 |
Benjamin C. Hilliard * |
|
1991 |
Guy Hurst, Jr. * |
| 1892 |
William D. Wright * |
|
1942 |
George C. Twombly * |
|
1992 |
Richard A Miklich |
| 1893 |
Jethrow C. Sanford * |
|
1943 |
Herschel Horn * |
|
1993 |
John L. Harper |
| 1894 |
William L. Bush * |
|
1944 |
John R. Clark * |
|
1993 |
Allan C. Templeton (H)* |
| 1895 |
William D. Pierce * |
|
1945 |
Frank D. Allen * |
|
1994 |
Ben H. Bell, Jr. |
| 1896 |
George W. Row * |
|
1946 |
Grover C. Olinger * |
|
1995 |
James W. Aycock |
| 1897 |
Cromwell Tucker * |
|
1947 |
John R. Swinton * |
|
1996 |
Robert L. Bartholic |
| 1898 |
Horace T. DeLong * |
|
1948 |
S. Stuart Krebs * |
|
1997 |
James C. Callahan |
| 1899 |
Alphonse A. Burnard * |
|
1949 |
Edwin J. Wittleshofer * |
|
1997 |
Ray E. Robinson (H) |
| 1900 |
Joseph D. Milsom * |
|
1950-51 |
C. Wheeler Barnes * |
|
1998 |
Stephen M. Munsinger |
| 1901 |
George D. Kennedy * |
|
1951 |
Harry W. Bundy (H)* |
|
1999 |
Kent R. Gould |
| 1902 |
Marshall H. Dean * |
|
1952 |
Olin P. Lee * |
|
2000 |
Rodney W. Johnson |
| 1903 |
James R. Killian * |
|
1953 |
Hubert Glover * |
|
2000 |
U. Dean Mathena (H) |
| 1904 |
Bemjamin L. James * |
|
1954 |
Donald W. Shaw * |
|
2001 |
Ben M. Crossno |
| 1905 |
Charles F. Painter * |
|
1955 |
Charles A. Mantz * |
|
2002 |
Joseph E. Hadad |
| 1906 |
Arthur E. Jones * |
|
1956 |
Millard E. Ryan * |
|
2003 |
Claud E. Dutro |
| 1907 |
Joseph A. Davis * |
|
1957 |
D. Aubrey Spann * |
|
2004 |
Edward L. Zorn |
| 1908 |
John B. Haffy * |
|
1958 |
Glenn B. Van Fleet * |
|
2005 |
Richard W. Schmidt |
| 1909 |
George W. Musser * |
|
1959 |
Clifford J. Gobble * |
|
2006 |
Thomas J. Cox |
| 1910 |
Alfred B. McGaffy * |
|
1960 |
Carlton M. Ray * |
|
2007 |
John J. Harrington |
| 1911 |
H. Ward Woodward * |
|
1961 |
Leon H. Snyder * |
|
2008 |
J.R. "Jack" McConnell |
| 1912 |
George E. Simonton * |
|
1962 |
Ellis Latimer * |
|
2009 |
|
| 1913 |
William S. Pickerill * |
|
1963 |
Clarence L. Bartholic * |
|
2010 |
|
| 1914 |
Charles H. Dudley * |
|
1964 |
Charles L. Thompson * |
|
2011 |
|
| 1915 |
Robert M. Simons * |
|
1965 |
John H. Wesch * |
|
2012 |
|
| 1916 |
Guy V. Sternberg * |
|
1966 |
Irving . Cannon * |
|
2013 |
|
| 1917 |
L. D. Crain * |
|
1967 |
Charles T. Gore * |
|
2014 |
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(H) = Honorary Grand Master and * = Passed to His Enternal Reward