Grand Exalted Rulers

2023

Minneapolis, MN
Randy P. Shook
Lawrenceburg, TN (#2206)
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2022

Atlanta, GA
Bruce A. Hidley
Watervliet-Colonie, NY (#1500)
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2021

Tampa, FL
T. Keith Mills
Caldwell, ID (#1448)
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2020

Baltimore, MD(Canceled)
Paul R. Ryan
Willmar, MN (#952)
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2019

Saint Louis, MO
Robert L. Duitsman
Culver City, CA (#1917)
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2018

San Antonio, TX
Michael T. Luhr
Petersburg, AK (#1615)
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2017

Reno, NV
Malcolm J. McPherson, Jr.
Lyndhurst, NJ (#1505)
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2016

Houston, TX
Michael F. Zellen
Saugus-Everett, MA (#642)
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2015

Indianapolis, IN
Ronald L. Hicks
Fredericksburg, VA (#875)
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2014

New Orleans, LA
John Amen
Denver, Colorado (#17)
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2013

Reno, NV
Millard C. Pickering
Sapulpa, Oklahoma (#1118)
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2012

Austin, TX
Thomas S. Brazier
Santa Cruz, California (#824)
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2011

Phoenix, AZ
David R. Carr
Ticonderoga, New York (#1494)
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2010

Orlando, FL
Michael F. Smith
Plant City, FL (#1727)
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2009

Portland, OR
James L. Nichelson
Ohio River Valley, OH (#231)
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2008

Anaheim, CA
Paul D. Helsel
Newark, DE (#2281)
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2007

Charlotte, NC
F. Louis Sulsberger
Flora, IL (#1659)
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2006

Orlando, FL
Arthur H. Frost III
Oak Ridge, TN (#1684)
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2005

Reno, NV
Louis James Grillo
Stockton, CA (#218)
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2004

Minneapolis, MN
James M. McQuillan
Ogallala, NE (#1760)
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2003

St. Louis, MO
Amos A. McCallum
Biddeford-Saco, ME (#1597)
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2002

Reno, NV
Roger R. True
Tri-Cities, WA (#2755)
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2001

Philadelphia, PA
Arthur Mayer, Jr.
Bergenfield, NJ (#1477)

Bio not available.

2000

Dallas, TX
Dwayne E. Rumney
Willmar, MN (#952)
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1999

Kansas City, MO
James C. Varenhorst
Ludington, MI (#736)
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1998

Anaheim, CA
C. Valentine Bates
Gainesville, FL (#990)
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1997

Chicago, IL
Carlon O'Malley
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, PA (#109)
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1996

Las Vegas, NV
Gerald Coates
Greensboro, NC (#602)

Bio not available.

1995

New Orleans, LA
Edward Mahan
Framingham, MA (#1702)

Bio not available.

1994

Chicago, IL
Kenneth Moore
Corona, CA (#2045)

Bio not available.

1993

Portland, OR
Charles Williams
Plano-Richardson, TX (#2485)
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1992

Dallas, TX
Vincent Collura
Lincoln, NE (#80)

Bio not available.

1991

St. Louis, MO
Lester Hess, Jr.
Wheeling, WV (#28)

Bio not available.

1990

Las Vegas, NV
James Damon
John Day, OR (#1824)
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1989

New Orleans, LA
Donald Dapelo
Coalinga, CA (#1613)

Bio not available.

1988

Las Vegas, NV
Robert Sabin
Des Plaines, IL (#1526)

Bio not available.

1987

Atlanta, GA
Ted Callicott
Paris, TN (#816)

Bio not available.

1986

Denver, CO
Peter Affatato
Hicksville, NY (#1931)

Bio not available.

1985

Seattle, WA
Jack Traynor
Devils Lake, ND (#1216)
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1984

Houston, TX
Frank Garland
Centralia-Chehalis, WA (#2435)
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1983

Honolulu, HI
Kenneth Cantoli
Hasbrouck Heights, NJ (#1962)

Bio not available.

1982

Chicago, IL
Marvin Lewis
Brawley, CA (#1420)

Bio not available.

1981

Las Vegas, NV
Raymond Arnold
Jackson, MI (#113)

Bio not available.

1980

New Orleans, LA
H. Foster Sears
Macomb, IL (#1009)

Bio not available.

1979

Dallas, TX
Robert Grafton
North Palm Beach, FL (#2069)
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1978

San Diego, CA
Leonard Bristol
Saranac Lake, NY (#1508)

Bio not available.

1977

New Orleans, LA
Homer Huhn, Jr.
Mount Pleasant, PA (#868)

Bio not available.

1976

Chicago, IL
George Klein
Lincoln, NE (#80)

Bio not available.

1975

Dallas, TX
Willis McDonald
New Orleans, LA (#30)

Bio not available.

1974

Miami Beach, FL
Gerald Strohm
Fresno, CA (#439)

Bio not available.

1973

Chicago, IL
Robert Yothers
Seattle, WA (#92)

Bio not available.

1972

Atlantic City, NJ
Francis Smith
Sioux Falls, SD (#262)

Bio not available.

1971

New Orleans, LA
E. Gene Fournace
Newark, OH (#391)

Bio not available.

1970

San Francisco, CA
Glenn Miller
Logansport, IN (#66)

Bio not available.

1969

Dallas, TX
Frank Hise
Corvallis, OR (#1413)

Bio not available.

1968

New York, NY
Edward W. McCabe
Nashville-Franklin, TN (#72)

Bio not available.

1967

Chicago, IL
Robert E. Boney
Las Cruces, NM (#1119)

Bio not available.

1966

Dallas, TX
Raymond C. Dobson
Minot, ND (#1089)

Bio not available.

1965

Miami Beach, FL
R. Leonard Bush
Inglewood, CA (#1492)

Bio not available.

1964

New York, NY
Robert G. Pruitt
Atlanta, GA (#1635)

Bio not available.

1963

San Francisco, CA
Ronald J. Dunn
Oneida, NY (#767)

Bio not available.

1962

Chicago, IL
Lee A. Donaldson
Etna, PA (#932)

Bio not available.

1961

Miami Beach, FL
William A. Wall
West Palm Beach, FL (#1352)

Bio not available.

1960

Dallas, TX
John E. Fenton
Lawrence, MA (#65)

Bio not available.

1959

Chicago, IL
W. S. Hawkins
Coeur D Alene, ID (#1254)

Bio not available.

1958

New York, NY
Horace R. Wisely
Salinas, CA (#614)

Bio not available.

1957

San Francisco, CA
H. L. Blackledge
Kearney, NE (#984)

Bio not available.

1956

Chicago, IL
Fred L. Bohn
Zanesville, OH (#114)

Bio not available.

1955

Philadelphia, PA
John L. Walker
Roanoke, VA (#197)

Bio not available.

1954

Los Angeles, CA
William J. Jernick
Nutley, NJ (#1290)

Bio not available.

1953

St. Louis, MO
Earl E. James
Oklahoma City, OK (#417)

Bio not available.

1952

New York, NY
Sam Stern
Fargo, ND (#260)

Bio not available.

1951

Chicago, IL
Howard R. Davis
Williamsport, PA (#173)

Bio not available.

1950

Miami, FL
Joseph B. Kyle
Hobart, IN (#1152)

Bio not available.

1949

Cleveland, OH
Emmett T. Anderson
Tacoma, WA (#174)

Bio not available.

1948

Philadelphia, PA
George I. Hall
Lynbrook, NY (#1515)

Bio not available.

1947

Portland, OR
L. A. Lewis
Anaheim, CA (#1345)

Bio not available.

1946

New York, NY
Charles E. Broughton
Sheboygan, WI (#299)

Bio not available.

1945

New York, NY
Wade H. Kepner
Wheeling, WV (#28)

Bio not available.

1944

Chicago, IL
Robert S. Barrett
Alexandria, VA (#758)

Bio not available.

1943

Boston, MA
Frank J. Lonergan
Portland, OR (#142)

Bio not available.

1942

Omaha, NE
E. Mark Sullivan
Boston, MA (#10)

Bio not available.

1941

Philadelphia, PA
John S. McClelland
Atlanta-Northlake, GA (#78)

Bio not available.

1940

Houston, TX
Joseph G. Buch
Trenton, NJ (#105)

Bio not available.

1939

St. Louis, MO
Henry C. Warner
Dixon, IL (#779)

Bio not available.

1938

Atlantic City, NJ
Edward J. McCormick
Toledo, OH (#53)

Bio not available.

1937

Denver, CO
Charles Spencer Hart
Mt Vernon, NY (#842)

Bio not available.

1936

Los Angeles, CA
David Sholtz
Daytona Beach, FL (#1141)

Bio not available.

1935

Columbus, OH
James T. Hallinan
Brooklyn Queensborough, NY (#878)

Bio not available.

1934

Kansas City, MO
Michael F. Shannon
Los Angeles, CA (#99)

Bio not available.

1933

Milwaukee, WI
Walter F. Meier
Seattle, WA (#92)

Bio not available.

1932

Birmingham, AL
Floyd E. Thompson
Moline, IL (#556)

Bio not available.

1931

Seattle, WA
John R. Coen
Sterling, CO (#1336)

Bio not available.

1930

Atlantic City, NJ
Lawrence H. Rupp
Allentown, PA (#130)

Bio not available.

1929

Los Angeles, CA
Walter P. Andrews
Atlanta-Northlake, GA (#78)

Bio not available.

1928

Miami, FL
Murray Hulbert
New York, NY (#1)

Bio not available.

1927

Cincinnati, OH
John F. Malley
Springfield, MA (#61)

Bio not available.

1926

Chicago, IL
Charles H. Grakelow
Philadelphia, PA (#2)

Bio not available.

1925

Portland, OR
William H. Atwell
Dallas, TX (#71)

Bio not available.

1924

Boston, MA
John G. Price
Columbus-Grove City, OH (#37)

Bio not available.

1923

Atlanta, GA
James G. McFarland
Watertown, SD (#838)

Bio not available.

1922

Atlantic City, NJ
J.E. Masters
Charleroi, PA (#494)

Bio not available.

1921

Los Angeles, CA
W. W. Mountain
Flint, MI (#222)

Bio not available.

1920

Chicago, IL
Wm. M. Abbott
San Francisco, CA (#3)

Bio not available.

1919

Atlantic City, NJ
Frank L. Rain
Fairbury, NE (#1203)

Bio not available.

1918

Atlantic City, NJ
Bruce A. Campbell
Fairview Heights, IL (#664)

Bio not available.

1917

Boston, MA
Fred Harper
Lynchburg, VA (#321)

Bio not available.

1916

Baltimore, MD
Edward Rightor
New Orleans, LA (#30)

Bio not available.

1915

Los Angeles, CA
James R. Nicholson
Springfield, MA (#61)

Bio not available.

1914

Denver, CO
Raymond Benjamin
Napa, CA (#832)

Bio not available.

1913

Rochester, NY
Edward Leach
New York, NY (#1)

Bio not available.

1912

Portland, OR
Thomas B. Mills
Superior, WI (#403)

Bio not available.

1911

Atlantic City, NJ
John P. Sullivan
New Orleans, LA (#30)

Bio not available.

1910

Detroit, MI
Aug. Herrmann
Cincinnati, OH (#5)

Bio not available.

1909

Los Angeles, CA
J.U. Sammis
LeMars, IA (#428)

Bio not available.

1908

Dallas, TX
Rush L. Holland
Colorado Springs, CO (#309)

Bio not available.

1907

Philadelphia, PA
John K. Tener
Charleroi, PA (#494)

Bio not available.

1906

Denver, CO
Henry A. Melvin
Oakland, CA (#171)

Bio not available.

1905

Buffalo, NY
Robert W. Brown
Louisville, KY (#8)

Bio not available.

1904

Cincinnati, OH
Wm. J. O'Brien, Jr.
Baltimore, MD (#7)

Bio not available.

1903

Baltimore, MD
Joseph T. Fanning
Indianapolis, IN (#13)

Bio not available.

1902

Salt Lake City, UT
George P. Cronk
Omaha, NE (#39)

Bio not available.

1901

Milwaukee, WI
Charles E. Pickett
Waterloo, IA (#290)

Bio not available.

1900

Atlantic City, NJ
Jerome B. Fisher
Jamestown, NY (#263)

Bio not available.

1899

St. Louis, MO
B.M. Allen
Birmingham, AL (#79)

Bio not available.

1898

New Orleans, LA
John Galvin
Cincinatti, OH (#5)

Bio not available.

1897

Minneapolis, MN
Meade D. Detweiler
Harrisburg, PA (#12)

Bio not available.

1896

Cincinnati, OH
Meade D. Detweiler
Harrisburg, PA (#12)

Bio not available.

1895

Atlantic City, NJ
William G. Meyers
Philadelphia, PA (#2)

Bio not available.

1894

Atlantic City, NJ
Edwin B. Hay
Washington, DC (#15)

Bio not available.

1893

Detroit, MI
Astley Apperly
Louisville, KY (#8)

Bio not available.

1892

Buffalo, NY
Edwin B. Hay
Washington, DC (#15)

Bio not available.

1891

Louisville, KY
Edwin B. Hay
Washington, DC (#15)

Bio not available.

1890

Cleveland, OH
Simon Quinlin
Chicago, IL (#4)

Bio not available.

1889


Simon Quinlin
Chicago, IL (#4)

Bio not available.

1887


Hamilton E. Leach
Washington, DC (#15)

Bio not available.

1886


William E. English
Indianapolis, IN (#13)

Bio not available.

1885


Daniel A. Kelly
Baltimore, MD (#7)

Bio not available.

1884


Henry S. Sanderson
New York, NY (#1)

Bio not available.

1883


Edwin A. Perry
Boston, MA (#10)

Bio not available.

1882


John J. Tindale
New York, NY (#1)

Bio not available.

1880


Thomas E. Garrett
St Louis, MO (#9)

Bio not available.

1879


Louis C. Waehner
New York, NY (#7)

Bio not available.

1879


Charles E. Davies
Chicago, IL (#4)

Bio not available.

1878


George R. Maguire
Philadelphia, PA (#2)

Bio not available.

1876


Frank Girard
New York, NY (#1)

Bio not available.

1874


Henry P. O'Neil
New York, NY (#1)

Bio not available.

1874


James W. Powell
Philadelphia, PA (#2)

Bio not available.

1872


Joseph C. Pinckney
New York, NY (#1)

Bio not available.

1871


Charles T. White
New York, NY (#1)

Bio not available.

1871


George J. Green
New York, NY (#1)

Bio not available.

 
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