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Chapter of Rose Croix 17°-18°
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Arthur Stanton
Most Wise Master
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Steven W. Matthews
Senior Warden
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David A. Blackner
Junior Warden
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Andrew J. Rand
Orator
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Bruce R. Kelley
Master of Ceremonies
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John Aitkin
Captain of the Guard
17°-18° Degree Summaries
The degree dramatizes a picture of human failure, and social and moral behavior. The book of life is sealed. Philosophy: We must seek truth in our way of life and should learn from, and avoid, repeating the errors of the past. Core Values: Reverence for God & Service.
The teachings of Jesus of Nazareth are used to exemplify the universal principles of life. Philosophy: The Book of Life is opened. The new law is a law of love, which all men everywhere may understand and practice. Core Values: Integrity.
Past Most Wise Masters
2023 – 2024 Arthur Stanton, 32°
2022 – 2023 Richard F. DeLozier, 32°
2021 – 2022 Gary W. Smith, 32°
2020 – 2021 Jason R. Nye, 32°
2019 – 2020 Leon Collins, 32° MSA
2018 – 2019 Jack H. Speece, 33°, HGA
2017 – 2018 James B. Walkingshaw, 32° MSA
2016 – 2017 Joshua M. Kline, 32°
2015 – 2016 John G. Myers, 33°
2014 – 2015 Gerald R. Fox, 32°
2013 – 2014 Michael H. Duminiak, 32°
2012 – 2013 James K. Dreier, 32°
2011 – 2012 Kevin H. Lindsay, 33°
2010 – 2011 Kevin H. Lindsay, 33°
2009 – 2010 Robert S. Ludrowsky, 32°
2008 – 2009 Alvin E. Just, 33°
2007 – 2008 Dean L. Phillips, 33°
2006 – 2007 Barry C. Yingling, 32° MSA
2005 – 2006 Lloyd C. Sorge, 33°
2004 – 2005 John D. Kline II, 33°
2003 – 2004 Brian Gahagan, 32°
2002 – 2003 Harold L. Palmer, 32°
2001 – 2002 Kenneth Nofsker, 32°
2000 – 2001 Gerald. W. Graham, 32°
1999 – 2000 Dennis K. Civitts, 33°
1998 – 1999 Wayne C. Faupel, 33°
1997 – 1998 James H. English, 33°
1996 – 1997 Robert H. Mains, 32°
1995 – 1996 Marlin D. Fishburn, 32°
1994 – 1995 James A. Yoder, 33°
1993 – 1994 Thomas E. Day, Jr., 32°
1992 – 1993 Robert J. Wilbur, 32°
1991 – 1992 Gerald J. Gutshall, 33°
1990 – 1991 Earnest Weierick, 33°
1989 – 1990 N. Bruce Mentch, 32°
1988 – 1989 Donald J. Mann, 32°
1987 – 1988 Bobbie L. Anderson, 32°
1986 – 1987 Nelson E. Mentch, 32°
1985 – 1986 Paul W. Ishler, 32° MSA
1984 – 1985 Ronald E. Daniels, 32°
1983 – 1984 Merrill W. Rohrer, 32°
1982 – 1983 William E. Evans, 33° MSA
1981 – 1982 Herbert C. Endley, 32°
1980 – 1981 Lewis W. Woods, 32° MSA
1979 – 1980 Vernon W. Anderson, 33°
1978 – 1979 Charles A. Schandelmeier, 32°
1977 – 1978 Arthur L. Brown, 33°
1976 – 1977 J. David Kline, 33°
1975 – 1976 L. Russell Hill, 33° MSA
1974 – 1975 Spencer W. Hauenstein, 33°
1973 – 1974 Henry Law Jr., 32°
1972 – 1973 Raphael T. George, 32°
1971 – 1972 George A. Luse, 32° MSA
1970 – 1971 James E. Williams, 32°
1969 – 1970 Ronald W. Moore, 32°
1968 – 1969 Ronald K. Jones, 32°
1967 – 1968 Ross F. Woods, 33° MSA
1966 – 1967 Keith D. Luse, 32°
1965 – 1966 Richard W. Logue, 33° MSA
1964 – 1965 Allen B. Hartmen, 33° MSA
1962 – 1964 Howard M. Hazen, 33° MSA
1962 Norman O. Swanger, 32°
1961 – 1962 John C. Kline, 33°
1960 – 1961 Fred E. Luse, 33°
1959 – 1960 Alan L. Crum, 33°
1958 – 1959 Harry C. Stenger, 33°
1957 – 1958 Harold C. Ruth, 32°
1956 – 1957 Edwin F. Kinkead, 33°
1955 – 1956 William P. Miller, 32°
1954 – 1955 Thomas S. Stetler, 32°
1952 – 1954 Charles S. Walton, 32°