Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons
of Delaware

Chartered 1869

The Past Grand High Priests of
The Grand Chapter of Delaware

YearGrand High Priest NameYearGrand High Priest Name
1869*Daniel C. Goodwin1871*Allen V. Lesley
1872*John R. McFee1873-74*George W. Stone
1875-76*Willis Holden1877*Jacob F. Mynich
1878-79*Alfred G. Cox1880-81*John W. Lawson
1882-83*Thomas Davidson1884-85*John Otto, Jr.
1886-87*William C. Baggerly1888-89*Joseph A. Bond
1890-91*John L. Clark1892*Francis L. Carpenter
1893-94*George W. Andrew1895*Eugene Massey
1896-97*Virginius V. Harrison1898*Lewis W. Flinn
1899-1900*Harry Galbraith1901*Joseph Row
1902-03*J. Paul Lukens1904*J. Harmer Rile
1905*John Oliver1906*Harry E. Lowe
1907*Thomas J. Jacobs1908*Alfred M. Clower
1909*A. Henry Berlin1910*Stuart J. Horn
1911*Albert F. Polk1912*Samuel H. Benson, Jr.
1913*Walter W. Bacon1914*Alexander J. Taylor
1915*Asa Bennett1916*John W. Macklem
1917*George S. Scott1918*Leon Walker
1919*W. Frank Sharp1920*George L. Dickerson
1921*W. Harry Lewis1922*George A. Salmon
1923*Charles E. Willin1924*John E. Krauss
1925*West A. Trotter1926*George A. Fearon
1927*J. Wallace Woodford1928*Frank L. Long
1929*Obadiah Clark1930*William O. Wingate
1931*Harold W. T. Purnell1932*Harry V. Holloway
1933*John P. LeFevre1934*Henry S. Young
1935*Calvin E. Afflerbach1936*Herman H. Hanson
1937*Cornelius E. Beatty1938*Frank L. Harrar
1939*Joseph T. Maxwell1940*Charles R. Cannon
1941*George E. Vandegrift1942*Stephen E. Hamilton
1943*Andrew J. Bock, Jr.1944*Charles S. Calhoon
1945*Joseph O. Willis1946*Harvey W. Bentley
1947*William H. Cantwell1948*F. Irving Crow
1949*J. Ralph Carey1950*R. Earle Dickey
1951*Harry R. Craig1952*James Carswell
1953*Harry W. Loose1954*Irwin R. Murray
1955*J. Henry McDonnell1956*Alfred E. Pool
1957*Charles E. Green1958*Claude P. Davidson
1959*A. Warren Wheatley1960*Rhey H. Smith
1961*Raymond A. Howard1962*Powell E. Craig
1963*Ernest H. Martyn1964*Warren W. Edinger, Jr.
1965*Samuel A. Wise1966*Chester G. Dahlstrom
1967*John S. Proud1968*Richard H. Thomas
1969*Chester C. Coffin1970#Lawrence B. Jones
1971*John J. McClearnan1972*Bruce C. Ward
1973John J. Goodier1974*C. Ray Scarborough
1975*Charles W. Barkins1976*Clifton A. Lutz
1977*James E. Peo1978*Donald D. Thomas
1979*George Kuba1980*James H. Hutchins
1981*Raymond M. Savage1982*Henry G. Law
1983*James A. Pletz1984*George K. Harris, Jr.
1985*Lewis J. Blackwell1986*Harry M. Sullivan, Jr.
1987*C. Granville McVey1988*Richard A. Scarlott
1989John B. Dorsey1990*Richard W. Garland
1991*T. Eugene Womach1992*Wayne M. Schutz
1993Charles H. Lengel, Jr.1994*William J. Littel
1995*C. William Tulloch1996*Albert J. Miller
1997*Sheldon L. Edwards, Sr.1998*Haywood I. Buck, Jr.
1999*Richard L. Weaver2000*Carl V. Dreisbach, Jr.
2001*R. Nelson Biggs2002*Archie W. Bethard, III
2003*Robert E. Wasson2004Franklin R. Townsend
2005*Walter F. Lokey2006*William B. Neal
2007Mark E. Irwin2008H. Richard Hoffman
2009James R. Herrington2010*Robert A. Benson
2011Arthur A. Loveless, Jr.2012Neal J. Sobocinski
2013James B. Walsh2014*Lionel D. Hunter
2015*Charles T. Hart2016David H. Laucius
2017James G. Horn2018Fred M. Palmer
2019John D. Hiott2020Jared I. Card
2021Jared I. Card2022Randall C. Mullen
2023G. Thomas Taylor, III
*Deceased **Died in Office #Suspended
For Official Information:
Mark E. Irwin, PGC
Grand Recorder
6420 Shutt Road
Spring Grove, PA 17362
443-750-0842 mirwin@meitrading.com

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