Fellows of the Philalethes Society – Chronological List
The Bylaws of the Philalethes Society provide: “Fellows are elected from Members of the Society who have shown a dedication to the knowledge of Freemasonry. The number is limited to 40 at any one time.”
Most of the information in the following chart comes from (a) Seekers of Truth: The Story of the Philalethes Society 1928-1988, by Allen E. Roberts (Anchor Communications, Highland Springs, Virginia, 1988, ISBN 0935633-06-5), (b) an upcoming (as of April 1999) article in The Philalethes magazine that will review the Philalethes Society’s history for the past decade, (c) past articles in that magazine, and (d) helpful brethren who sent me information. If any of the information on this chart is not correct or if anyone knows of additional information that should be included, please send me email by clicking on my name: Paul M. Bessel.
For general information about the Philalethes Society, and a list of officers and award recipients, go to (click on the following): http://bessel.org/philal.htm
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For a list of the current Fellows of the Philalethes Society, to go (click on the following): http://bessel.org/pfscurr.htm
Chronological list
Chronological List of all Fellows of the Philalethes Society – Present and Past
those still living are shown in bold
Click on the appropriate decade listed below, to go to that section of this webpage
1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s
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Number |
Year |
Name |
City |
State |
Country |
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0 |
1931 |
George H. Imbrie |
Kansas City |
Missouri |
United States |
|
0 |
1931 |
Robert I. Clegg |
Chicago |
Illinois |
United States |
|
1 |
1931 |
Cyrus Field Willard |
San Diego |
California |
United States |
|
2 |
1931 |
Alfred H. Moorhouse |
Boston |
Massachusetts |
United States |
|
3 |
1931 |
Henry F. Evans |
Denver |
Colorado |
United States |
|
4 |
1931 |
William C. Rapp |
Chicago |
Illinois |
United States |
|
5 |
1931 |
Emerson Easterling |
Ashland |
Oregon |
United States |
|
6 |
1931 |
Louis Block |
Davenport |
Iowa |
United States |
|
7 |
1931 |
Ernest Crutcher |
Los Angeles |
California |
United States |
|
8 |
1931 |
William England |
Auckland |
New Zealand |
|
|
9 |
1931 |
Reginald V. Harris |
Halifax |
Nova Scotia |
Canada |
|
10 |
1931 |
Charles H. Merz |
Sandusky |
Ohio |
United States |
|
11 |
1931 |
Ernest E. Murray |
Billings |
Montana |
United States |
|
12 |
1931 |
Seneca A. Rear |
Kirksville |
Missouri |
United States |
|
13 |
1931 |
Alfred H. Saunders |
New York |
New York |
United States |
|
14 |
1931 |
J. Hugo Tatsch |
New York |
New York |
United States |
|
15 |
1931 |
Harold V.B. Voorhis |
Redbank |
New Jersey |
United States |
|
16 |
1931 |
A. Gaylord Beaman |
Los Angeles |
California |
United States |
|
17 |
1931 |
Alfred M. Hobbs |
Pretoria |
South Africa |
|
|
18 |
1931 |
Reynold E. Blight |
Los Angeles |
California |
United States |
|
19 |
1931 |
Nathaniel N.J. Haydon |
Toronto |
Ontario |
Canada |
|
20 |
1931 |
Lionel Vibert |
London |
England |
|
|
21 |
1931 |
Charles S. Plumb |
Columbus |
Ohio |
United States |
|
22 |
1931 |
Oswald Wirth |
Paris |
France |
|
|
23 |
1931 |
John Mossaz |
Geneva |
Switzerland |
|
|
24 |
1931 |
Robert C. Wright |
Portland |
Oregon |
United States |
|
25 |
1931 |
Harry LeRoy Haywood |
Albuquerque |
New Mexico |
United States |
|
26 |
1931 |
Armand Bedarride |
Marseilles |
France |
|
|
27 |
1931 |
Nicolas-Andre Choumitsky |
Paris |
France |
|
|
28 |
1931 |
Jose Marchesi |
Madrid |
Spain |
|
|
29 |
1931 |
Leo Fischer |
Manila |
Philippines |
|
|
30 |
1931 |
Robert J. Meekren |
Stansted |
Quebec |
Canada |
|
31 |
1931 |
Charles C. Hunt |
Cedar Rapids |
Iowa |
United States |
|
32 |
1931 |
John S.M. Ward |
New Barnet |
England |
|
|
33 |
1931 |
Hugo Schmidt |
Haindain |
Germany |
|
|
34 |
1931 |
Maurice Cock |
Brussells |
Belgium |
|
|
35 |
1931 |
Mehmet Rachid Rey |
Istanbul |
Turkey |
|
|
36 |
1931 |
Julius Fischer |
Brasov |
Belgium |
|
|
37 |
1931 |
Frederick Pollock |
London |
England |
|
|
38 |
1931 |
Phillip Crossle |
Dublin |
Ireland |
|
|
39 |
1931 |
Alfred W. Morgan |
New Barnet |
England |
|
|
40 |
1931 |
Rudyard Kipling |
London |
England |
|
|
41 |
1934 |
Carlos U. Espinoza |
Caracas |
Venezuela |
|
|
42 |
1934 |
Silas H. Shepherd |
Los Angeles |
California |
United States |
|
43 |
1936 |
S. Clifton Bingham |
Christchurch |
New Zealand |
|
|
44 |
1936 |
Carl H. Claudy |
Washington |
District of Columbia |
United States |
|
45 |
1936 |
William Moister |
Johannesburg |
South Africa |
|
|
46 |
1936 |
J. Corneloup |
Levallois |
France |
|
|
47 |
1936 |
William Moseley Brown |
Elon College |
North Carolina |
United States |
|
48 |
1936 |
John Black Vrooman |
St. Louis |
Missouri |
United States |
|
49 |
1937 |
Albert F. Calvert |
London |
England |
|
|
50 |
1937 |
Arthur Edward Waite |
Bishopsbourne |
England |
|
|
51 |
1938 |
Sam B. Cantey, Jr. |
Fort Worth |
Texas |
United States |
|
52 |
1938 |
J. Edward Allen |
Warrenton |
North Carolina |
United States |
|
53 |
1938 |
William H. Braun |
Milwaukee |
Wisconsin |
United States |
|
54 |
1938 |
Charles H. Johnson |
New York |
New York |
United States |
|
55 |
1939 |
Walter A. Quincke |
Los Angeles |
California |
United States |
|
56 |
1939 |
Herbert I. Callon |
Caterham |
England |
|
|
57 |
1939 |
Clarence Brain |
Oklahoma City |
Oklahoma |
United States |
|
58 |
1939 |
Fred B. Leyns |
Grand Rapids |
Michigan |
United States |
|
59 |
1939 |
Arthur C. Parker |
Rochester |
New York |
United States |
|
60 |
1939 |
James M. Clift |
Richmond |
Virginia |
United States |
|
61 |
1940 |
John E. Zahn |
Long Beach |
California |
United States |
|
62 |
1940 |
Decatur N. Lacy |
Seattle |
Washington |
United States |
|
63 |
1941 |
Hirsch Geffen |
Savannah |
Georgia |
United States |
|
64 |
1941 |
William Major Brown |
Oklahoma City |
Oklahoma |
United States |
|
65 |
1944 |
James Fairbairn Smith |
Detroit |
Michigan |
United States |
|
66 |
1945 |
Allister McKowen |
Los Angeles |
California |
United States |
|
67 |
1945 |
Ray V. Denslow |
Trenton |
Missouri |
United States |
|
68 |
1946 |
Antonio Gonzales |
Manila |
Philippines |
|
|
69 |
1947 |
Suesskind Kramer |
Johannesburg |
South Africa |
|
|
70 |
1947 |
Albert L. Woody |
Chicago |
Illinois |
United States |
|
71 |
1947 |
Elbert Bede |
Portland |
Oregon |
United States |
|
72 |
1947 |
George R. Harvey |
Berkeley |
California |
United States |
|
73 |
1947 |
Marius LePage |
Laval |
France |
|
|
74 |
1947 |
Lee E. Wells |
Canoga Park |
California |
United States |
|
75 |
1948 |
Philip H. Coad |
Cleveland |
Ohio |
United States |
|
76 |
1948 |
Charles Gottshall Reigner |
Baltimore |
Maryland |
United States |
|
77 |
1949 |
Charles E. Holmes |
Montreal |
Quebec |
Canada |
|
78 |
1949 |
Edward E. Hedblom |
Denver |
Colorado |
United States |
|
79 |
1949 |
James R. Malott |
Globe |
Arizona |
United States |
|
80 |
1950 |
Ross E. Hepburn |
Christchurch |
New Zealand |
|
|
81 |
1951 |
James K. Remick |
San Diego |
California |
United States |
|
82 |
1951 |
Ward K. St. Clair |
East Williston |
New York |
United States |
|
83 |
1951 |
William H. Knutz |
Evanston |
Illinois |
United States |
|
84 |
1951 |
Harold H. Kinney |
Santa Monica |
California |
United States |
|
85 |
1951 |
Arthur H. Triggs |
Oakland |
California |
United States |
|
86 |
1951 |
Lawton E. Meyer |
St. Louis |
Missouri |
United States |
|
87 |
1953 |
Alphonse Cerza |
Riverside |
Illinois |
United States |
|
88 |
1955 |
Laurence R. Taylor |
Franklin |
Indiana |
United States |
|
89 |
1955 |
Roscoe Pound |
Boston |
Massachusetts |
United States |
|
90 |
1955 |
Henry W. Coil |
Riverside |
California |
United States |
|
91 |
1955 |
Jose Oller |
Panama City |
Panama |
United States |
|
92 |
1955 |
George F. Draffen |
Dundee |
Scotland |
|
|
93 |
1955 |
Edward J. Franta |
Langdon |
North Dakota |
United States |
|
94 |
1955 |
John C. Hubbard |
Oklahoma City |
Oklahoma |
United States |
|
95 |
1955 |
Francis J. Scully |
Hot Springs |
Arkansas |
United States |
|
96 |
1955 |
Frederick W.E. Cullingford |
Charlotte |
North Carolina |
United States |
|
97 |
1956 |
R. Baker Harris |
Washington |
District of Columbia |
United States |
|
98 |
1956 |
William F. Spalding |
London |
England |
|
|
99 |
1956 |
Wendell K. Walker |
New York |
New York |
United States |
|
100 |
1956 |
Melvin M. Johnson |
Boston |
Massachusetts |
United States |
|
101 |
1956 |
James R. Case |
Bethel |
Connecticut |
United States |
|
102 |
1956 |
McIlyar Lichliter |
Boston |
Massachusetts |
United States |
|
103 |
1956 |
Harry W. Bundy |
Denver |
Colorado |
United States |
|
104 |
1957 |
G. Andrew McComb |
Cleveland |
Ohio |
United States |
|
105 |
1958 |
William L. Cummings |
Syracuse |
New York |
United States |
|
106 |
1958 |
Charles H. Pugh |
Gastonia |
North Carolina |
United States |
|
107 |
1959 |
Carl R. Greisen |
Omaha |
Nebraska |
United States |
|
108 |
1961 |
Ronald E. Heaton |
Norristown |
Pennsylvania |
United States |
|
109 |
1961 |
Robert H. Gollmar |
Baraboo |
Wisconsin |
United States |
|
110 |
1961 |
William R. Denslow |
Trenton |
Missouri |
United States |
|
111 |
1963 |
Allen E. Roberts |
Highland Springs |
Virginia |
United States |
|
112 |
1963 |
Kenneth F. Curtis |
Orlando |
Florida |
United States |
|
113 |
1963 |
Jerry R. Erikson |
Pico Rivera |
California |
United States |
|
114 |
1964 |
Norman C. Dutt |
Berkeley |
California |
United States |
|
115 |
1964 |
Henry Emmerson |
New York |
New York |
United States |
|
116 |
1964 |
Conrad Hahn |
Washington |
District of Columbia |
United States |
|
117 |
1964 |
Bruce H. Hunt |
Kirksville |
Missouri |
United States |
|
118 |
1965 |
William E. Yeager |
Warren |
Pennsylvania |
United States |
|
119 |
1966 |
Frank H. Wilson |
Melrose |
Massachusetts |
United States |
|
120 |
1966 |
Wylie B. Wendt |
Louisville |
Kentucky |
United States |
|
121 |
1966 |
Dwight L. Smith |
Indianapolis |
Indiana |
United States |
|
122 |
1966 |
Charles F. Adams |
Aurora |
Nebraska |
United States |
|
123 |
1967 |
Andrew J. White, Jr. |
Columbus |
Ohio |
United States |
|
124 |
1967 |
James D. Carter |
Washington |
District of Columbia |
United States |
|
125 |
1968 |
Charles K.A. McGaughey |
Lexington |
Kentucky |
United States |
|
126 |
1968 |
Benjamin W. Ela |
North Anson |
Maine |
United States |
|
127 |
1968 |
William G. Peacher |
Fayetteville |
North Carolina/ |
United States |
|
128 |
1968 |
Bob M. Stowe |
St. Louis |
Missouri |
United States |
|
129 |
1968 |
G. Wilbur Bell |
Chandlerville |
Illinois |
United States |
|
130 |
1970 | Franlin J. Anderson | Iowa | United States | |
|
131 |
1971 |
Robert V. Osborne |
Wisconsin |
United States | |
|
132 |
1972 | Eugene S. Hopp | California | United States | |
|
133 |
1972 |
Lewis C. Wes Cook |
Missouri |
United States | |
|
134 |
1973 | Alex Horne | California | United States | |
|
135 |
1974 | Jerald E. Marsengill | Missouri/Iowa | United States | |
|
136 |
1975 | Walter M. Callaway, Jr. | Georgia | United States | |
|
137 |
1975 | Gerald D. Foss | Rye | New Hampshire | United States |
|
138 |
1978 |
Robert L. Dillard, Jr. |
Texas |
United States | |
|
139 |
1978 |
Forrest D. Haggard |
Kansas |
United States | |
|
140 |
1978 |
Stewart M.L. Pollard |
Maryland |
United States | |
|
141 |
1978 | Louis L. Williams | Illinois | United States |
|
142 |
1980 |
S. Brent Morris |
Laurel |
Maryland |
United States |
|
143 |
1981 |
John Mauk Hilliard |
New York |
New York |
United States |
|
144 |
1981 |
Charles S. Guthrie |
Kentucky |
United States | |
|
145 |
1982 |
Keith Arrington |
Iowa |
United States | |
|
146 |
1983 | George H.T. French | Texas | United States | |
|
147 |
1983 |
Mervin B. Hogan |
Utah |
United States | |
|
148 |
1983 | John R. Nocas | California | United States | |
|
149 |
1984 |
Richard H. Sands |
Michigan |
United States | |
|
150 |
1986 |
Wallace E. McLeod |
Toronto |
Ontario |
Canada |
|
151 |
1987 |
Henry G. Law |
Delaware |
United States | |
|
152 |
1987 | Christopher Haffner | Hong Kong | ||
|
153 |
1987 |
Johannis Van Beusekom |
Guatemala |
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|
154 |
1988 |
Charles R. Glassmire |
Maine |
United States | |
|
155 |
1988 |
Royal C. Scofield |
Ohio |
United States | |
|
156 |
1988 | Leslie I. Walker, Jr. | Texas | United States | |
|
157 |
1988 |
Richard W. Curtis |
Massachusetts |
United States | |
|
158 |
1988 |
C. Clark Julius |
Pennsylvania |
United States | |
|
159 |
1988 | John E. (Jack) Kelly | Texas | United States | |
|
160 |
1988 |
Lewis J. Birt |
New Jersey |
United States | |
|
161 |
1989 |
Herman Nickerson |
North Carolina |
United States |
|
162 |
1990 |
Harold L. Davidson |
Billings |
Montana |
United States |
|
163 |
1990 | Thomas E. Weir | Maryland | United States | |
|
164 |
1991 |
Lloyd D. Worley |
Colorado |
United States | |
|
165 |
1991 |
Richard E. Fletcher |
Vermont |
United States | |
|
166 |
1991 |
Thomas W. Jackson |
Pennsylvania |
United States | |
|
167 |
1991 | Norman Vincent Peale | New York | United States | |
|
168 |
1992 |
William F. Koeckert |
Ohio |
United States | |
|
169 |
1992 |
F. Lamar Pearson |
Georgia |
United States | |
|
170 |
1992 |
Ralph A. Herbold |
California |
United States | |
|
171 |
1993 |
Robert G. Davis, Jr. |
Guthrie |
Oklahoma |
United States |
|
172 |
1993 |
Jack Worrell |
Australia |
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|
173 |
1993 | John J. Robinson | Ohio | United States | |
|
174 |
1994 |
Nelson King |
Agincourt |
Ontario |
Canada |
|
175 |
1994 |
Leon Zeldis |
Israel |
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|
Hon |
1994 |
Joseph A. Walkes |
Kansas |
United States | |
|
176 |
1994 |
John M. Boersma |
Ontario |
Canada |
|
|
177 |
1994 |
Richard S. Sagar |
Georgia |
United States | |
| 178 | 1996 | Duane E. Anderson | Duluth | Minnesota | United States |
| 179 | 1996 | Joseph E. Bennett | Idaho | United States | |
| 180 | 1998 | Kenneth D. Roberts | Highland Springs | Virginia | United States |
| 181 | 1998 | George Helmer | Alberta | Canada | |
| 182 | 1998 | M.S. “Mick” Enabnit | Iowa | United States | |
| 183 |
1999 |
Paul M. Bessel |
Silver Spring |
Maryland |
United States |
| 184 |
1999 |
Keith A. Hinerman |
Highland Springs |
Virginia |
United States |
| 185 | 2000 | Joel H. Springer, III | San Francisco | California | United States |
| 186 | 2000 | Pedro Filloy | San Jose | Costa Rica | |
| 187 | Nov. 2000 | Charles W. Munro | Hoquiam | Washington | United States |
| 188 | Nov. 2000 | Michael L. Segall | Paris | France | |
| 189 | 2001 | Edward L. King | Maine | United States | |
| 190 | 2001 | William Wine | California | United States | |
| 191 | 2001 | Philip A. Enabnit | Iowa | United States | |
| 192 | 2002 | Samuel B. Walker | Connecticut | United States | |
| 193 | 2002 | E.V. (Ed) Ralph | Canada | ||
| 194 | 2003 | Michael Poll | Virginia | United States | |
| 195 | 2003 | Norman Peterson | Oregon | United States | |
| 196 | 2003 | Robert L. Tomlinson, Jr. | Kansas | United States | |
| 197 | 2006 | Thomas W. Gregory | North Carolina | United States | |
| 198 | 2006 | John “Bud” Householder, Jr. | Pennsylvania | United States | |
| 199 | 2007 | Roger Van Gorden | Indiana | United States | |
| 200 | 2007 | Terry L. Tilton | Minnesota | United States | |
| 201 | 2009 | Phillip Jack Buta | Arizona | United States | |
| 202 | 2010 | Edward R. Halpaus | Mora | Minnesota | United States |
| 203 | 2010 | John Belton | |||
| 204 | 2010 | Jay M. Kinney | San Francisco | California | |
| 205 | 2011 | John L. Cooper, III | California | United States | |
| 206 | 2011 | Rex R. Hutchens | Arizona | United States | |
| 207 | 2011 | Shawn Eyer | California | United States |