33º Honorees
Honorary Members of the Scottish Rite
This ultimate degree of the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry is awarded only by the Supreme Council at the Annual Meeting of that body and cannot be applied for. It is given to those 32° members who have performed “outstanding services for the Fraternity,” or “for service to humanity that brings great credit upon the Order.”
Nominated Candidates
The following members of the Valley of Chicago have been nominated to receive the 33rd Degree:
Bradley L. Baker
Clifton T. Daniel
Donald E. Esser
Chad M. Lacek
D. Craig McFarland
Scott D. Neville
Russell A. Scanlan
Charles G. Smith
Past Honorees
| Allen M. Hicks | 1972 |
| Edward A. Millar | 1973 |
| Lawrence D. Inglis | 1977 |
| Gary D. Hermann* | 1979 |
| J. Garrie Burr* | 1981 |
| Burt A. Polk | 1981 |
| Barry D. Weer* | 1983 |
| Edward E. Hall | 1986 |
| Robert M. Lang | 1987 |
| Dale R. Bennett | 1988 |
| Gregory L. Clark* | 1988 |
| John B. Hall* | 1990 |
| Edward H. Rensi | 1990 |
| Douglas F. Hegyi* | 1991 |
| James P. Philip, Jr. | 1992 |
| Stewart B. Smith | 1993 |
| Charles H. Sullins | 1993 |
| James E. Durbin | 1994 |
| James W. Patton | 1994 |
| Sammy King* | 1994 |
| Gregory R. Klemm | 1995 |
| Richard E. Yena | 1996 |
| Lee Bradley | 1997 |
| Frank J. Roth | 1997 |
| Henry C. Tonigan, III | 1998 |
| Robert A. Alley | 1999 |
| Claude J. Bird, III | 2000 |
| Robert A. Rylowicz | 2000 |
| Richard R. Salsbury | 2000 |
| Lee A. Daniels | 2001 |
| Richard L. Swaney | 2001 |
| John M. Cozzie | 2002 |
| Michael J. Molloy | 2002 |
| Robert K. Cronk* | 2004 |
| John M. Lucas | 2004 |
| Paul D. Lynch | 2004 |
| Macario J. Ramos, Jr. | 2004 |
| Martin P. Starr | 2004 |
| William C. Aylesworth | 2005 |
| Dwaine A. Churma | 2005 |
| Franklin E. Cline* | 2005 |
| Wallace B. Dunn | 2005 |
| David P. Miller | 2005 |
| Richard J Stephenson | 2005 |
| William E. Tienken | 2005 |
*Dual Member
** Conferred by a Foreign Jurisdiction
*** Conferred by the Southern Jurisdiction
| Gerald D. Carlton | 2006 |
| G. Nick Graff* | 2006 |
| Richard E. Hummel* | 2006 |
| Bruce W. Rhinehart* | 2006 |
| Russell L. Schlosser | 2006 |
| John L. Scheidel | 2006 |
| Roy L. Stastny | 2006 |
| Anthony R. Cracco | 2007 |
| Michael C. Hinds* | 2007 |
| John C. Metcalf | 2007 |
| Marvin L. Selock | 2007 |
| Richard T. Carnall | 2008 |
| Robert O. Kuehn | 2008 |
| R. Bruce DeMent, Jr. | 2009 |
| Daryl W. Selock | 2009 |
| Carl H. Anderson | 2010 |
| Johnathan E. Barnes | 2010 |
| Edward E. Derry* | 2010 |
| Noel J. Kalis | 2010 |
| Michael D. Connors* | 2011 |
| Ahmad M. “Andy” Hassan | 2011 |
| Donald H. Helmig | 2011 |
| Frank P. Lasick, Jr. | 2011 |
| James H. Oehler | 2011 |
| William J. Shaner* | 2011 |
| William J. Smith | 2011 |
| Karl P. Kalis | 2012 |
| James E. McKinnon | 2012 |
| Harvey A. Wigdor | 2012 |
| Frank S. Winans | 2012 |
| William J. Farris* | 2012 |
| Donald F. Edwards* | 2013 |
| James H. Obriecht | 2013 |
| Joseph H. Santisteban | 2013 |
| David F. Sedivy | 2013 |
| Jerry D. Sparks | 2013 |
| Craig C. Stimpert | 2013 |
| David P. Crosson | 2015 |
| Dale P. Cyrier | 2015 |
| John J. Millner | 2015 |
| Edward C. Steffy | 2015 |
| John W. Quinn | 2015 |
| Edward J. Witas III | 2015 |
| Charles A. August | 2017 |
| Michael E. Ehle | 2017 |
| Andrew A. Keppy | 2017 |
| J. Kenneth Ludwig | 2017 |
| Stanley W. Smith | 2017 |
| Byford O. Cook* | 2019 |
| David A. Martin | 2019 |
| Lance J. Welter | 2019 |
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