The Meritorious Service Award
The Supreme Council Constitutions provide that the “Award for Meritorious Service” may be conferred upon members of the Scottish Rite who, by reasons of meritorious services of a Masonic character, are worthy of such recognition.
The recipients must have attained the Thirty-Second Degree of the Scottish Rite. The following members of the Valley of Chicago have, as of this date, and upon the recommendation of the four presiding officers of the Valley and the approval of the Illinois Council of Deliberation, been invested with this prestigious honor.
The M.S.A. can only be awarded by a State Council of Deliberation to a member in good standing for outstanding or significant services performed within the Scottish Rite and cannot be applied for.
Nominated Candidates
Congratulations to these brothers who have been nominated by the presiding officers of the Valley of Chicago to receive the Meritorious Service Award at the 2024 Illinois Council of Deliberation.
Robert D. Nielsen II
Kenneth J. Stortz
Past Honorees
| Dale R. Bennett | 1981 |
| Gerald D. Carlton | 1981 |
| James E. Durbin | 1985 |
| Carl H. Anderson | 1988 |
| Donald H. Helmig | 1988 |
| Robert G. Proudfoot | 1990 |
| Gregory R. Klemm | 1991 |
| Richard T. Carnall | 1992 |
| Michael C. Hinds* | 1997 |
| Roy L. Stastny | 1999 |
| Sam V. Loiacono | 2001 |
| William C. Aylesworth | 2002 |
| Robert L. Cook* | 2002 |
| Richard E. Hummel* | 2002 |
| David F. Sedivy | 2002 |
| Edward E. Derry* | 2003 |
| Martin G. Vilimek | 2003 |
| Franklin E. Cline* | 2004 |
| Ponciano S. Cochon Sr. | 2005 |
| Jay Faermark | 2005 |
| G. Nick Graff* | 2005 |
| Daryl W. Selock | 2006 |
| William J. Smith | 2006 |
| Edward C. Steffy | 2006 |
| Edward J. Witas, III | 2006 |
| H. Wayne Hoffman* | 2007 |
| Frank P. Lasik, Jr. | 2007 |
| James H. Oehler | 2007 |
| Frank S. Winans | 2007 |
| Noel J. Kalis | 2008 |
| Donald R. Carruthers | 2009 |
| Donald F. Edwards* | 2009 |
| Charles G. Smith | 2010 |
| Gonzalo J. Meza | 2011 |
| Donald E. Esser | 2012 |
| Robert F. Spencer* | 2012 |
| Matthew F. Gibbons* | 2013 |
| Lance J. Welter | 2013 |
| Stanley W. Smith | 2014 |
| William E. Carlton | 2015 |
| Burton K. Schorr Jr. | 2015 |
| Joseph W. Pegoraro | 2016 |
| Robert W. Haggarty, III | 2017 |
| John P. Marquardt | 2017 |
| John D. Riggs | 2017 |
| Russell A. Scanlan | 2018 |
| Daniel H. Slomiany | 2018 |
| Barry S. Alpern | 2019 |
| Hammond E. White Jr. | 2019 |
| Terry J. Hartl | 2020 |
| Carl S. Peterson | 2020 |
| Marc C. Brofka | 2021 |
| Herbert J. Lindberg Jr. | 2021 |
| Kurt F. Rubin | 2022 |
| Steven A. Schenk | 2022 |
| Robert Kogut | 2023 |
*Dual Member
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