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2025 Syria Shrine Divan

Illustrious Potentate

Thomas E. Prager

Chief Rabban

Randy L. Hobaugh

Assistant Rabban

G. Frederick Richardson

High Priest & Prophet 

W. Andrew Caldwell

Oriental Guide

Timothy L. McKiernan

First Ceremonial Master

John 'Jack' Glass, Jr.

Second Ceremonial Master

Brian R. Versetti, Sr.

Treasurer

David J. Gardy, P.P.

Recorder

Robert T. Addleman, Jr., P.P.

Syria Shrine Past Potentates

  • Samuel Harper* 1877-1884
  • Thomas J. Hudson* 1885-1895
  • William H. Walker* 1896-1902
  • William S. Brown* 1903-1904
  • Alfred S. Bishop* 1905-1906
  • William Robinson* 1907
  • George W. McCandless* 1908
  • William L. Griffith* 1909
  • Frank D. Hartman* 1910
  • Edward Hope* 1911
  • Edward J. Hamilton* 1912
  • James L. Lytle* 1913
  • John M. Lindsay* 1914
  • August Daub* 1915
  • Henry L. Dixon* 1916
  • Horace W. Cromer* 1917
  • William M. Hogg* 1918
  • Joseph N. Mackrell* 1919
  • Charles E. Schuetz* 1920
  • Addison C. Gumbert* 1921
  • A. Rock Carroll* 1922
  • Frederick A. Fichtel* 1923
  • George Meyers* 1924
  • Samuel C. Jamison* 1925
  • Francis E. Proctor* 1926
  • James A. McDonald* 1927
  • Reginald A. Daniell* 1928
  • Robert W. Weisbrod* 1929
  • Charles H. Landfeld* 1930
  • Thomas M. Heard, Jr.* 1931
  • Karl Rex Hammers+* 1932
  • John D. Daub* 1933
  • David Timothy* 1934
  • T. Ralph Barr* 1935
  • Lucius McKennan Crumrine* 1936
  • John Farris* 1937
  • Carl A. Daub* 1938
  • J. Huber Wagner* 1939
  • George C. Llewellyn* 1940
  • Clarence M. Sheasley* 1941
  • Walter J. Lace* 1942
  • Arch W. Nance* 1943
  • Artemas C. Leslie* 1944
  • Joseph W. Hubbard* 1945
  • William P. Gregg* 1946
  • Clarence W. Head* 1947
  • Edward T. Chalfant* 1948
  • Oscar F. Otto* 1949
  • Kenneth F. May* 1950
  • Joseph C. Burwell* 1951
  • Raymond L. Manning* 1952
  • Russell T. Shaffer* 1953
  • Henry C. Givan, Jr.* 1954
  • Kenneth T. Paxton* 1955
  • Willard C. Cutler* 1956
  • Hiram P. Ball++* 1957
  • John A. Hollingsworth* 1958
  • G. Stanley Rupp* 1959
  • William H. Latimer, Jr.* 1960
  • Harry M. Montgomery* 1961
  • Lester L. Bartlett* 1962
  • Clyde S. Shumaker* 1963
  • William G. Haile* 1964
  • Charles E. Palmer* 1965
  • John S. McCans* 1966
  • Howard B. Stewart* 1967
  • Squire T. Mair* 1968
  • Robert S. Kimbal, Jr.* 1969
  • James P. Houggy* 1970
  • George H, Benson* 1971
  • C. Arthur West, Jr.* 1972
  • Benson G. Henderson* 1973
  • Eugene F. Connelly* 1974
  • James C. Dunbar, Jr.* 1975
  • Kenneth F. Hittle* 1976
  • Fredrick T. Hiller* 1977
  • Norwood A. McDaniel* 1978
  • William G. Kammerer, Sr.* 1979
  • Lloyd L. Kildoo* 1980
  • Theodore G. Daniels* 1981
  • John G. Stephens, Jr.* 1982
  • Jack L. Weaver* 1983
  • Kenneth R. Meier* 1984
  • William D. Spargo, D. D. S.* 1985
  • William C. Malone* 1986
  • Henry J. Mazur* 1987
  • Richard A. Leydig, M. D.* 1988
  • William D. Bessor* 1989
  • William N. Bell* 1990
  • Norman C. Arbes* 1991
  • Robert W. Cornforth* 1992
  • Jack L. Leavy* 1993
  • Frank Zoltani* 1994
  • Allen P. Fowks* 1995
  • Warner F. Betz* 1996
  • L. Kent Kretzler 1997
  • James A. Frye* 1998
  • James W. Allison* 1999
  • Arthur Sarn 2000
  • William F. Young, Jr.*2001
  • Robert M. Flood* 2002 & 2005
  • David J. Gardy 2003
  • Jack F. Farrell* 2004
  • Raymon W. Arbes* 2005
  • David L. Kinsey* 2006
  • William L. McCarrier 2007
  • Kenneth Eastgate 2008
  • David M. Heldman 2009
  • J. Larry Burton 2010
  • George W. Polnar 2011
  • Gary N. Helander 2012
  • Michael S. Mammay 2013
  • Robert T. Addleman, Jr. 2014
  • Robert W. Herbert 2015
  • Erich W. Gumto 2016
  • James L. Rohbeck, Sr. 2017
  • William E. Branthoover, 2018
  • William L. Weiss, 2019 
  • Donald J. Taylor, 2020
  • Donald I. Green, 2021
  • Terry N. Steinheiser, 2022
  • Jerry A. Sciullo, 2023
  • Alan R. Tedeschi, 2024

*deceased  +Past Imperial Potentate  ++Past Grand Master