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David Dixon Goodwin of New York
Right Eminent Deputy Grand Master
- Sir Knight David Dixon Goodwin, Past Grand Commander of New York, 1999, and R.E. Past Department Commander of the Northeastern Department of the Grand Encampment (2000-2003), was elected Right Eminent Grand Generalissimo at the 63rd Triennial Conclave in Houston, Texas, in August 2006. Advanced "in line" to Deputy Grand Master on the resignation of SK Baldwin, August 2007. He was elected to the grand line of the Grand Encampment as Right Eminent Grand Captain General at the 62nd Triennial Conclave, August 2003, in St. Louis Missouri.
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Sir Knight David Dixon Goodwin was born on August 15, 1949, in Johnson City, New York,, to the late Mary Isabel and John Walter Goodwin. He was raised in Binghamton, New York, and confirmed in Trinity Memorial Episcopal Church. He attended the Binghamton Public Schools and graduated from Binghamton Central High School in 1967. He attended Broome Community College and graduated from Union University, Albany (NY) College of Pharmacy in 1972 with a B.S. in Pharmacy. He was employed by CVS Pharmacy in several locations and was the owner of four retail pharmacies in the Binghamton area from 1977-1988. He has been employed as a pharmacist at Arnot Ogden Medical Center in Elmira, NY, since 1988. His memberships have included local, state, and national pharmaceutical societies as well as health related community organizations and the Endicott Rotary Club.
Sir Knight Goodwin married Marci Lynn Sternberg on July 15, 1979. They have two daughters; Jennifer and Samantha. They currently reside in Vestal, New York.
Sir Knight Goodwin was Raised a Master Mason in Binghamton Lodge No. 177, F. & A.M.,Binghamton, NY, in September of 1977. He served through the line and was elected Master in 1982. The following year he was elected Secretary, a position he held until 1999. He was named Mason of the Year by his Lodge in 1988. He has served as Secretary-Treasurer of the Broome-Chenango District Masters Council, District Masonic Brotherhood Fund Chairman, and as a member of the Grand Lodge Committee on Related Organizations. He has served as a director of the Masonic Youth Foundation of New York and was commissioned as the Grand Representative of the Grand Lodge of Austria near the Grand Lodge of New York in September of 2000 by the Most Worshipful Carl J. Smith, Grand Master of Masons in the State of New York.
He is a member of Binghamton Chapter No. 139, Royal Arch Masons, having served as High Priest and as Secretary for several years. He served the Grand Chapter of New York as an Assistant Grand Lecturer, District Deputy Grand High Priest, and Custodian of the Work. He is a member of Binghamton Council No. 24, Cryptic Masons, where he served as Illustrious Master and as Treasurer. He is a member of St. George Council, Order of Anointed Kings of New York, where he served as Thrice Illustrious Master. He holds a commission from the Grand Council of Delaware as their Grand Representative near the Grand Council of New York.
He was Knighted in Malta Commandery No. 21, Knights Templar, stationed at Binghamton, where he served as Commander in 1988 and served as Recorder. He was Captain of the Zone Drill Team for ten years. He is a member of the Sovereign Order of Knights Preceptor. He served the Grand Commandery of New York as a Zone Commander, Grand Representative of the Gand ommandery of Kentucky near New York, and was elected Grand Warder in 1991. He served through the line and was elected and installed as the 149th Grand Commander at the 186th Annual Conclave at Suffern, New York, on September 18, 1999. Sir Knight James Morris Ward, then Most Eminent Grand Master, awarded him the rank and dignity of Knight Commander of the Temple in 1998 for his service to Templary.
Sir Knight Goodwin was a Charter Member of the Southern Tier York Rite College No. 126 and served as Governor. He was awarded the Order of the Purple Cross in 1993. He holds memberships in the Otseningo Bodies, Valley of Binghamton, AAS.R, N.M.J.; Christian Conclave, Red Cross of Constantine, elected Sovereign; Crusade Priory No. 57, KYCH, holds KYGCH, 1 quadrant; Gen.Henry Knox Council No. 139,AM.D., Master, Red Branch of Eri; Charles Smith Council No. 324,A.M.D.; Royal Order of Scotland, Star of Bethlehem Tabernacle, HRAKTP; Long Island College, SRICF; Kalurah Temple, AAONMS; Aahmes Grotto, MOVPER; Lafayette Chapter No. 340, O.E.S. He is also been a Daddy of Endicott Triangle No. 43, Organization of Triangles, Inc., a Masonic youth group for girls in New York. He holds honorary memberships in several Commanderies, Grand Commanderies, and York Rite grand bodies.
Sid Cornelius Dorris III of Tennessee
Right Eminent Grand Generalissimo
- Sir Knight Sid Cornelius Dorris III, Past Grand Commander of Tennessee, 1994, and R.E. Past Department Commander of the Southeastern Department of the Grand Encampment (2003-2006), was elected to the grand line of the Grand Encampment as Right Eminent Grand Captain General at the 63nd Triennial Conclave, August 2006, in Houston, Texas. Advanced "in line" to Right Eminent Grand Generalissimo on the resignation of SK Baldwin, August 2007.
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Sid Cornelius Dorris III was born November 3, 947, in Nashville, Tnnessee. He was educated in the public schools of Goodlettsville, Tennessee, and graduated from the School of Modern Photography in 1968. He served in the United States Army Reserves from 1966-1973 as a PIO Photographer. He has been employed by the United Methodist Publishing House in Nashville, Tennessee, since 1965 and has been the Photography Manager for the past twenty-six years. Sir Knight Dorris is a member of the Hermitage United Methodist Church.
He married Sherry L. Damron in 1970, and they have one child, Chad Brandon Dorris (Tia).
His Masonic affiliations are: Raised in McWhirtersville Lodge No. 375, 1974, serving as Worshipful Master in 1985 and presently serving as a Trustee; served the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge, F. & AM., of Tennessee on the Appeals and Grievances Committee and as the Grand Photographer from 1976-2002. He presently serving as Most Worshipful Grand Master of the Grand Lodge, F. & AM., of Tennessee. He is a member of the East, Middle, and West Tennessee Past Masters Associations, Past President of the Middle Tennessee Association.
Exalted in Donelson Chapter No. 234, 1975, he served as High Priest, 1985, 2001, and received the Order of High Priesthood,1986; Greeted in Nashville Council No. 1, 1975, served as Illustrious Master, 1986, and received the Order of the Silver Trowel, 1987. He was Knighted in Nashville Commandery No. 1, 1975, served as Commander in 1986, present Trustee, and received the Knights Crusader of the Cross, 1988. He is a Past Knights Crusader of the East, and Past Grand Commander, Knights Templar of Tennessee, 1994; Aide De Camp, 1997-2000, for the Grand Master, Grand Encampment Knights Templar USA; and Public Relations Committee, Co-chairman of the 61st Triennial Conclave held in Nashville, Tennessee, during August 2000. He served on the Public Relations Committee, 2000-2003,GrandEncampment, Knights Templar USA. He was Knighted KYCH in 1987, Tennessee Priory No. 15, KYCH, 1994, and served as Orator. He is a member of Tralee Council No. 41, Knight Masons; Old Hickory Conclave, Red Cross of Constantine, Puissant Sovereign, 1997; TN College Masonic Societas Rosicruciana In Civitatibus Foederatis, Past Celebrant and Secretary; Middle Tennessee York Rite College No. 143, Governor, 1992, holder of the Order of the Purple Cross; Arch E. McClanahan Council 358, Allied Masonic Degrees, Sovereign Master, member of Holy Tabernacle No. XLVIII, Holy Royal Arch Knight Tbmplar Priests; member of the Valley of Nashville, A.& A.S.R., Southern Jurisdiction, received KCCH in 1991, and was coronated as Inspector General Honorary of the 33º in 2003; member of the Royal Order of Scotland; member of Buchanan Chapter No. 286, Order of the Eastern Star, member of Al Menah Shrine Temple.
He was appointed Right Eminent Southeastern Department Commander 2003-2006, Grand Encampment Knights Templar USA, by Most Eminent Grand Master, Kenneth B. Fischer, at the 62nd Triennial Conclave, August 15-20, 2003, in St. Louis, Missouri.
SIR KNIGHT DUANE L. VAUGHT, P.G.C. (IN}
Appointed Right Eminent Grand Captain General, August 28, 2007
Duane L. Vaught, the 157th Grand Master of Indiana, was born February 17, 1956 in Crawfordsville, Indiana, the first of three sons of Lloyd E Vaught and Loretta Maxine Vaught. He graduated from North Montgomery High School and from Indiana University, the latter with a Bachelors of Science degree in Accounting. During college he was in Air Force ROTC becoming Cadet Major. He was baptized and confirmed as a member of the Methodist Church. In December 2000 married Georgia Jean Nagai Goode. M.W. Brother Vaught has two brothers, Dale and Glen, both residing in Indiana. Georgia has a sister, Gloria, living in Atlanta Georgia.
Duane Vaught began his professional career with a national accounting firm in its Indianapolis office, during which time he passed the CPA exam and was licensed as a Certified Public Accountant. He subsequently moved to a large local accounting firm in Bloomington Indiana. He advanced in that firm to the level of partner. Since 1995 He has been vice-president of Stampfli Associates, CPAs, P.C., which has grown to be one of the largest accounting firms in Bloomington, Indiana. Although he works with individuals and many kinds of businesses, not-for-profit entities are one of his primary specialties. He served as president of his chapter of Kiwanis, is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Indiana State CPA Society and the Bloomington Chapter of the Institute of Management Accountants, in which last organization he served several years as Vice-president for Professional Education.
Duane Vaught began his Masonic career on April 30, 1971 when he was initiated into Montgomery Chapter of the Order of DeMolay. In DeMolay he served as Master Councilor of his Chapter, Illustrious Knight Commander of DeMolay Order of Knighthood in Indiana and two years as an appointed officer of the DeMolay State Council. He has received the DeMolay honors of Representative DeMolay, Chevalier, and Legion of Honor (Active)
Brother Vaught was initiated an Entered Apprentice in Crawfordsville on March 21, 1977, and raised to the degree of Master Mason 49 days later after previously receiving the degree of Fellowcraft. He served as Worshipful Master of Spencer Lodge no. 95 in 1993 during which year the lodge received the Grand Master´s Award with Distinction. He has also served as Worshipful Master of Dwight L. Smith Lodge of Research. Vaught received the degrees of Royal Arch Masonry, Cryptic Masonry and the Orders of Chivalric Masonry on October 22, 1977 in a festival, held in Muncie, in honor of then presiding Most Eminent Grand Master, Willard M. Avery. He Served as High Priest of Crawfordsville Chapter No. 40 and Illustrious Master of Montgomery Council No. 34 in 1983. In 1995 he was appointed as Grand Representative of the Grand Chapter of Oregon near Indiana.
Sir Knight Vaught served as Eminent Commander of Crawfordsville Commandery No. 25 in 1981 and 1982 and has received the Distinguished Service, Knight Commander of the Temple, and Knight Grand Cross of the Temple awards. He is Grand Representative of the Grand Commandery of Illinois near Indiana and also holds memberships in Bloomington Commandery No. 63 and St Anselm Commandery UD. He holds honorary memberships in several other Grand Commanderies. He served ten years as an officer of the Grand Commandery Knights Templar of Indiana culminating in serving as the 140th Right Eminent Grand Commander of the Grand Commandery Knights Templar of Indiana in 2001 - 2002. Sir Knight Vaught is also serving on the finance committee of the Grand Encampment Knights Templar of the USA.
Brother Vaught is a Past Governor of Banks of the Wabash York Rite College No. 72 and has received the Gold Honor Award and Order of the Purple Cross. He is a Past Excellent Chief of Indiana Council No. 15, Knight Masons and Past Director General of Indianapolis Preceptory, Yeomen of York. In the Allied Masonic Degrees he is a Past Sovereign Master of St. Bernard de Clairvaux Council 256, as well Past Commander Noah and Past Supreme Ruler of the Secret Monitor. He is a Knight Commander of the Red Branch of Eri and currently serves as Secretary of his council.
Brother Vaught is currently serving as an officer of St Basil Conclave, Red Cross of Constantine and St Andrew Tabernacle XXXV Holy Royal Arch Knight Templar Priests He is a member IX degree, Knight Grand Cross of Indiana College, Masonic Societas Rosicruciana in Civitatibus Foederatis, MSCRIF, and serves as Treasurer General of the High Council, MSCRIF of the United States.
He is a member of J. Herbert Nichols and Robert A. Woods Priories of KYCH, Terre Haute Valley, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, Royal Order of Scotland, Murat Shrine AAONMS, Sahara Grotto MOVPER, Knights of Pythias, Grand College of Rites, Order of Knights Preceptor, Indiana Past Commanders Association, Goose and Tater, and Royal Order of Zanzibar. In 2005 he was crowned a Sovereign Grand Inspector General, 33o. He is a Grand Cross of the Royal Society of Knights Occidental and an Honorary Kentucky Colonel.
Most Worshipful Grand Master Roger S. VanGorden appointed Duane as Junior Grand Deacon of the Grand Lodge in May of 2002. Brother Vaught was latter appointed as the Grand Representative of the Grand Lodge of Oregon near Indiana. In 2003 he was appointed Senior Grand Deacon by Most Worshipful Grand Master James L. Chesney of Ellettsville. In 2004, 2005 and 2006 he was elected to each successive office and on Wednesday, May 16, 2007 was invested with the purple of the fraternity as the 157th Grand Master of the Grand Lodge Free and Accepted Masons of the State of Indiana.
Sir Knight was appointed Right Eminent Grand Captain General, Grand Encampment, Knights Templar, USA on August 29, 2007 by Sir Knight William Koon II, Grand Master.
SIR KNIGHT LAWRENCE EUGENE TUCKER, P.G.C. (TX)
Elected Right Eminent Grand Recorder (2006-2009)
- Sir Knight Lawrence E. Tucker, newly elected Right Eminent Grand Recorder of the Grand Encampment, Knights Templar of the USA, was born April 2, 1956, on Ladd Air Force Base near Fairbanks, Territory of Alaska. His father, William Joseph Rye Tucker, was an active Mason, and his mother, Sue Ann Hensley Tucker, is a Majority Member of Bartlesville Assembly, Order of the Rainbow for Girls.
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Sir Knight Tucker graduated from South Houston High School in Houston, Texas. He attended the University of Texas at Austin and holds a Bachelor of Business Administration Degree in Finance and a Bachelor of Accountancy from the University of Houston.
Sir Knight Tucker is married to the former Judith (Judy) Ann Berg. Judy is a member and active participant in the Social Order of the Beauceant, the Order of the Eastern Star, the Order of the Amaranth, and the Order of the White Shrine of Jerusalem. They are members of First United Methodist Church of Houston, and he is a Past President of the Epworth Sunday School Class.
In the Symbolic Blue Lodge, Sir Knight Tucker was initiated, passed, and Raised in Sagemont Masonic Lodge No. 1426, Ancient Free &Accepted Masons, where he served as Worshipful Master. He has plural memberships in Park Place Masonic Lodge No. 1172, Jacques DeMolay Masonic Lodge No. 1390, and St. Albans Masonic Lodge No. 1455. He is a Past President of the Masters, Wardens, and Secretaries Association of the Thirtieth Masonic Districts of Texas. His service to the Masonic Grand Lodge of Texas includes: District Deputy Grand Master, Masonic District 30C, Membership Maintenance committee, Purposes and Policies Committee, Grand Master's Conference Presenter, Assistant State Coordinator, State Coordinator and Chief of Staff, Grand Senior Deacon, Grand Marshal, Grand Tiler, and Grand Representative of the Grand Lodge of Puerto Rico near Texas.
In York Rite, Capitular Masonry, Sir Knight Tucker was Exalted in Park Place Chapter No.458, Royal Arch Mason, served as High Priest and Secretary, and was Consecrated in the Order of High Priesthood. His service to the Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Texas includes: Credentials Committee, Printing Committee, Grievances and Appeals Committee, Purposes and Policies Committee, Area Conference Coordinator; Grand Orator, Grand Captain of the Host, Grand Master of the First Veil, District Deputy Grand High Priest, Capitular District 9, and Grand Representative of the Grand Chapter of Illinois near Texas.
In York Rite, Cryptic Masonry, Sir Knight Tucker was Greeted in Park Place Council No. 373, Royal and Select Masters, served as Thrice Illustrious Master and Recorder, and as President and Secretary-Treasurer of the Super Excellent Masters Association of the Fifth Cryptic Districts of Texas. He was received in the Order of the Silver Trowel and served as Thrice Illustrious Master of the Order of the Silver Trowel of Texas.
His service to the Grand Council of Royal and Select Masters of Texas includes: Credentials Committee; Super Excellent Master Ad Hoc Committee; Jurisprudence Committee; Grand Steward, District Deputy Grand Master, Cryptic District 9; and Grand Representative of the Grand Council of England near Texas.
In York Rite Chivalric Masonry, Sir Knight Tucker was Knighted in Park Place Commandery No. 106, Knights Templar, served as Commander and Recorder, and is a dual member with Ruthven Commandery No. 2. He is a member of the Park Place Commandery Drill Team, where he served as President.
Additionally, he is a Charter member and Past Preceptor of Texas Chapter of The Sovereign Order of Knights Preceptor and National Secretary of The Sovereign Order of Knights Preceptor. He was Ordained a Knight Priest in Resurrection Tabernacle No. XXI, Holy Royal Arch Knight Templar Priests, is currently serving as an officer in the advancing line, and is Grand Registrar of the Grand College of America, Holy Royal Arch Knight Templar Priests.
His service to the Grand Commandery, Knights Templar of Texas, includes: Grand Commander's Aide; Foreign Correspondence Committee, Templar Instruction Committee; and Grand Representative of the Grand Commandery of Indiana near Texas. He was elected Grand Sentinel in 1996 and served as Grand Commander in 2005-2006.
His service to the Grand Encampment of Knights Templar of the United States of America includes: 63rd Triennial Conclave Committee and Adjutant to the Most Eminent Grand Master, awarded Knight Commander of the Temple, appointed Office Administrator in 2006, named Acting Grand Recorder on January 1, 2006, and installed Grand Recorder of the Grand Encampment and awarded the Knight Grand Cross of the Temple on April 24, 2006.
In the York Rite College, Sir Knight Tucker was initiated into Texas York Rite College No. 14 and is a Charter Member of Gulf Coast York Rite College No. 106, where he served as Governor. He was elevated to the Rank of Associate Regent (Order of the Purple Cross of York) and served as President of the Council of Associate Regents. Further service to the York Rite Sovereign College of North America includes: Grand Herald, York Rite Progress and Promotion Committee, and Committee on Auditing.
Sir Knight Tucker is a Life Member of Texas Priory No. 23, Knights of the York Cross of Honour, and a Charter Life Member of Ridout Priory No. 75, where he served as Prior. He received the degrees of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry in the Valley of Houston, Orient of Texas; is Past Venerable Master of Kadosh of Houston Consistory and currently is serving as an officer in the advancing line of San Jacinto Lodge of Perfection; was invested with the Rank and Decoration of Knight Commander of the Court of Honour and Coroneted a 33' Inspector General Honorary.
Created a Noble in Arabia Temple, Oasis of Houston, Desert of Texas, Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine and served as Chairman of the Committee on Masonic Relations-Blue Lodges and member of the Past Masters Association of Arabia Temple. He also was initiated a Prophet in Chinar Grotto, Mystic Order of Veiled Prophets of the Enchanted Realm, where he served as Treasurer.
In the invitational Masonic orders, he was installed in St. Anthony Conclave No. 50, Red Cross of Constantine, where he is currently serving as an officer in the advancing line; was received and admitted to VII Grade in Texas College, Masonic Societas Rosicruciana in Civitatibus Foederatis, advanced to VII and IX Grades and currently serves as Secretary of Texas College; is a Charter Member of Nat Pace Council No. 46, Knight Masons Charter Excellent Chief of Anson Jones Council No. 47 Knight Masons, where he currently serves as Treasurer, and served on the Constitution Committee of Grand Council of Knight Masons of the United States of America and as Most Excellent Great Chief (2005-2006); he is a Charter Member of Sam Houston Council No. 275, Allied Masonic Degrees, where he served as Sovereign Master and currently serves as Treasurer, is a recipient of the Red Branch of Eri, and served on the Nominating Committee of the Grand Council of the Allied Masonic Degrees of the United States of America; advanced and promoted a Knight Companion of the Royal Order of Scotland in the Provincial Grand Lodge of the United States of America; initiated in Trinity Chapel No. 12, Commemorative Order of St. Thomas of Acon, serving as an officer in the advancing line, and a Charter Member of Lone Star Chapel No. 45, serving as an officer in the advancing line; initiated into Houston Chapter No. 513, National Sojourners.
His memberships in appendant Masonic orders include: initiated in Norma D. Allen Chapter No. 1050, Order of the Eastern Star, Member of Park Place Chapter No. 731, and dual member of Bluebell Chapter No. 856, where he served as Worthy Patron; Charter Member of Houston Court No. 2, Order of the Amaranth, where he served as Royal Patron and Treasurer; initiated in Tulsa Shrine No. 8, Order of the White Shrine of Jerusalem (Tulsa, Oklahoma) and Charter Treasurer of The Cross of Texas Shrine No. 1; member of the Texas Lodge of Research and served as Senior Steward; Charter Member of the William M. Taylor Chapter of the Philalethes Society; Charter Member of the Scottish Rite Research Society; Charter Member of the South Carolina Masonic Research Society.
In the Masonic related youth orders he served on the Advisory Council of Bluebell Assembly, International Order of Rainbow for Girls, awarded the Grand Cross of Color, served as Promoter of Finance and Promoter of Fraternal Relations of Bethel Guardian Council of Bethel No. 2, International Order of Job's Daughters; initiated in Park Place Chapter No. 1424, Order of DeMolay, served as Chapter Advisor and is currently on the Advisory Council of Houston (formerly St. John) Chapter; he is a holder of the degree of Chevalier, served as Commander in the East of the Gulf Coast Court of Chevaliers, is a Recipient of the DeMolay Legion of Honor, served as Dean of the Houston Preceptory, and is currently State Secretary of the Texas State Preceptory, DeMolay Legion of Honor; plus he is a recipient of the DeMolay Cross of Honor, is Director of Masonic Relations for the Texas DeMolay Association, and is a Deputy Member, International Supreme Council of the Order of DeMolay.
Sir Knight Tucker was elected Right Eminent Grand Recorder of the Grand Encampment, Knights Templar, at the 63rd Triennial Conclave in Houston, Texas, August of 2006.