Grand Encampment of Knights Templar
of the United States of America


COMMITTEES APPOINTED 2006-2009
For committee information where no email address is listed,
please contact the Grand Recorder at gr@knightstemplar.org

UPDATED - FEBRUARY 1, 2008 , Posted March 29 at 1500 HRS

    STANDING COMMITTEES
    Committee on Templar Jurisprudence:
    Herbert D. Sledd, HPGM, Chairman
    Thomas Tsirimokos, PGC (New Hampshire)
    Henry H. Brady, Jr., PGC (Kentucky)
    Roy C. Etherton, PGC (Tennessee)
    Ross Allen, PGC (Colorado)

    Committee on Finance:
    Thurman C. Pace, Jr., HPGM, Chairman, nthurman518@comcast.net
    Richard Weaver, PGC (Ohio
    Homer E. Sullivan, Jr., PGC (Mississippi)
    Dickie W. Johnson, PGC (Tennessee
    Stanley P. Boyd, PGC (Illinois)

    Committee on Foreign Relations:
    William Henry Thornley, Jr., PGM, Chairman
    David L. Hargett, PGC (North Carolina)
    Richard V. Travis, PGC (Connecticut)

    Committee on Printing:
    Kenneth Bernard Fischer, PGM, Chairman
    Lawrence E. Tucker, Grand Recorder
    Richard B. Baldwin, PGM.
     
    Committee on Religious Activities:
    William D. Hartman, PGC (Pennsylvania), Chairman, hart951@aol.com
    Robert C. Haas, PGC (Colorado)
    Stanley N. McIrvin, PGC (Wyoming)
    Robert J. Cave, Grand Prelate, (ex officio)

    Committee on Necrology:
    Herbert A Fisher, HPDC (Virginia), Chairman,  hafisher96@att.net

    Committee on Triennial Conclave:
    F. Michael McGrath, DGM (Virginia), Chairman, fmmcgrath@aol.com
    Jeffrey G. Burcham, GG (Virginia)
    Lawrence E. Tucker, Grand Recorder

    Committee on Triennial Conclave Expense:
    F. Michael McGrath, DGM (Virginia), Chairman,  fmmcgrath@aol.com
    William Howard Koon, II, Grand Master
    Lawrence E. Tucker, Grand Recorder

    Committee on Educational Foundation:
    Timothy M. Taylor, Sr., PGC (Georgia), Chairman, pgc2004@gmail.com
    Roy C. Ritter, Jr., PGC (Ohio)
    Robert Cook, PGC (New York)
    Jerry N. Kirby, PGC (Texas)
    William Howard Koon, II, Grand Master, (ex officio)
    David D. Goodwin, Deputy Grand Master, (ex officio)
    Lawrence E. Tucker, Grand Recorder, (ex officio)
     
    Committee on Knights Templar Eye Foundation, Inc.
    Marvin E. Selock, Office Administrator
    1000 East State Parkway Unit I, Schamburg, IL 60173
    TEL: 847-490-3838, FAX: 847-490-3777

    Officers and Trustees ex officio:
    William Howard Koon, II, President
    David D. Goodwin, Vice President
    James M.Willson, Jr., Treasurer
    Lawrence E. Tucker, Secretary
    Sid C. Dorris, III
    Duane L. Vaught
    Willard M. Avery
    Ned E. Dull
    Donald H. Smith
    William H. Thornley, Jr.
    Blair C. Mayford
    James M. Ward
    William J. Jones
    Kenneth B. Fischer
    Richard B. Baldwin
    Trustees at Large:
    Herbert D. Sledd, (Kentucky)
    Charles A. Garnes, (Pennsylvania)
    Billy J. Boyer, (Missouri)
    James N. Karnegis, (Nebraska)
    T. Jeffery Conquest, (Indiana)
    W. Bruce Pruitt, (California)
     
    Committee on Drill Regulations:
    Bruce D. Basil, PGC (Ohio), Chairman, Email:bdb@bright.net
    T. Jeffery Conquest, PGC (Indiana)
    Michael H. Shively, PGC (Texas)
     
    Committee on Ritualistic Matters:
    Gary Deanne Hermann, PGC (Illinois), Chairman, Email: herman1@mtco.com.
    M. Eugene Ellis, PGC (New York)
    Van A. Evans, PGC (Mississippi)
     
    Committee on Membership:
    Paul A Monroe, PDC (Arizona), Chairman, Email: brew-brew@msn.com
    Lloyd A. Hebert, PDC (Louisiana)
    Vincent Cowie, PGC (Connecticut)

    Committee on Patriotic and Civic Activities:
    Gerald W. Peeters, PDC (District of Columbia), Chairman, Email: gwpeete@prodigy.net
    Paul Barrera, PGC (New York)
    Ronald Maslo, PGC (New Jersey)
    Richard P. Day, PGC (Maine)
    Thomas R. Nance, PGC (Wyoming)
    Dan R. McDaniel, PGC (California)
    Lionel H. Goede, PGC (Missouri)
     
    Committee on Public Relations:
    Terry L. Plemmons, PGC (Tennessee),  Email: prc@knightstemplar.org
    Richard P. Naegele, PGC (Maryland)
    Robert K. Cronk, PGC (Illinois)

    Committee on The Holy Land Pilgrimage:
    William Howard Koon, II, Grand Master, Chairman
    James Herrington, PGC (Delaware)
    P. Fred Lesley, HPDC (Michigan)
    R. Frank Williams, HPDC (Indiana)
    Emmett Mills, Jr., PGC (Michigan)

    SPECIAL COMMITTEES
    Advisory Committee to the Grand Master
    Grand Encampment Officers
    Past Grand Masters
    Honorary Past Grand Masters
    Past Department Commanders
    Honorary Past Department Commanders
    Aides to Grand Officers and Past Grand Masters

    Committee on Dispensations and Charters:
    Lawrence E. Tucker, Grand Recorder, Chairman  
    Charles C. Mendell, PGC (New York)
    Marvin L. Selock, PGC (Illinois)
    Howard Entwistle, Jr., PGC (Louisiana)
    Blaine H. Simons, PGC (Utah)

    DeMolay Committee
    C. Michael Watson, PC (Ohio),
    John Winkleman, PGC (Pennsylvania)
    H. Bart Henderson, GSB (Texas)
    Robert L. Tomlinson, Jr., PGC (Kansas)
    Billy A McNair, HPDC (Mississippi)

    Committee on Fraternal Relations
    James E. Olmstead, PC (Ohio), Chairman, Email: wb8byraol.com
    Edward R. Trosin, PGC (New York)
    Donald D. Thomas, PGC (Delaware)
    William B. Brunk, PGC (North Carolina)
    Curtis N. Lancaster, PGC (Utah)
    William J. Mollere, PC (Louisiana)
    William R. Miller, PC (Washington)
    Reese L. Harrison, Jr., PC (Texas)
    Erwin E. O'Dell, PGC (Michigan)

    Committee on Knights Templar History
    Robert G. Davis, PGC (Oklahoma), Chairman
    Rex R. Hutchens, GC (Arizona)
    David W. Powell, PGC (Colorado)
    Stewart W. Miner, PC (Virginia)

    Committee on The George Washington Memorial Knights Templar Chapel
    Charles W. Wagner, PGC (District of Columbia)
    John R. Wigglesworth, Jr., PGC (Virginia)
    Frederick W. Gore, PGC (District of Columbia)

    Committee on National Awards
    Kirby M. Matthews, Jr., PGC (North Carolina)
    Milton F. Gregory, PGC (Wisconsin)
    Marshall F. Parker, PGC (California)
    Arthur D. Michael, Jr., PGC (Ohio)
    Roy B. Tuck Jr., PGC (Louisiana)
    Robert O. Finley, PGC (Wyoming)
    Frederick L. Piasecki, PGC (Florida)

    Committee on The Easter Sunrise Memorial Service
    Charles W. Wagner, PGC (District of Columbia), Chairman Email: wagnerc10@aol.com.
    William Colburn, Sr., PGC (Maryland)
    Edward Foreman, PGC (Maryland)
    Jon W. Mayberry, PGC (Virginia)
    Paul Newhall, GCG (District of Columbia)
    Robert Malwitz, PGC (District of Columbia)
    Jeffrey G. Burcham, GG (Virginia)
    Frederick W. Gore, PGC (District of Columbia)
    Gerald W. Peeters, PDC (District of Columbia)

    Committee on Electronic Communications
    G.Dan M. Pushee III, PC (MA-RI )

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