Past Grand Masters

LIVING PAST GRAND MASTERS

 

2016 Charles H. Teague, Jr., PGM, Quascacunquen Lodge No. 39

2015 Francis M. Latanowich, PGM, Kearsarge Lodge No. 217

 

2014 Gerard Gilmore, Jr., PGM, Bethesda Lodge No. 30

 

2013 Francis E. Gayton, PGM, Kearsarge Lodge No. 217

2012 Robert D. Comer, PGM, Fraternity Lodge No. 118

2011 Craig Cellitti, PGM, Pequod Lodge No. 229

 

2010 Gerard Gilmore, Jr, PGM,  Bethesda Lodge No 30

 

2009 Neville Richen, PGM, Nantucket Lodge No. 66

 

2008 Barry G. Rector, PGM, Nantucket Lodge No. 66

 

2007 Stephen Umlah, PGM, Everett Lodge No 36

 

2006 John G. Slaney, PGM, Rising Sun Lodge No. 99

 

2004 Robert W. Gatchell, PGM, Zenith Lodge No. 42

 

2003 Robert J. Eddy, PGM, Zenith Lodge No. 42

 

2002 Richard Whelan, PGM, Rising Sun Lodge No. 99

 

2000 Thomas Jordan, PGM, Kearsarge Lodge No. 217

 

1999 Samuel C. White, PGM, Amherst Lodge No. 152

 

1998 Clarence Plant, PGM, Worcester Lodge No. 56

 

1997 Donald E. McLaren , PGM, Worcester Lodge No. 56

 

1996 Walter J. Johnson, PGM, Rising Sun Lodge No. 99

  

1992 Steven R. Morrow, PGM, Zenith Lodge No. 42

 

1990 Raymond S. LaBorde, PGM, Springfield Lodge No. 235

 

 

 

1987 Glover B. Preble, Jr., PGM, Kearsarge Lodge No. 217

 

1976 George E. Shaw, PSGM, Pequod Lodge No. 229

 

1975 Christopher T. Winders, PGM, Massachusetts Lodge No. 1

 

 

DECEASED PAST GRAND MASTERS

1823-1827 - Daniel Hershey, Siloam No. 2

1828-Issac T. Dupee, Siloam No. 2

1829-Josiah H. Robinson, Siloam No. 2

1841 - Daniel Hershey, Massachusetts No. 1

1843 - Edwin H. Chapin, Bunker Hill No. 14

1844 - Thomas F. Norris, New England No. 4

1845 - Newell A. Thompson, Suffolk No.8

1846 - Eleazer M. P. Wells, Siloam No. 2

1847 - William E. Parmenter, New England No. 4

1848 - William E. Ellison, Montezuma No. 33

1849 - Samuel Wells, Nonotuck No. 61

1850 - James M. Usher, Bay State No. 40

1851 - Joseph L. Drew, Massachusetts No. 1

1852 - Timothy Ingraham, Acushnet No. 41

1853 - William A. Bell, Montezuma No. 33

1854 - John R. Mullin, Siloam No. 2

1855 - Samuel B. Krogman, Massachusetts No. 1

1856 - Caleb Rand, Howard No. 22

1857 - Charles E. Buckingham, Suffolk No.8

1858 - William Marble, Franklin No. 23

1859 - Philip K. Hills, Quascacuquen No. 39

1860 - Nathaniel Adams, Tremont No. 15

1861 - Samuel Leonard, Hampden No. 27

1862 - Enos H. Tucker, Siloam No. 21

1863 - Joseph S. Jones, Suffolk No. 8

1864 - William E. Ford, Siloam No. 2

1865 - Samuel W. Hodges, Stoughton No. 72

1866 - E. Dana Bancroft, Fredonian No. 103

1867 - Charles S. Burgess, Tremont No. 15

1868 - Levi F. Warren, Essex No. 26

1869 - Thomas C. Porter, Siloam No. 2

1870 - Corless Wadleigh, Boston No. 25

1871 - Albert B. Plimpton, Overlin No. 28

1872 - George B. Hamlin, New England No. 4

1873 - Fred C. Davis, Siloam No. 2

1874 - Julius L. Clarke, Franklin No. 23

1875 - Horatio Wellington, Bunker Hill No. 14

1876 Richard Drown, Bay State No. 40

1876 - Horace W. Stickney, Bethesda No. 30

1877 - John U. Perkins, Winnisimmet No. 24

1878 - Albert L. Fessender, North Star No. 144

1879 - William W. Gardner, DeSoto No. 155

1880 - James T. Joslin, Hudson No. 154

1881 - Henry W. Clark, Bunker Hill No. 14

1882 - Francis Jewett, Oberlin No. 28

1883 - Samuel Cochra, Norfolk No. 48

1884 - Henry W. Clark, Bunker Hill No. 14

1885 - Edwin L. Pillsbury, Howard No. 22

1886 - William M. Hill, Fraternity No. 188

1887 - Robert W. Taber, Acushnet No. 41

1888 - Alfred S. Pinkerton, Worcester No. 56

1889 - Edward H. Kavanagh, West Lynn No. 65

1890 - Henry Denver, DeSoto No. 155

1891 - Jay B. Crawford, Commonwealth No. 3

1892 - James M. Price, New England No. 4

1893 - Louis A. Cook, Wildey No. 21

1894 - Henry E. Ruggles, King David No. 7

1895 - Austin S. Esty, Paul Revere No. 184

1896 - Winifield S. Nevins, Fraternity No. 118

1897 - John Corkhill, Berkshire No. 57

1898 - Charles Q. Tirrell, Takawambalt No. 59

1899 - Nathaniel J. Fish, Sabbatia No. 225

1900 - William F. Dusseault, Malden No. 201

1901 - Newell D. Johnson, Governor Gore No. 198

1902 - Charles N. Bushell, Vesta No. 166

1903 - Summer P. Lawerence, North Star No. 144

1904 - George H. Fuller, Worcester No. 56

1905 - Napoleon B. Dana, Paul Revere No. 184

1906 - Joseph Belcher, Rising Star No. 76

1907 - William A. Hastings, Malden No. 201

1908 - William C. Collett, Tremont No. 15

1909 - Charles B. Perry, Morning Star No. 130

1910 - Horace M. Sargeant, Mizpah No. 152

1911 - George L. Marshall, Caleb Rand No. 197

1912 - John W. Roberts, Hampden No. 27

1913 - William M. Walker, Suffolk No. 8

1914 - James Bennett, Kearsarge No. 217

1915 - J. Herbert Simpson, Zenith No. 42

1916 - Clifford L. Mahoney, Ridgely No. 112

1917 - Lavater W. Powers, Prospect No. 35

1918 - Samuel K. Walker, West Lynn No. 56

1919 - George L. Dolloff, Paul Revere No. 184

1920 - Silas D. Reed, Sabbatia No. 225

1921 - William S. Barker, Zenith No. 42

1922 - Allan A. Rideout, Trans. to Arizona

1923 - Frank G. Potter, Nonantum No. 116

1924 - Gilbert M. Mason, Franklin No. 23

1925 - Arthur F. Douglass, Winnisimmet No. 24

1926 - Herbert B. Bond, Worcester No. 56

1927 - Charles T. Griffiths, Forest No. 148

1928 - Waldo S. Ford, Franklin No. 23

1929 - Ralph F. Morton, DeSoto No. 155

1930 - William Walton, Dunstar No. 220

1931 - George W. Chandler, Geo. Washington No. 8

1932 - William A. Jones, Cape Cod No. 226

1933 - Cecil Taylor, Boston No. 14

1934 - James F. Gaylord, Bay Path No. 234

1935 - Frank T. Currie, Mt. Sinai No. 169

1936 - Lewis S. Bruns, Winnisimmet No. 24

1937 - Walter E. Taylor, Tisquantum No. 4

1938 - James P. Farnsworth, Standish No. 177

1939 - J. Ashton Nickerson, Zenith No. 42

1940 - G. Frank Tinney, Milford No. 223

1941 - Clarence H. Gilman, Longfellow No. 202

1942 - Raymond E. Wentzel, Soughegan No. 38

1943 - Verdie A. Dodds, Jamaica Plain No. 18

1944 - Arthur K. Torrey, Home No. 162

1945 - Harold L. Chalker, Hampden No. 27

1946 - Arthur J. Boucher, Longfellow No. 202

1947 - Russel P. Wentworth, Prospect No. 335

1948 - L. Wilbur Munsey, General No. 200

1949 - Earnest A. Pearson, East Lynn No. 207

1950 - Herbert P. Goodwin, Boston No. 14

1951 - Alvern P. Clough, James B. Barnes No. 10

1952 - Albert Lavine, King Solomon No. 236

 

1953 - H. Glenwood Burwell, Siloam Lodge No.2

1954 - Harry C. Hawthorne, Massasoit Lodge No. 69

1955 - Paul P. Thivierge, Melrose Lodge No. 157

1956 - R. Hartley Edes, Mt Roulstone Lodge No. 98

1957 - Alvin E Bissett, East Lynn Lodge No.27

1958 - Earle W. Baldwin, Pequod Lodge No. 229

1959 - Chester M. Carr, Friendship Lodge No. 20

1961 - Harry C. Mitton, Rising Star Lodge No. 99

1962 - Orlando S. Colburne, Malden Lodge No. 201

1963 - Charles D. Milton, Kearsarge Lodge No. 217

1964 - Edgar F. Allen, Magnolia Lodge No. 149

1965 - Earle L. Draper, Rising Sun Lodge No.99

1966- Edward W. Doucette, Kearsarge Lodge No.217

1967 - Robert E. Ellis, Souhegan Lodge No. 38

1968 - Wilbert S. MacRae, Prospect Lodge No. 35

1969 - Charles A. Marshall, East Lynn Lodge No. 207

1970 - Leslie H. Cady, Ware Lodge No. 209

1971 - David B. Kravetz, King Solomon Lodge No. 236

1972 - Paul A. Anderson, Rising Sun Lodge No.99

1973 - Raymond E. Olson, Souhegan Lodge No. 38

1974 - Sidney C. Winters, Massachusetts Lodge No. 1

1979 - Hugo A. Santoro, William F. Ray Lodge No. 71

1981 - Chester A. Baldwin, Sr., Pequod Lodge No. 229

1982 - George J. Hughes, Herman Dexter Lodge No. 133

1983 - Earle L. Voigt, Everett Lodge No. 36

1984 - Carrol M. Swaine, Leominster Lodge No.86

 

1989 Richard B. McDonald, PGM, Stoughton Lodge No. 72

1993 - Orrin J. Eaton, Cape Cod Lodge No. 226

 

1994 Edward J. Carroll, PGM, Bass River Lodge No. 141 

1995 William F. Burdick, Jr., PGM, Nantucket Lodge No. 66

2001 - Oscar A. Gayton, Kearsarge Lodge No. 217

2005 Michael Beaulieu, PGM, Amherst Lodge No. 152