Past Grand Masters

The Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of Colorado owes an enormous debt of gratitude to the brethren who have led us in the past and continue to provide inspiration and guidance for our officers and brethren. The following is a listing of our past grand masters in order of their service. We thank them one and all.

1861 John M. Chivington *

1862 Allyn Weston *

1863 Henry M. Teller *

1864 Archibald J. VanDeren *

1865 Andrew Mason *

1866 Chase Withrow *

1867-72 Henry M. Teller *

1873-74 Webster D. Anthony *

1875 Oren H. Henry *

1876 Harper M. Orahood *

1877 Cornelius J. Hart *

1878 Roger W. Woodbury *

1879 Byron L. Carr *

1880 Lawrence N. Greenleaf *

1881 Robert A. Quillian *

1882 Frank Church *

1883 Andrew Sagendorf *

1884 James H. Peabody *

1885 George W. Wyman *

1886 Albert H. Branch *

1887 George K. Kimball *

1888 William D. Todd *

1889 William T. Bridwell *

1890 Ernest LeNeve Foster *

1891 John M. Maxwell *

1892 William D. Wright *

1893 Jethrow C. Sanford *

1894 William L. Bush *

1895 William D. Pierce *

1896 George W. Roe *

1897 Cromwell Tucker *

1898 Horace T. DeLong *

1899 Alphonse A. Burnard *

1900 Joseph D. Milsom *

1901 George D. Kennedy *

1902 Marshall H. Dean *

1903 James R. Killian *

1904 Bemjamin L. James *

1905 Charles F. Painter *

1906 Arthur E. Jones *

1907 Joseph A. Davis *

1908 John B. Haffy *

1909 George W. Musser *

1910 Alfred B. McGaffy *

1911 H. Ward Woodward *

1912 George E. Simonton *

1913 William S. Pickerill *

1914 Charles H. Dudley *

1915 Robert M. Simons *

1916 Guy V. Sternberg *

1917 L. D. Crain *

1918 Clarence M. Kellogg *

1919 Frank L. Bishop *

1920 Haslett P. Burke *

1921 Marshall H. VanFleet *

1922 Edward P. Huffred *

1923 Jesse C. Wiley *

1924 William N. Vaile *

1925 Frank G. Mirick *

1926 Frank J. Reinhard *

1927 John Andrew *

1928 I. Ernest Newsom *

1929 Rueben W. Hershey *

1930 Horace H. Mitchell *

1930 Will D. Grisard *

1931 Casper S. Desch *

1932 George A. Luxford *

1933 Howard T. Vaille *

1934 Charles A. Patton *

1935 Kenneth O. Wood *

1936 William R. Arthur *

1937 Harry L. Baum *

1938 William D. Nelson *

1939 Thomas H. Cox *

1940 Francis J. Knauss *

1941 Benjamin C. Hilliard *

1942 George C. Twombly *

1943 Herschel Horn *

1944 John R. Clark *

1945 Frank D. Allen *

1946 Grover C. Olinger *

1947 John R. Swinton *

1948 S. Stuart Krebs *

1949 Edwin J. Wittleshofer *

1950-51 C. Wheeler Barnes *

1951 Harry W. Bundy (H)*

1952 Olin P. Lee *

1953 Hubert Glover *

1954 Donald W. Shaw *

1955 Charles A. Mantz *

1956 Millard E. Ryan *

1957 D. Aubrey Spann *

1958 Glenn B. Van Fleet *

1959 Clifford J. Gobble *

1960 Carlton M. Ray *

1961 Leon H. Snyder *

1962 Ellis Latimer *

1963 Clarence L. Bartholic *

1964 Charles L. Thompson *

1965 John H. Wesch *

1966 Irving . Cannon *

1967 Charles T. Gore *

1968 Steward A. Shafer *

1969 William L. Gobin *

1970 Galen E. Swank *

1971 Dean C. Mabry *

1972 Hugh E. Chastain *

1973 Edward A. Martin *

1974 Clarence C. Carlson *

1974 Dean C. Settle (H)*

1975 Clarence W. Hines, Jr. *

1976 Jess W. Gern *

1977 Wilbur N. Ladd *

1978 Lloyd J. Jamerson *

1979 Carl H. Powell *

1980 Roscoe Roberts *

1981 John. R. Wagner *

1982 David L. Corlett *

1983 Samuel Berman *

1984 R. Keith Milheim *

1985 James Dunn *

1986 John C. McCracken

1987 Norman L. Hoff

1988 Harry C. English *

1989 Dwight A. Hamilton *

1990 Donald P. Smith, Jr. *

1991 Guy Hurst, Jr. *

1992 Richard A Miklich *

1993 John L. Harper

1993 Allan C. Templeton (H)*

1994 Ben H. Bell, Jr.

1995 James W. Aycock *

1996 Robert L. Bartholic *

1997 James C. Callahan

1997 Ray E. Robinson (H) *

1998 Stephen M. Munsinger

1999 Kent R. Gould

2000 Rodney W. Johnson

2000 U. Dean Mathena (H)*

2001 Ben M. Crossno

2002 Joseph E. Hadad

2003 Claud E. Dutro

2004 Edward L. Zorn

2005 Richard W. Schmidt

2006 Thomas J. Cox

2007 John J. Harrington

2008 J.R. “Jack” McConnell

2008 Gerald A. Ford (H)*

2009 Brian L. Cotter

2010 Charles G. Johnson *

2011 John V. Egan III

2012 Karl J. Hinkle

2013 Dana A. Speaks

2014 Michael L. McMillan

2015 Dexter D. Koons

2016 Robert D. Elsloo

2017 Vernon R. Turner

2018 Phillip E. Moss

2019 Ralph E. Newby

2020 David L. Coberly

(H) = Honorary Grand Master

* = Passed to His Eternal Reward