Grand High Priest Award (Established 1999)
The Grand High Priest Award is presented for continued distinguished service to a Chapter or the Grand Chapter. It is the highest award given by the Grand Chapter of Maryland. It corresponds to the Ish Sodi Award by the Grand Council.
YEAR NAME CHAPTER
1999 Vernon H. Huebschman Druid No. 28
2000 Glen Burnie Chapter No. 63, O.E.S.
2001 Eugene D. Racz Edenton No. 36
2002 Robert Reese Baltimore No. 40
2003 James E. Harding Tuscan No. 42
2004 William C. Eppig Druid No. 28
2005 Robert B. Lumbert Concordia No. 1
2006 Jeffrey L. Dill Druid No. 28
2007 John B. Maclay, Jr. Tuscan No. 42
2008 Robert W. Hamilton Salem No. 18
2009 Randall L. Watson Druid No. 28
2010
2011
2012
2013 Dennis A. Brekhus Enoch No. 23
2014 Robert M. Penny, Edmund D. Harrison, MEGGHP, Leon Stanley
2015 John H. Austin James F. Allen No. 33
2016 Richard Feeser, John Lister, William Gyr, Arthur Hebbeler
2017 Terry Smith #28 and Daniel Brewer #44
2018
2019 Robert W. England Druid #28
2020 Robert Chase Druid #28
2021 Rafael Rodriguez Mt. Vernon #25
2022 Gary Shircliff – Salam #18 and Randolph Disney #25
2023 Darryl Smith – Tuscan #42
2024 Gordon Munholland – Concordia #1 and Andrew Wilson – Concordia #1
The Triple Tau Award is presented by the Grand Chapter for Meritorious Service to a Chapter or the Grand Chapter. It may be awarded to any companion who brings in 10 new petitioners.
YEAR NAMES
1976 Hulbert Foutz, Guy Greene, Norman G. William, William G. Gulley
1977 No Awards Given
1978 Luther J. Bell, Dixon W. Hall, Joseph C. Bryan, III
1979 William W. Venable, Sr., Russell L. Michael, Edward M. Brooks
1980 J. Thomas Middleton, Henry Funk, Jr., William M. Koenig
1981 William F. Frei, Sr., Marshall W. Hyde
1982 Bradlay St. Clair Weilbrenner, Russell S. Brewer,
Charles Nicewarner, Milton M. Bascue
1983 Archie Glickman, Robert B. Woodside, James E. McGrady,
Arthur D. Sellars, Kenneth Robertson, Elmer T. Ditscher,
Howard M. Smith, A. Dean Burt, III, A. Ray Bulgar
1984 C. Leo Krantz, Roy W. Trimmer
1985 Calvin W. Parker, Matthew Racioppa, Charlie H. Foskey,
J. Morris Adkins, Charles W. Wagner, Walter L. Horsman,
Hugh Hege, Kenneth James, Earl E. Simonds
1986 Information not available
1987 William C. Goldsborough, Warren C. Mc Clure
1988 No Awards Given
1989 Robert H, Mc Williams, John F. Seigert, Jr.
1990 Charles E. Vanoy, Leighton E. Harrell
1991 John McWilliams Smith, Bernard E. Rothman
1992 Stephen J. Ponzillo, III, Willard Ogden, Norman Collison,
Donald Adams
1993 Randolph B. Sayre
1994 Robert B. Lumbert, Edward Fontz
1995 Pennell V. T. Jester, Robert O. Reynolds, Jr.
1996 Royce A. Watson, Carl J. Cicchetti, Sr., A. John Geyer,
James E. Harding
1997 No Awards Given
1998 No Awards Given
1999 Richmond C. Laney, Richard W. Elms
2000 Dr. Alton G. Billmeier, O.D., T. George Wittstadt
2001 Milton H. Arrington, Robert E. Young
2002 Roy C. Peterson
2003 Royce R. Johnson
2004 John A. Young, Jr.
2005 Jeffrey L. Dill, Eugene D. Racz
2006 Ronald G. Belanger
2007 Robert M. Penny
2008 Clifton Loar
2009 Thomas M. Velvin, Jr., Richard P. Naegele, Robert Branan
2010
2011
2012
2013 Arthur F. Hebbeler, III, Raymond E. Lewis, II, Ralph L. Perry
2014 Barry D. Noe, Paul D. Shipley, Howard W. Graham,
Gary J. Kennedy
2015 Barry D. Noe
2016 Charles J. Malinowski, Ian Hongola, Kris D. Brown,
Thomas A. Marraffa, Calvin H. Price, Jr.
2017
2018
2019 Alfred Letle, James Stargel, James King, Justin Cook, Justin Weeks, Bryan Remley
Bruce Colburn, William Miller, Frank Williams, Robert Hamilton, Andrew Martinez,
Robert Reynolds, Jeffery Disney, Raymond Tayse, Skip Richard, John Maclay, and
Christian Miele
2022 Jeff Ament, Frank Williams. David Long, John Thomas, Wallace Dodson, Stephen Twomey, Darryl Smith, Dan Brewer, and Ray Denmark.
2023 Mike Raab, Mike Shrank, Jim Jolly, Bradley Thomas, and Gordon Munholland
2024 Lambros Venetos
White Tau (Established 2013)
The White Tau Award is presented to a “new” Companion for high activity and service within his first two years as Royal Arch Mason. This award recognizes those who “hit the ground running”; and may be awarded to any number of eligible Companions.
2013 Dan Brewer
2017 David Duffy, Ian Hongola, Gary Kennedy, Al Letle, Alan Smith, and
David Tallant
2019 Austin Fogle, II, David Hahn, Gordon Munholland, Justin Cook, Justin Weeks, and Bryan Remley
2021 Rafael Rodriguez, Jim Jolly, Darryl Smith, James Thomas, Randy Dietrich, Fred Smith, John Myers Jr., and Stephen Twomey
2022 Jason Smith and John Morris
2023 Chris Thompson
2024 Kenneth Grundy and Jeffrey Reinsch
