BORN 1943
BEECH
GROVE, INDIANA
MARRIED
TO RITA D. SHELBY
4
CHILDREN
12
GRANDCHILDREN
ATTENDED
BALL STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE
(NOW
BALL STATE UNIVERSITY)
RETIRED
FROM GENERAL MOTORS AND MAGNEQUENCH NTERNATIONAL
VARIOUS
POSITIONS IN MANUFACTURE OF AUTO PARTS AND MAGNETS
CHURCH
MEMBERS
OF TRINITY PARK UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, GREENFIELD, IN
MEMBER
HANCOCK LODGE # 101 RAISED JUNE 25, 1966 WORSHIPFUL MASTER 1972
SECRETARY
1994 TO 2000
EXALTED
IN
GREENFIELD
CHAPTER # 96, IN 1967
HIGH
PRIEST IN 1970
SECRETARY 1971 TO 2002
RECEIVED
GENERAL GRAND CHAPTER BRONZE AWARD IN 1984
GRAND HIGH PRIEST IN 1990-91
GRAND
TREASURER 1995-99
GRAND
SECRETARY 1999-PRESENT
APPOINTED
DEPUTY GENERAL GRAND HIGH PRIEST, EAST CENTRAL REGION IN 1996
ELECTED
GENERAL GRAND KING
OF
THE GENERAL GRAND CHAPTER ROYAL ARCH MASONS, INTERNATIONAL
IN 2002
GREETED
IN
GREENFIELD
COUNCIL # 94, IN 1967
ILLUSTRIOUS
MASTER IN 1971
RECORDER
1976 TO 2002
RECORDER
OF YEAR IN 1981 & 1997
KNIGHTED
IN GREENFIELD COMMANDERY # 39 IN 1967
EMINENT
COMMANDER IN 1972
RECORDER
1979 TO 2002
RECEIVED
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD IN 1983
RECEIVED
KNIGHT COMMANDER OF THE TEMPLE AWARD IN 2000
RECEIVED
KNIGHT TEMPLAR CROSS OF HONOR AWARD IN 2002
DRILL TEAM MEMBER SINCE 1967
DRILL
TEAM CAPTAIN 2000-
KNIGHTS
OF YORK CROSS OF HONOUR
MEMBER
OF ROBERT A. WOODS PRIORY # 62 SINCE 1973
CURRENTLY
SERVING AS WARDER
DUAL MEMBER OF INDIANA
PRIORY
# 8
YORK
RITE SOVEREIGN COLLEGE CHARTER MEMBER OF
MARVIN
L. ISLEY COLLEGE # 129
RECEIVED
ORDER OF PURPLE CROSS IN 1991
MEMBER
OF VALLEY OF INDIANAPOLIS, A.A.S.R.
MEMBER OF MURAT SHRINE
CHARTER
MEMBER OF HANCOCK COUNTY SHRINE CLUB, PRESIDENT IN 1986; SECRETARY 1995-2000
ST.
BERNARD DE CLAIRVAUX COUNCIL # 256
ALLIED MASONIC DEGREES
CURRENTLY SERVING AS
JUNIOR WARDEN
MEMBER
OF ST. BASIL CONCLAVE RED CROSS OF CONSTANTINE
SOVEREIGN
MASTER IN 2000
MEMBER OF ST. ANDREW TABERNACLE #
XXXV
HOLY ROYAL ARCH KNIGHT TEMPLAR
PRIESTS
PRECEPTOR IN 2000
MEMBER
OF
EDEN CHAPTER # 101, OES
Member
of Greenfield Central School Board from 1973-1977
President
1976-1977
Member
of Greenfield Parks & Recreation Board from 1973 - 1980
President
1975-1980
Volunteer
at Boys & Girls Club
1970's
& 1980's
Commissioned
a Kentucky Colonel and an Arkansas Traveler by the Governors of the respective
states.
Named a Sagamore
of the Wabash - 2002 by Governor Frank O'Bannon
Royal
Arch Research Assistance Board of Directors
A member of the
Board of Directors for Masonic philanthropy that deals with research in Central
Auditory Perception problems. The research facility is at Colorado State
University in Ft. Collins, Colorado.
Board
of Directors of Royal Arch Mason Magazine
A member of the
Board of Directors for Masonic magazine. Was responsible for restructuring the
magazine and moving operations to Indiana, Hancock County more specifically.