EPHRAIM KIRBY CITATION
FOR DISTINGUISHED MASONIC SERVICE

The Ephraim Kirby Citation was established in 1944 to recognize and show appreciation to the Companion who is outstanding in his Masonry, his community and his daily vocation and who has an unusual record of loyalty, perseverance, dependability and/or courage. It is not meant to be given to those who have already received honors, but is especially intended for those who are so unselfishly devoting time and zeal to the welfare of individual Chapters and Masonry that they may be classed as the forgotten Companion. The Ephraim Kirby Citation is to ensure that such merit does not go unrewarded.
The Judges for the Citation are the Committee on Awards of the Grand Chapter. A Candidate for the Citation must be a Companion in good standing and shall not have applied himself for the Citation. Any Chapter may recommend a candidate for the Citation and the decision of the judges will be considered final. No more than one Citation for each thousand members of fraction thereof may be awarded in any one year. It should be emphasized that the award was set up to be awarded those Companions who had served their Chapters and had never been High Priest.
The Ephraim Kirby Citation for Meritorious Service is awarded for:
The award consists of a certificate or citation of meritorious service together with a suitable emblem of same and is presented at the Annual Convocation of the Grand Chapter or other suitable occasion by the Grand High Priest or by a Companion designated by the Grand High Priest.
The Grand Chapter is indeed grateful for the contributions of the following companions to Capitular Masonry:

William F. Boerum* (13) 1945
John T. Pierce* (2) 1945
Robert H. Prutting* (17) 1945
George E. Close* (11) 1946
Forrest R. Cutler* (7) 1949
Frederick G. Comstock* (29)1949
Edward E. King* (50) 1949
William R. Trevethan* (35) 1951
Frederick F. Hollowbush* (26) 1952
Walter E. E. Barton* (46) 1954
Claude H. Dunbar* (13) 1954
Leslie E. Watson* (46) 1955
Robert G. Jordan* (53) 1955
Samuel Taft* (6) 1956
John A. Leakin* (13) 1956
John A. Begley* (2) 1959
Percy B. Chase* (21) 1959
William P. Rose* (29) 1961
William A. Foster Sr* (42) 1961
George J. Fowle* (54) 1961
Louis W. Howe* (50) 1962
John H. McClure* (17) 1963
Jacob N. Wolodarsky* (2) 1964
Roger H. Green* (7) 1966
Harold A. Svendberg* (13) 1966
Leonard A. Caldwell Sr* (45)1967
James M. Gordon* (17) 1967
L. Thomas Lauridsen* (49) 1967
William C. Bray* (51) 1968
Laurence P. Scofield* (11) 1968
Frederick R. Williams* (2) 1969
John S. Michelson* (13) 1969
Walter B. Davis Sr* (39) 1969
Rowland M. Beach* (24) 1971
Robert C. Sismore* (7) 1971
Arthur W. Hudson* (54) 1971
John S. Griffiths* (42) 1971
Charles R. Ende* (49) 1971
Dominic A. Rinaldi* (39) 1972
Lyle T. Neddow* (51) 1972
Alfred B. Sahlin * (54) 1973
Charles W. Phelps * (9) 1974
Carl Ritter * (49) 1975
Jacques Schmidli * (33) 1975
Morton S. Naurison * (42) 1976
John L. Faulkins * (13) 1976
Webster Culver * (17) 1980
Frederick J. Ganung * (24) 1980
George R. Smith * (2) 1980
Howard R. Baker * (12) 1981

Ferdinand D. Lewis * (51) 1981
Charles K. Lynn (51) * 1981
Arthur L. Shumway * (2) 1981
William Summers Jr * (6) 1981
Robert J. Campbell * (1) 1982
George Kelaita * (32) 1982
Herbert R. Olson * (31) 1982
Andrew J. Muccianti * (18) 1982
Edward P. Stannard * (46) 1982
Grady L. Pearson * (51) 1983
Donald G. Poehnert (18) 1983
William A. Allen* (2) 1983
George F. Dean* (18) 1984
Albert T. Heavisides* (51) 1984
Charles D. Munich* (13) 1984
Frank B. Wagner* (46) 1984
Ralph G. Broderick* (49) 1984
Arthur F. Simpson* (49) 1985
Robert A. Colbourn * (26) 1985
Wilder J. Greeley* (2) 1985
Albert H. Getchell* (26) 1986
Ronald L. Miller* (9) 1986
Norman R. Strong * (18) 1986
Charles J. Memmott Jr* (46) 1986
William MacMillan* (1) 1986
George H. Griffing* (17) 1987
Arthur K. Kandetzki* (46) 1987
Edgar R. Lumb* (13) 1987
John J. Mari* (46) 1987
Bernard T. Wright* (23) 1987
Matthew J. Banach* (30) 1988
Melvin F. Boomer* (51) 1988
Kenneth W. Marvin (12) 1988
Thomas Maxwell II (1,23) 1988
Frank O. Miner* (26) 1988
Warren M. Brainard * (17) 1989
Edward Nordstrom* (17) 1989
John Normington * (09) 1989
Shailer Christensen* (29) 1989
William Whay* (46) 1989
Roger D. Alling* (44) 1990
Leslie C. Noyes * (17) 1990
William F. Orrell (49) * 1990
James F. Quarz (26) * 1990
Earl J. Fitzpatrick* (26) 1991
William A. Gough* (24) 1991
Russell A. Schiebel (18) 1991
Bard C. Teigen (30) 1991
Delmar W. Ward* (25) 1991
John H. Goodrich, Sr. * (26) 1992

Joseph P. Grevalsky * (31) 1992
George W. Hatfield * (06) 1992
William F. Norton* (44) 1992
Elmer E. Stone * (51) 1992
Timothy D. Clark* (11) 1993
Sidney W. Isenberg (46) 1993
Neil Paterson * (51) 1993
Donald E. Robinson * (26) 1993
Robert D. Sherrick (49) 1993
Richard A. Eppler (26) 1994
Emil G. Olsson Jr (2) * 1994
George C. Venter (2) * 1994
Frederick W. Berggren ( 4) *1995
# Charles B Fowler Jr (17) 1995
# William L. Miller II (17) 1995
Arthur M. Pugh (27) 1995
Walter L. Whitman * (17) 1995
Reginald Abbott * (17) 1996
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# John A. Birdsall (7) 1996
William G. Bryce * (17) 1996
Richard E. Larcom * (26) 1996
Joseph J. Perno (49) * 1996
Edwin F. Dingus (26) & 1997
Charles A. Domin * (7) 1997
Richard R. Miller * (1) 1997
Gail N. Smith (9) 1997
Edward W. Studwell* (4) 1998
Patrick H. DeCesare* (13) 1998
John H. Goodrich, Jr. * (26) 1998
John G. Radeach (26) 1998
David C. Toomey (17) 1998
Amos E. Jennings* (33) 1999
# Clyde W. Kayser, II (2,451) 999
Carl G. Palmberg (17) 1999
James H. Tweedie (49) 1999
Kenneth R. Whitman * (18) 1999
William K. Barr (46) 2000
Stanley T. House * (6) 2000
George C. Perry * (1, 23) 2000
Clarence E. Schiebel (18) 2000
Scott T. Sherrick (49) 2000
Anthony Pipitone (13) 2001
Wesley H. Alexander* (26) 2001
Alan Marc Brown (49) 2001
James R. Shaw (15) % 2001
Douglas A. Gray (02) 2002
James W. Currier (09) * 2002
Thurman P Sharples Jr * (12, 9) 2002
Sheldon L. Edwards Sr (DE) * 2002

Edward R. Ham (13) 2003
Edward Schoenrock * (17) 2003
Thomas E. Schiebel (18) 2003
# Jack H. Stevens (26) 2003
Clifford H. Drost Jr * (13) 2004
Randy S. Stevens (26) 2004
Danny A. Camp (15) 2004
Harold H. Tomlinson* (02) 2005
Charles R. Nielsen * (17) 2005
Leland F. McElrath (46) 2005
Bruce A. Rumford (49) 2005
Edward S. Eby (07) * 2006
Michael B. Dodge % (09) 2006
George J. Cronk (11) 2006
George A W Nousiainen (02)2007
Nicholas G. Hackett (26) * 2007
David C. Abrames (17) 2008
Leo H. Lohrman * (13) 2009
# Robert J. Knowles (27) 2010
# Martin Ede (02) 2011
Peter J. Stapleton (44) 2011
James A. Backus (11) 2012
Earl F. Korngiebel (26) 2012
Peter M. Sloan (44) 2012
Raymond Tomlinson (02) 2013
William C. Lang (46) 2013
T. Donovan Scroggs (17) 2014
# Daniel M. Luft (27) 2014
# Darren D. Silhavy (11) 2015
Bruce Padula (27) 2015
Robert J. Cascone (13) 2016
Delbert A. Little (27) 2016
# James S. McNeely (17) 2017
Douglas D. Barnard (31) 2017
Richard R. Jones (31) 2017
Allyn Willner (46) 2019
Craig R. Nelson, Sr. (13) (2020)
Paul L. Chello (44)(2020)
Dale T. Cunningham (30) 2021
Jason R. Rieger (06) 2022
.Gerald A.Calabritto (26)  2023

 

 

 

# Present at Grand Convocation
* Deceased
% Dimitted
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THE JAMES ROYAL CASE AWARD

In 1986, the York Rite Coordinating Committee, which is composed of the dais officers of Grand Chapter, Grand Council and Grand Commandery, established the James Royal Case Award for outstanding service to Masonry and to the York Rite in particular. The award was presented each year at the Testimonial Dinner given in honor of the three Grand Presiding Officers.
Previous recipients of this prestigious award are as follows:

James Royal Case * 1986
Howard R. Baker * 1987
Russell L. Benjamin * 1988
Warren J. Dennison * 1989
Andrew J. Muccianti * 1990
Kenneth W. Marvin 1991
William A. Bonney, Sr. * 1992
John Radeach * 1993
Matthew J. Banach * 1994
Arthur H. Carlstrom 1995
Wilder J. Greeley * 1996
Willis E. Copeland, Jr. 1997
Robert S. Johnson 1998
Stanley T. House * 1999
Edward Nordstrom * 2000
Douglas A. Gray 2001

* Deceased
# Present at Annual Convocation

Anthony Pipitone 2002
Louis A. Kaufmann * 2003
Walter L. Whitman * 2004
James S. Demko 2005
Leslie C. Noyes * 2006
Robert J. Cascone 2007
Edward Schoenrock * 2008
Donald E. Robinson * 2009
Irving Lieff 2010
James J. Fahy 2011
Donald C. Sause 2012
Richard Odell * 2013
# William L. Miller II 2014
James A. Backus 2015
Charles T. Hall 2016
Arnold S. Grot 2020