Grand Chapter

Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of Oregon

Most Excellent Companion Grant Sharp, Grand High Priest 2024-2025


Grand Chapter Officers

  • Most Excellent Companion Grant Sharp, Grand High Priest
  • Right Excellent Companion Mark Reed, Grand King
  • Right Excellent Companion Ryan Winters, Grand Scribe
  • Right Excellent Companion John Ridenour, Grand Treasurer
  • Right Excellent Companion Michael D. Sullivan, Grand Secretary
  • Right Excellent Companion Kenneth Briggs, Grand Captain of the Host
  • Excellent Companion David Fuller, Grand Lecturer
  • Excellent Companion Brian Kaufman, Grand Principal Sojourner
  • Excellent Companion Michael Kreger, Grand Royal Arch Captain
  • Excellent Companion Santino “Sam” Lupini, Grand Master of the Third Veil
  • Excellent Companion Charles Cornell, Grand Master of the Second Veil
  • Excellent Companion Robert Lyon, Grand Master of the First Veil
  • Excellent Companion Terry Brown, Grand Sentinel
  • Excellent Companion Carl “C.J.” Martin, Grand Chaplain
  • Excellent Companion Gavin Reid, Grand Capitular Reviewer
  • Excellent Companion Henry “Hank” Stockoff, Grand Historian
  • Most Excellent Companion Cary Pugh PGHP, Grand Orator
  • Excellent Companion Steve Gatton, Grand Musician

District Deputies of the Grand High Priest

  • Right Excellent Companion Craig Sipp – District 1
  • Right Excellent Companion C. Allen White – District 2
  • Right Excellent Companion Fritz Thomas III- District 3
  • Right Excellent Companion Richard Surroz – District 4
  • Right Excellent Companion Myles McMillan – District 5
  • Right Excellent Companion Terry Pea – District 6
  • Right Excellent Companion Mike McGuyer – District 7

Past Grand High Priests

1860 Albert W. Ferguson (1)
1861 John McCracken (3)
1862 John McCracken (3)
1863 James R. Bayley (5)
1864 John C. Ainsworth (3)
1865 Cicero H. Lewis (3)
1866 George A. Edes (1)
1867 Benjamin F. Brown (1)
1868 James R. Bayley (5)
1869 James R. Bayley (5)
1870 James R. Bayley (5)
1871 James R. Bayley (5)
1872 James R. Bayley (5)
1873 James R. Bayley (5)
1874 James R. Bayley (5)
1875 James R. Bayley (5)
1876 John B. Lee (5)
1877 John B. Lee (5)
1878 John Burke Congle (3)
1879 John Burke Congle (3)
1880 David Patterson Mason (8)
1881 David Patterson Mason (8)
1882 James F. Robinson (10)
1883 James F. Robinson (10)
1884 Ferdinand N. Shurtleff (1)
1885 James K. Weatherford (1)
1886 Wallace Baldwin (5)
1887 Ralph F. Gibons (6)
1888 Thomas McF. Patton (1)
1889 Donald Mackey (3)
1890 Seth L. Pope (6)
1891 Jay Tuttle (11)
1892 George E. Chamberlain (8)
1893 George McD. Stroud (18)
1894 William C. Crawford (5)
1895 John M. Hodson (10)
1896 John H. Irvine (8)
1897 L. Nelson Roney (10)
1898 Henry S. Strange (2)
1899 William T. Wright (20)
1900 Orlando O. Hodson (16)

1901 Henry B. Thielsen (25)
1902 William A. Cleland (3)
1903 Edward Wilbur Davis (20)
1904 Thomas F. Ryan (2)
1905 Edward Biddle (17)
1906 Lot L. Pearce (1)
1907 Frederick Wm. Davis (20)
1908 Albert H. Steiner (1)
1909 Edward E. Kiddle (20)
1910 Frank John Miller (8)
1911 Charles J. Buchanan (2)
1912 Oscar Hayter (17)
1913 Milton S. Woodcock (5)
1914 Lewellyn C. Marshall (8)
1915 Clyde Evans (18)
1916 Septimus S. Spencer (10)
1917 Silas M. Yoran (10)
1918 Max Bollack (2)
1919 James H. Richmond (18)
1920 Frank W. Settlemier (29)
1921 Walter R. Bilyeu (8)
1922 Frank M. Patterson (18)
1923 George Glanvil Brown (1)
1924 Harry Wayne Stanard (19)
1925 John K. Kollock (3)
1926 George E. Swafford (2)
1927 Frank S. Baillie (15)
1928 Thomas Sims (29)
1929 Herbert Lee Toney (16)
1930 George T. Cochran (9)
1931 Milton Latham Meyers (1)
1932 Donald Bruce Stuart (5)
1933 Percy R. Kelly (8)
1934 Carl Wm. Evertsen (22)
1935 Lloyd Lytton Scott (3)
1936 Ernest Paul Rands (2)
1937 Lewis Marshall Snow (42)
1938 Clarence Roy Wheeler (15)
1939 Arthur Molesworth (3)
1940 Andrew James McCallen (21)
1941 Bart Benjamin Bracchi (18)

1942 Jack Hatfield Murton (51)
1943 Wayne F. Whealdon (42)
1944 Ned Hunter Callaway (19)
1945 Ned H. Callaway (19)
1946 August J. Stange (9)
1947 Luke Fay Knowlton (3)
1948 Horace E. Getz (35)
1949 Robert Edwards Dodge (21)
1950 Herbert Wm. White (18)
1951 Floyd M. Edwards (5)
1952 Vernon A. Turpin (32)
1953 A. Ray Kellogg (3)
1954 Sprague Hanna Carter (23)
1955 Harold P. Patterson (7)
1956 Lyman Crawford Palmer (10)
1957 Aronah H. MacDonnell (16)
1958 Daniel Lynn Woodson (18)
1959 Samuel Allen Warg (31)
1960 Harry James Young (55)
1961 Vilas Jay Brown (3)
1962 Simeon Harvey Sawyer (38)
1963 Claude F. Sanders (49)
1964 Gene Caswell (19)
1965 Glenn W. Smith (4)
1966 B. Neally Wood (42)
1967 Wallace E. White (41)
1968 Charles G. Goold (31)
1969 Paul W. Jones (26)
1970 George W. Driskell (9)
1971 George D. Robinson (10)
1972 Walter K. Belt (47)
1973 Norman B. Hoard (56)
1974 Ralph J. Huff (58)
1975 Harry Edwin Dereiko (55)
1976 Howard W. Barnard (41)
1977 George Vernon Walker (2)
1978 Vern G. Shipman (15)
1979 Lynn C. Lewis (48)
1980 Richard J. Nelson (34)
1981 Benjamin F. Wade (3)
1982 Earl Lee Abbott (42)

1983 Glendon Kale Jefferies (21)
1984 Lyle Robert Smith (33)
1985 Ivan Dale Rinck (10)
1986 Steve R. Mead (1)
1987 Lowell E. Amundson (42)
1988 Alfred E. Maury (4)
1989 Robert Medill (10)
1990 John Scott Harvey (9)
1991 Arlie M. Thomason (49)
1992 Vernon O. Munson (18)
1993 Robert V. Long (42)
1994 Herald E. Reid (23)
1995 Otis C. Harden (10)
1996 John H. Smith (22)
1997 Roland E.  Wright Sr. (22)
1998 Carl George Carlson (4, 21)
1999 Richard A. Erath (49)
2000 George L. Eldredge (8)
2001 Dwayne Wm. Adams (57)
2002 Jerry Muceus (56)

2003 Stanley C. Miller (1)
2004 Larry O. Weaver (18)
2005 Robert R. Gedlick (20)
2006 Garrett K. Cooke (33)
2007 John P. Ridenour (53)
2008 Daniel E. Crockett (53)
2009 Gavin B. Reid (2)
2010 Paul A. Gehrman Jr. (34)
2011 Santino “Sam” Lupini (4)
2012 Richard E. Surroz (28)
2013 Richard E. MacKinnon (29)
2014 Dennis A. Stephens (18)
2015 Courtland “C.B.” Brooks
2016 Peter Stidd
2017 David D. Fuller
2018 Loren Schrock
2019 Duane H. Hixson 2019-23 Kevin Gladys
2023-24 Cary Pugh

Chapters

  • Multnomah Chapter #1 – 4090 S. Commercial, Salem, OR – Meets 1st Friday in January, March, May, September, and November at 7:30 PM
  • Portland Chapter #3 – 1525 SW Yamhill St, Portland, OR – Meets 3rd Wednesday in February, April, June, October, and November at 7:30 PM
  • Oregon Chapter #4 – 570 Clover Lane, Ashland, OR – Meets 3rd Wednesday at 7:00 PM
  • Ferguson Chapter #5 – 306 SW Madison Ave. Corvallis, OR – Meets 3rd Monday at 7:30 PM
  • Bayley Chapter #8 – 431 1st Avenue, Albany, OR – meets 2nd Wednesday at 7:30 PM
  • Washington Chapter #18 – 3612 SE 52nd Avenue, Portland, OR – Meets 2nd Monday at 7:30 PM
  • Grand Ronde Valley Chapter #20 – 125 W. Center, Union, OR – Meets 4th Tuesday at 7:30 PM Dark during July and August
  • Arago Chapter #22 – 626 Winchester Avenue, Reedsport, OR – Meets 1st Monday at 7:00 PM except September meets 3rd Monday at 7:00 PM due to Labor Day. Dark July and August
  • Reames Chapter #28 – 320 Northwest E Street, Grants Pass, OR – Meets 3rd Thursday odd months at 7:30 PM
  • Woodburn Chapter #29 – 123 Ross St, Molalla, OR – Meets 2nd Tuesday odd months at 7:30
  • Zadoc Chapter #34 – Boulevard Grange 3890 Highway 201, Ontario, OR – Meets 4th Wednesday of the month at 7:00 PM, except in December meets 3rd Wednesday 7PM
  • Forest Grove Chapter #37 – 2019 Main Street, Forest Grove, OR – Meets 4th Tuesday at 8:00 PM Dark June, July, August, October, and December
  • Cottage Grove Chapter #41 – 33322 Row River Road, Cottage Grove, OR – Meets 1st Tuesday at 7:00 PM Dark July and August
  • Columbia Chapter #53 – 315 North 18th Street, Saint Helens, OR February, April, June, August, December and 304 East 3rd Street, Rainier, OR January, May, July, September, and November -Meets the 3rd Saturday of the month at 8:30 AM Dark in March and October

Grand Chapter Committees

  • Credentials – David Fuller, Ryan Winters, Kenneth Briggs
  • Grand High Priest’s Message – Cary Pugh, David Fuller, Gavin Reid
  • Code Sect:121 – Mark Reed, Ryan Winters, Kenneth Briggs
  • Memorials – Carl “C.J.” Martin, Kenneth Briggs, Henry “Hank” Stockoff
  • Jurisprudence, Appeals, and Grievances – Gavin Reid, David Fuller, Charles Cornell
  • Dispensations and Charters – John Ridenour, C. Allen White, Kenneth Briggs
  • Finance – Mark Reed, Kenneth Briggs, Ryan Winters
  • Ritual Sect:122 – David Fuller, Gavin Reid, Kenneth Briggs, Ryan Winters
  • Trustees – Per Section 133 of the Constitution and Bylaws of the Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of Oregon
  • Arrangements – Mark Reed, Kenneth Briggs
  • Royal Arch Research Assistance (RARA) – Thomas Valente
  • Dodge Fund – John Ridenour, Gavin Reid
  • Research and Education – Gavin Reid, David Fuller, Kenneth Briggs, Ryan Winters, Cary Pugh
  • Membership – Thomas Valente and all DDGHPs
  • Historical – Henry “Hank” Stockoff, Michael Robinson
  • Technology – David Fuller, Michael Sullivan
  • Audit Committee – Kenneth Briggs, Gavin Reid, David Fuller

Chapter Resources