Master Roster

ORIGINAL MEMBERS BETWEEN CHARTERING AND RECESS

NO. NAME GRADE STATUS
1 Samuel Poyntz Cochran
Chief Adept 1918-1935
Primus Ancient 12-27-1933
Fourth Ancient 1921
Seventh Ancient 1918-1921
IX° 09-17-1918 (No. 19)
VIII° 04-04-1918
VII° 04-04-1978
Deceased
Warren Dennis Bates VII° Deceased
Louis Blaylock VII° Deceased
William Arthur Browning VII° Deceased
Joe Dudley Buckner VII° Deceased
Farmer Deweese Cochran VII° Deceased
Howard Brady Criswell VII° Deceased
John Harlan Dunn VII° Deceased
William Rawlins Ellis VII° Deceased
James Edward Forrest VII° Deceased
Herbert Miller Greene VII° Deceased
James Burton Hill VII° Deceased
James Cecil Jones VII° Deceased
Alvin Valentine Lane VII° Deceased
George Lang VII° Deceased
Edward Hall McClure VII° Deceased
Edwin Burnolia Miller VII° Deceased
William Henry Miller VII° Deceased
Vance Kain Miller VII° Deceased
John Edward Morris VII° Deceased
Temple Houston Morrow VII° Deceased
Robert Edward Lee Saner VII° Deceased
Colby Evans Smith VII° Deceased
John Leonard Stephens VIII° 09-13-1932 (No. 23; possible No. 20)
VII°
Deceased
Walter Calvin Temple VII° Deceased
Dewitt Stokes Thomas VII° Deceased
Mike Huffman Thomas VII° Deceased
Henry Horance Williams VII° Deceased
*Texas College was set to work on February 28, 1919 and has had 35 members; six of whom died and one resigned.” See New Jersey College Historical Digest, March 31, 1932. Only 28 of the 35 original members can be identified at this point in time. When called from recess on February 20, 1982, the College numbered its members beginning with No. 36.

FOUNDING MEMBERS AT REVIVAL FEBRUARY 20, 1982

NO. NAME GRADE STATUS
36 Reese L. Harrison, Jr., KGC (08-11-1999)
Chief Adept 1992-2007
Past Celebrant 1982-1992
Fourth Ancient 1994-1998
Counsel General 2008-2010
In ius voco spurius (Texas College) - Sue the bastards
Iustitia omnibus (Oklahoma College) - Justice to all
IX° 11-02-1992 (No. 134)
VIII° 02-20-1982 (No. 211)
VII° 08-12-1978 (Oklahoma College)
Active
37 Orval Richard Rose
Past Suffragan 1982-1988
Pro bono publico - For the common good
VIII° 02-20-1982 (No. 212)
VII° 08-29-1981 (Oklahoma College)
Deceased 02-06-1988
38 James McCrorry Willson, Jr., KGC (02-23-1995)
Supreme Magus 1995-1998
Deputy Supreme Magus 1992-1995
Past Chief Adept 1982-1992
Eques architectus - Knight of the Master Builder
VIII° 02-20-1982 (No. 210)
VII° 02-20-1982 (Oklahoma College)
Deceased 04-09-2016

CHARTER MEMBER AT REVIVAL MARCH 7, 1982

NO. NAME GRADE STATUS
39 John Edward (Jack) Kelly
Treasurer 1982-1986
Secretary 1982-2002
Nihil impetui risus resistere protest - Against the assualt of laughter, nothing can stand
VIII° 04-19-1982
VII°
Deceased 05-13-2007

CHARTER MEMBER AT REVIVAL MAY 6, 1982

NO. NAME GRADE STATUS
40 Roy Furman Vinson
Excelsior - Higher
VII° Deceased 08-10-2005
41 Leonard Philip Harvey
Pares cum parlbus facimile congregantur - Birds of a feather flock together
VII° Deceased 01-02-2018
42 David A. Hardison
Potior est qui prior este - First come, first served
VII° Inactive 1989
43 George Robert Scott
Vigilia ests pretium libertatus - The price of liberty is vigilance
VII° Deceased 2000
44 Theo Robert Jett
Esse quam vederi - To be rather to seem
VII° Deceased 1983
45 John Dupree Tomme
Regnant populi - The people rule
VII° Deceased 1990
46 Gerald Franklin Nowotny
Factum fierl infectum non protest - You cannot undo what is done
VII° Inactive 2010
47 Frank Samuel Tamsett
Nil est amore veritatis celsius - Nothing is more sublime than the love of truth
VII° Inactive 1990
48 Francis A. Fritz White
Errare humanum este - To err is human
VII° Deceased 1984
49 John Culberth Jones, Jr.
Deo non fortuna - From God not fortune
VII° Emeritus 2008
Deceased 2011
50 Graham Hugh Childress
Eidem meam servabo - I will keep my faith
VII° Emeritus 2009
Deceased 2018
51 William Michael Gower
Sul culque fingunt fortunam - Character fashions fate
VIII° 03-06-2011
VII°
Emeritus 2021
52 Robert Allen Melton
Docendo discimus - We learn by teaching
VII° Deceased 1983
53 Sam Edward Hilburn, KGC (01-08-2001)
Past Suffragan 1992-2001
Fortes fortuna adiurat - Fortune favors the brave
IX° 08-06-1999
VIII° 11-02-1992 (No. 134)
VII°
Deceased 04-12-2009
54 Ernest G. (Skip) Hudel, Jr.
Bibamus moriendum est - Let's drink, death is inevitable
VII° Deceased 1998
55 Dale E. Tanner
Fortuna caeca est - Fortune is blind
VII° Inactive 1990
56 Thomas Eugene Carnes
Sola virtus invictu - Virtue alone is invincible
VII° Inactive 2015
57 James Darwin (Buddy) Baccus
Qui desiderat pacem praeparent bellum - If you want peace, prepare for war
VII° Deceased
58 Bertram E. Coleman, Jr.
Nemo me impune lacessit - No man who trifles with me does so with impunity
VII° Deceased 07-15-2007
59 Robert Lionel Dillard, Jr.
Past Celebrat 1992-2000
Past Suffragan 188-1992
Omnia bona bonis - To the good all things come
VIII° 02-18-1989 (No. 294)
VII°
Deceased 2000
60 John Samuel Henderson
Treasurer 1986-1993
Virtute et armus - By valor and arms
VII° Deceased 06-15-2005
61 Robert Lee McMahon, Jr.
Honos habet onus - Honor carries responsibility
VII° Deceased 06-19-2000
62 James P. Worsham
Virtus junxit morenon separabit - What virtue has united death shall not separate
VII° Inactive 2008
63 Wintford Henry Owen
Crescam ut prosim - I will increase and I may do good
VII° Deceased 1996
64 Robert H. Waters
Ad admussion - By the plumbline
VII° Deceased
65 John Wilkins Chandler
Sola virtus invicta - Virtue alone is invincible
VII° Deceased 1988

---END OF CHARTERING MEMBERS AT REVIVAL---


FIRST TWO NEOPHYTES, MARCH 3, 1984

NO. NAME GRADE STATUS
66 Plez Avery Transou
Aut invenian viam aut faciam - I will find a way, or I will make one
VII° Deceased 03-26-2017
67 Wayne Poorman
Fraternitas, adeptio, ministerium - Brotherhood, accomplishment, service
VII° Inactive 1999

NEOPHYTES, MARCH 7, 1987

NO. NAME GRADE STATUS
68 Fred Edwin Allen
Celebrant 2001-2010
Honi soit mal y pense - Shame on him who things evil
IX° 02-07-2007
VIII° 02-17-2000
VII°
Deceased 2017
69 Alexander Edward Blue
Per unitatem bis - Through unity, strength
VII° Active
70 Donald Lynn Smith
Eustitia omnibus - Justice for all
VIII° 02-19-1998
VII°
Deceased 05-14-2007

NEOPHYTES, JANUARY 13, 1988

NO. NAME GRADE STATUS
71 Michael Dee Phillipus
Omnia mutantur, nos et mutanmur in illus - All things are changing, and we are changing with them
VII° Active
72 Ancil Durwood Hanna
Accipite fratrem tuun siculest - Accept your brother as he is
VII° Deceased 1996
73 Lawrence Eugene Tucker, KGC (02-10-07)
Chief Adept 2007-2017
Secretary 2002-2007
Fourth Ancient 2008
Circumvenit gvad circumit - What goes around comes around
IX° 06-16-2006
VIII° 02-13-2003
VII°
Active
74 Michael David Nanny
Veritus vinci - Truth conquers
VII° Emeritus 2009

NEOPHYTES, SEPTEMBER 7, 1991

NO. NAME GRADE STATUS
75 Moore Matthews, Jr.
Singularis rationem - Individual responsibility
VII° Emeritus 09-25-2016
Inactive 2017
76 Obie Leonard Etheridge
Beatus homo qui invnit sapientiam - Happy is the man who finds wisom
VII° Inactive 1998
77 Malcolm Alexander
In Deo confidemus-omnes alii pecuniam debent - In God we trust, all others pay cash
VII° Deceased 1996
78 Joseph Wesley Regian
Semper avanti - Always ahead
VII° Deceased 06-26-2004

NEOPHYTES, MARCH 6, 1993

NO. NAME GRADE STATUS
79 Robert O. Bob Schnell
Deaus, patria, et humanitas - God, country, and humanity
VII° Deceased 06-29-2002
80 Robert Lynn Jett
Esse quam vederi - To be rather than to seem
VIII° 02-19-2009
VII°
Active

NEOPHYTES, MARCH 5, 1994

NO. NAME GRADE STATUS
81 Kenneth Bernard Fischer
Suffragan 2001-2010
Ursa similis - Like a bear
IX° 02-13-2003
VIII° 02-18-1999
VII°
Inactive 2009
82 Robert Leory Morris
Regnant populi - The people rule
VII° Deceased 1999
83 Robert Paul Walker
Acta non verba - Acts not words
VII° Deceased 2014

NEOPHYTES, SEPTEMBER 10, 1994

NO. NAME GRADE STATUS
84 Pierre Goudeau Normand, Jr.
Plus ultra - There is more
VIII° 03-06-2011
VII°
Active
85 Jack E. Beeler
Semper libens discere - Always willing to learn, and adapt to change
VII° Emeritus 2021

NEOPHYTE, MARCH 4, 1995

NO. NAME GRADE STATUS
86 Wendell Vernon Burke, Jr.
Caveat irea homeni patienteae - Beware the fury of a patient man
VII° Inactive 2008

NEOPHYTES, MARCH 2, 1996

NO. NAME GRADE STATUS
87 Walter W. Rogers
Aut vincere aut mori - Either conquer or die
VII° Inactive 2018
88 Harry Glen Cunningham
Viri honores maximi - Men of very great honor
VII° Deceased 2007
89 David Benton Dibrell
Suffragan 2017-2018
Secretary 2007-2017
Quid quid a gis. optiage - Whatever you do, do your best
VIII° 09-28-2007
VII°
Deceased 2018
90 John C. Nobles
Ex unitate incrementum - Increase from unity
VII° Emeritus 2021
91 Ben A. O'Brien
Non miki, mom tebi, sed nobis - Not for you, not for me, but for us
VII° Active

NEOPHYTES, SEPTEMBER 21, 1997

NO. NAME GRADE STATUS
92 David A. Dunn
Iustitia omnibus - Justice to all
VII° Active
93 Jack English Hightower
Lux mentis, lux orbis - Light of the mind, light of the world
VII° Deceased 2013
94 David H. Rainey
Fugaces labuntur ami - The fleeting years glide by
VII° Deceased 1998
95 Lawrence Abraham Winkle
Mens sarain corpore sand - Sound in mind and body
VII° Active

AFFILIATE, SEPTEMBER 21, 1997

NO. NAME GRADE STATUS
96 Rex Richard Hutchins
Mens sarain corpore sand - Sound in mind and body
IX° 02-19-1998
VIII° 02-19-1998
VII°
Inactive 2008
Affiliated from Colorado College 09-21-1997

NEOPHYTE, SEPTEMBER 13, 1998

NO. NAME GRADE STATUS
97 Brian Richard Dodson
Deo non fortuna - For God not fortune
VII° Active

NEOPHYTES, SEPTEMBER 20, 1999

NO. NAME GRADE STATUS
98 Raymond Benski
Qui docet discit - He who teaches learns
VII° Deceased
99 Larry T. Fairchild
Ad sumus ut servianus - We are here to serve
VII° Active
100 Gordon Wayne Kelso
Semper fidelis - Always faithful
VII° Inactive 09-25-2016
101 Jerry Nelson Kirby
Exquiro veritas - To search for the truth
VII° Active
102 Allen H. Tuell
Semper verita - Truth is eternal
VII° Active

NEOPHYTES, MARCH 4, 2000

NO. NAME GRADE STATUS
103 Russell Clay Brown
Animus cujusque is est quisque - It is the mind (or soul) which makes the man
VIII° 11-08-2019
VII°
Active
104 Howard Bart Henderson
Pro quo credis locumcape: de te facta tua dicant - Take a stand for your belief and let your actions speak for themselves
VII° Active
105 Malcolm Boyd Patterson, Jr.
Chief Adept 2017-2018
Pro Meridies Novus - For the New South
IX° 2016
VIII° 10-12-2013
VII°
Inactive 06-30-2022
Colorado College
106 Brent Scott Sherrod
Vis vires oriundus Deus - Man's strength arising from God
VII° Inactive 05-04-2017

NEOPHYTE, OCTOBER 1, 2000

NO. NAME GRADE STATUS
107 Elmer Murpey III
Internus est non externus - It is the internal and not the external
VII° Active

NEOPHYTES, SEPTEMBER 23, 2001

NO. NAME GRADE STATUS
108 Teddy Dwight Hennis
Si colaboramus possumus pacere totis res - By working together we can accomplish all things
VII° Active
109 Mark D. Myer
Novus ordo seclorum - A new order has begun
VII° Active
110 Orville Lee O'Neill
Deus est pulcra - God is beauty
VII° Deceased 2020

NEOPHYTES, SEPTEMBER 7, 2002

NO. NAME GRADE STATUS
111 Joseph Weldon Clampette
Adulescentes hodierni sunt duces crastini - The youth of today are the leaders of tomorrow
VII° Active
112 Hermes Villarreal
Nemo unquam vir magnus fruit, sine aliquo divino afflatu - No one was ever a great man without some divine inspiration
VII° Deceased 04-19-2005
113 Larry Gene Wallis
Semper contentio - Always contending
VII° Inactive 06-2017

NEOPHYTES, SEPTEMBER 27, 2003

NO. NAME GRADE STATUS
114 Stephen F. Cross
Nil desperandum - Nothing is to be despaired or Never say die
VII° Active
115 Robert A. Northcutt
Omni maneo prope ad Deo - Always stay near to God
VII° Inactive 2019

NEOPHYTE, MARCH 3, 2004

NO. NAME GRADE STATUS
116 Robert J. Glasgow
Justitia omnibus - Justice for all
VII° Deceased 09-22-2023

AFFILIATE, DECEMBER 2, 2004


Homo doctus in se semper divitias habet - A learned man always has wealth within himself
NO. NAME GRADE STATUS
117 Michael L. Wiggins
Suffragan 2010-2017
VIII° 02-11-2010
VII°
Active
Affiliated from Oklahoma College
Invested 10-19-1996

NEOPHYTES, DECEMBER 2, 2004

NO. NAME GRADE STATUS
118 Donald Wayne Broughton
Transit deinde adfectio commutatus - Let there be change
VII° Active
119 Walter David Counts, Jr.
Pariter possumus - Together we can
VII° Emeritus 2021
Deceased 08-18-2023
120 Tommy D. Guest
Fac rectus - Do right
VII° Inactive 2017

NEOPHYTES, OCTOBER 8, 2005

NO. NAME GRADE STATUS
121 Thomas F. Griffin
Celebrant 2010-2017
Suffragan 2018-present
Nunquam compromise vestry potissumus - Never compromise your principles
IX° 11-09-2018
VIII° 02-11-2010
VII°
Active
122 Charles E. McKay
Viri ad viros per orbem terrarum fratres errunt - Man to man, the world over, shall brothers be
VII° Inactive 03-23-2019
123 Eddy Jason Rabe
Ego investigare pro veritas, fidelitas mea in Deo est - I search for truth, my faith is in God
VII° Active

NEOPHYTE, SEPTEMBER 29, 2007

NO. NAME GRADE STATUS
124 Brack Jones, Jr.
Celebrant 2018-present
Suffragan 2017-2018
Fiat lux - Let there be Light
IX° 11-08-2019
VIII° 11-09-2018
VII°
Active

NEOPHYTES, SEPTEMBER 27, 2008

NO. NAME GRADE STATUS
125 Morgan Douglas Adkins
Ut Deus exsisto gloria - To God be the glory
VII° Inactive 06-30-2017
126 James Roy Elliott
Meliora cogito - I strive for the best
VII° Active
127 Walter David Melear
Vincit omnia veritas - The truth conquers all
VII° Active

NEOPHYTES, OCTOBER 10, 2009

NO. NAME GRADE STATUS
129 James F. Brumit
Lux e tenebris - Light out of darkness
VII° Deceased 09-30-2015
130 Jack M. Harper, II
Chief Adept 2018-present
Director of Ceremonies, High Council
Habenea publicus, pro populus - Government of the people, by the people, for the people
IX° 02-22-2018
VIII° 02-22-2018
VII°
Active
131 Dillon E. Vandeford, Jr.
Felicitas est adeptio - Happiness is attainment
VII° Active

NEOPHYTES, MARCH 7, 2010

NO. NAME GRADE STATUS
132 Duane Anthony
Amor vincit omnia - Love conquers all
VII° Active
133 G. Clay Smith
Pretium of licentia est non solvo - The price of freedom is not free
VII° Active

NEOPHYTES, MARCH 6, 2011

NO. NAME GRADE STATUS
134 Jerry L. Martin
Humilitas est totus radix virtualis - Humility is the root of all virtues
VII° Active
135 Charles Andrew Murchison
Caelitus mihi vires - My strength is from Heaven
VII° Active
136 Larry Scott Wall
Deo gratias - Thanks be to God
VII° Inactive 06-30-2017

NEOPHYTES, MARCH 4, 2012

NO. NAME GRADE STATUS
137 Wendell P. Miller
Comcordia discors - Harmony is discord
VII° Inactive 06-30-2022
138 Terry Stogner
Perdentai visvires per erus - Wisdom and strength with the Lord
VII° Active

NEOPHYTES, MARCH 2, 2013

NO. NAME GRADE STATUS
139 Richard W. Heale
Inisisto causa - Follow reason
VII° Active
140 Herbert Buchanan Howard
Gloria Virtutis Umbra - Glory is the shadow of virtue
VII° Deceased 09-11-2015
141 Harry S. Martin
Vita est an vicis, beneficium ex is - Life is an opportunity, benefit from it
VII° Deceased 05-16-2022

NEOPHYTES, OCTOBER 12, 2013

NO. NAME GRADE STATUS
142 John Charles Elkinton
Potius mori quam foedari - Death before dishonor
VII° Active
143 John Alan Hughes
Cogitari bis prius semel loquitur - Think twice before speaking once
VIII° 11-05-2021
VII°
Active

NEOPHYTES, SEPTEMBER 26, 2015

NO. NAME GRADE STATUS
144 Tommy F. Chapman
Dominus regit me - The Lord is my shepherd
VII° Active
145 Charles E. Fiscus
In opatione profecta est fortitudo - In prayer there is strength
VII° Emeritus 2021
146 Steven R. Pepper
Deus te amat te amo, atque quod est via est jens esse - God loves you, I love you and that is the way it is going to be
VII° Active
147 W. Micheal Spears
Intelligenti ingenii docilitate moke - Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change
VII° Inactive 2018
148 Dan W. Turner
Treasurer 2017-present
Conscientia mille testes - Conscious is as good as a thousand witnesses
VIII° 11-08-2019
VII°
Active

NEOPHYTES, SEPTEMBER 24, 2016

NO. NAME GRADE STATUS
149 E. R. "Pete" Mitchell
Deus, fidelium ad mere temperat - God calms the sea for believers
VII° Deceased 11/11/2021
150 Christopher D. Livingston
In Christo ego sum lux - It is in Christ I am light
VII° Active
151 Scott L. Mills
Suum cuique - To each his own
VII° Active

NEOPHYTES, MARCH 4, 2017

NO. NAME GRADE STATUS
152 Bradley S. Billings
Fortuna favet menti paratae - Chance favors the prepared mind
VII° Active
153 Todd W. Polk
Perfruere vita a finem - Enjoy life to the end
VII° Active

NEOPHYTES, SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

NO. NAME GRADE STATUS
154 Kenneth C. Curry
Audi alteram - Listen to the other side
VII° Active
155 Thomas R. Murphy
Et vade et sit Deus - Let go and let God
VII° Active
156 Paul D. Underwood
Ex umra in solem - From the shade into the sun
VII° Active

NEOPHYTES, MARCH 24, 2018

NO. NAME GRADE STATUS
157 David M. Baskin
Thesaurum quaeritis habet ingressum speluncae metius - The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek
VII° Active
158 Larry M. FitzPatrick
Veritas lux mea - Truth is my light
VII° Active

NEOPHYTES, SEPTEMBER 15, 2018

NO. NAME GRADE STATUS
159 Don Paul Payton Bonum et verum - Good and true VIII° 11-04-2022
VII°
Active
160 James Rumsey
Ut cum silentio iteruum, sed discedese a trahentium - Quietly you make your own path, but leave a trail
VII° Active

NEOPHYTES, MARCH 30, 2019

NO. NAME GRADE STATUS
161 Brady G. Elliott
Jus commune - The common and natural rule of right
IV° Inactive 2020
162 Robert M. Loflin
Homo in arenam - The man in the arena
VII° 10-09-2022
IV°
Active

NEOPHYTES, OCTOBER 12, 2019

NO. NAME GRADE STATUS
163 Dwain P. Knight
Gratia misericordia pax inveritate et caritate - Grace, mercy, peace in truth and love
VII° 10-09-2021
IV°
Active
164 Brian A. Vance
Virtus primi et semter - Virtue, first and always
IV° Active

NEOPHYTES, OCTOBER 9, 2021

NO. NAME GRADE STATUS
165 Gordon D. George, Jr.
Fraternitatem domus Dei - God, family, fraternity
IV° Active
166 Billy J. Hamilton, Jr.
Aut viam inveniam aut faciam - I will either find a way or make one
VII° 10-09-2022
IV°
Active
167 Gabriel A. Jagush
Sol semper lucit super Texia - The Sun always shines over Texas
VII° 10-14-2023
IV°
Active
168 Moe Rahmeh
Melius est ad pugnam et cadere, quam vivere sine spe - Better to fight and fall than to live without hope
IV° Active

NEOPHYTES, OCTOBER 14, 2023

NO. NAME GRADE STATUS
169 Raborn L. Reader, Jr.
Ictum facere - Make an impact
IV° Active