Past Grand Masters

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The Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of Colorado owes an enormous debt of gratitude to the brethren who have led us in the past and continue to provide inspiration and guidance for our officers and brethren. The following is a listing of our past grand masters in order of their service. We thank them one and all.

1861	John M. Chivington *
1862	Allyn Weston *
1863	Henry M. Teller *
1864	Archibald J. VanDeren *
1865	Andrew Mason *
1866	Chase Withrow *
1867-72	Henry M. Teller *
1873-74	Webster D. Anthony *
1875	Oren H. Henry *
1876	Harper M. Orahood *
1877	Cornelius J. Hart *
1878	Roger W. Woodbury *
1879	Byron L. Carr *
1880	Lawrence N. Greenleaf *
1881	Robert A. Quillian *
1882	Frank Church *
1883	Andrew Sagendorf *
1884	James H. Peabody *
1885	George W. Wyman *
1886	Albert H. Branch *
1887	George K. Kimball *
1888	William D. Todd *
1889	William T. Bridwell *
1890	Ernest LeNeve Foster *
1891	John M. Maxwell *
1892	William D. Wright *
1893	Jethrow C. Sanford *
1894	William L. Bush *
1895	William D. Pierce *
1896	George W. Roe *
1897	Cromwell Tucker *
1898	Horace T. DeLong *
1899	Alphonse A. Burnard *
1900	Joseph D. Milsom *
1901	George D. Kennedy *
1902	Marshall H. Dean *
1903	James R. Killian *
1904	Bemjamin L. James *
1905	Charles F. Painter *
1906	Arthur E. Jones *
1907	Joseph A. Davis *
1908	John B. Haffy *
1909	George W. Musser *
1910	Alfred B. McGaffy *
1911	H. Ward Woodward *
1912	George E. Simonton *
1913	William S. Pickerill *
1914	Charles H. Dudley *
1915	Robert M. Simons *
1916	Guy V. Sternberg *
1917	L. D. Crain *
1918	Clarence M. Kellogg *
1919	Frank L. Bishop *
1920	Haslett P. Burke *
1921	Marshall H. VanFleet *
1922	Edward P. Huffred *
1923	Jesse C. Wiley *
1924	William N. Vaile *
1925	Frank G. Mirick *
1926	Frank J. Reinhard *
1927	John Andrew *
1928	I. Ernest Newsom *
1929	Rueben W. Hershey *
1930	Horace H. Mitchell *
1930	Will D. Grisard *
1931	Casper S. Desch *
1932	George A. Luxford *
1933	Howard T. Vaille *
1934	Charles A. Patton *
1935	Kenneth O. Wood *
1936	William R. Arthur *
1937	Harry L. Baum *
1938	William D. Nelson *
1939	Thomas H. Cox *
1940	Francis J. Knauss *
1941	Benjamin C. Hilliard *
1942	George C. Twombly *
1943	Herschel Horn *
1944	John R. Clark *
1945	Frank D. Allen *
1946	Grover C. Olinger *
1947	John R. Swinton *
1948	S. Stuart Krebs *
1949	Edwin J. Wittleshofer *
1950-51	C. Wheeler Barnes *
1951	Harry W. Bundy (H)*
1952	Olin P. Lee *
1953	Hubert Glover *
1954	Donald W. Shaw *
1955	Charles A. Mantz *
1956	Millard E. Ryan *
1957	D. Aubrey Spann *
1958	Glenn B. Van Fleet *
1959	Clifford J. Gobble *
1960	Carlton M. Ray *
1961	Leon H. Snyder *
1962	Ellis Latimer *
1963	Clarence L. Bartholic *
1964	Charles L. Thompson *
1965	John H. Wesch *
1966	Irving . Cannon *
1967	Charles T. Gore *
1968	Steward A. Shafer *
1969	William L. Gobin *
1970	Galen E. Swank *
1971	Dean C. Mabry *
1972	Hugh E. Chastain *
1973	Edward A. Martin *
1974	Clarence C. Carlson *
1974	Dean C. Settle (H)*
1975	Clarence W. Hines, Jr. *
1976	Jess W. Gern *
1977	Wilbur N. Ladd *
1978	Lloyd J. Jamerson *
1979	Carl H. Powell *
1980	Roscoe Roberts *
1981	John. R. Wagner *
1982	David L. Corlett *
1983	Samuel Berman *
1984	R. Keith Milheim *
1985	James Dunn *
1986	John C. McCracken
1987	Norman L. Hoff
1988	Harry C. English *
1989	Dwight A. Hamilton *
1990	Donald P. Smith, Jr. *
1991	Guy Hurst, Jr. *
1992	Richard A Miklich *
1993	John L. Harper
1993	Allan C. Templeton (H)*
1994	Ben H. Bell, Jr.
1995	James W. Aycock *
1996	Robert L. Bartholic *
1997	James C. Callahan
1997	Ray E. Robinson (H) *
1998	Stephen M. Munsinger
1999	Kent R. Gould
2000	Rodney W. Johnson
2000	U. Dean Mathena (H)*
2001	Ben M. Crossno
2002	Joseph E. Hadad
2003	Claud E. Dutro
2004	Edward L. Zorn
2005	Richard W. Schmidt
2006	Thomas J. Cox
2007	John J. Harrington
2008	J.R. "Jack" McConnell
2008	Gerald A. Ford (H)*
2009	Brian L. Cotter
2010	Charles G. Johnson *
2011	John V. Egan III
2012	Karl J. Hinkle
2013	Dana A. Speaks
2014	Michael L. McMillan
2015	Dexter D. Koons
2016	Robert D. Elsloo
2017	Vernon R. Turner

(H) = Honorary Grand Master
* = Passed to His Eternal Reward

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