Blue Friars

Society of Blue Friars

The preliminary note and much of the information in the lists on this webpage were provided by Wallace McLeod.

THE SOCIETY OF BLUE FRIARS (MASONIC AUTHORS)
by Wallace McLeod

"The Society of Blue Friars" was formed in 1932, explicitly "to recognize Masonic Authors." It is probably the smallest, and certainly one of the oddest, concordant bodies in Masonry. It has no fixed ritual or ceremonies, no dues or fees, and very few records. The name was chosen, presumably, because "Friar" is related to the French word for "Brother," and is therefore appropriate for a Masonic group; but it would also call to mind the monks of the Middle Ages, the ones who wrote most of the books in those days. The regulations (at least in their present form) state that "One new Friar shall be appointed each year," but that "additional Friars may be appointed to fill vacancies caused by demise or resignation when the total membership is not over twenty."

Since 1944 the Society has met once a year (except for 1945), in a session that is open to all Masonic Brethren. The "Consistory" takes place in Washington, D.C., in February, as part of the annual Masonic weekend that is sponsored by the Allied Masonic Degrees. At the annual meeting, the new Friar is proclaimed, and is expected to deliver a research paper. In earlier times, the papers were sometimes printed in the Miscellanea of the Allied Masonic Degrees. In recent years they have appeared in The Philalethes magazine. Possibly the collected Blue Friar Lectures may be published at some time in the future

The Society has a short list of regulations. They tell us that there are three officers. The presiding officer is the Grand Abbot, who retains his office as long as he wishes, or as long as he lives. He appoints the Deputy Grand Abbot (who is his designated successor), and the Secretary-General. The Grand Abbot may receive nominations for new Friars, but the final decision as to who shall be selected rests entirely with him. There are neither dues nor fees. And the regulations can be changed only at the pleasure of the Grand Abbot.

MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY OF BLUE FRIARS (MASONIC AUTHORS)
(current Friars are printed in bold)

(If any of the information on the following charts are not correct or if anyone knows of additional information that should be included, please send email to Paul M. Bessel at paulb'at'bessel.org

Grand Abbots (leaders) of the Society of Blue Friars

	Year began or renewed service as Grand Abbot
J. Raymond Shute II	1932
J. Edward Allen	1935
J. Raymond Shute II	1948
Ray V. Denslow	1950
William Moseley Brown	1960
Harold V.B. Vorhis	1967
Conrad Hahn	1974
Dwight L. Smith	1977
Wndell K. Walker	1982
Wallace E. McLeod	1991
S. Brent Morris	2004

Chronological list of Members

1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s

1930s

1	J. Raymond Shute II	1904 - 1988	NC	1932
2	J. Hugo Tatsch	1888 - 1937	NY	1933
3	J. Edward Allen	1887 - 1978	NC	1934
4	Charles C. Hunt	1866 - 1948	IA	1935
5	Henry V.A. Parsell	1869 - 1962	NY	1936
6	Ray V. Denslow	1885 - 1960	MO	1937
7	Harold V.B.Voorhis	1894 - 1983	NJ	1938
8	Arthur E. Waite	1857 - 1942	England	1939

1940s

9 Carl H. Claudy 1879 - 1957 DC 1940

10 Hubert M. Poteat 1886 - 1958 NC 1940

11 Melvin M. Johnson 1871 - 1957 MA 1941

12 William L. Cummings 1876 - 1966 NY 1942

13 Henry F. Evans 1862 - 1945 CO 1943

14 Wallace E. Caldwell 1890 - 1961 NC 1943

15 Charles H. Johnson 1870 - 1948 NY 1945

16 Ward K. St Clair 1899 - 1966 NY 1945

17 Clarence Brain 1875 - 1951 OK 1946

18 J. Fairbairn Smith 1902 - 1989 MI 1946

19 William Moseley Brown 1894 - 1966 VA 1947

20 Harry L. Haywood 1886 - 1956 IA 1948

21 Robert J. Meekren 1876 - 1963 Quebec, Canada 1949

22 Richardson L. Wright 1887 - 1961 NY 1949

23 Reg V. Harris 1881 - 1968 NS 1949

1950s

24 Francis J. Scully 1891 - 1975 AR 1950

25 Howard P. Nash 1871 - 1961 NY 0950

26 George S. Draffen 1910 - 1986 Scotland 1951

27 James E. Craig 1891 - 1970 NY 1952

28 Fabian Onsari 1892 - 1956 Argentina 1953

29 Edgar A. Guest 1881 - 1959 MI 1954

30 Fred Lomax Pick 1898 - 1966 England 1955

31 James Royal Case 1894 - 1987 CT 1956

32 Charles G. Reigner 1888 - 1982 MD 1957

33 A.J.B. Milborne 1888 - 1976 Quebec 1958

34 W Irvine Wiest 1903 - 1968 PA 1959

1960s

35	Ray Baker Harris	1907 - 1963	DC	1960
36	Henry Wilson Coil	1885 - 1974	CA	1961
37	William Ray Denslow	1916 - 1993	MO	1962
38	Wendell K. Walker	1908 - 1991	NY	1962
39	John Black Vrooman	1899 - 1985	MO	1963
40	Harry Carr	1900 - 1983	England	1963
41	Conrad Hahn	1906 - 1977	CT	1964
42	Bernard E. Jones	1879 - 1965	England	1964
43	Norman S. Meese	1888 - 1967	DC	1965
44	Alphonse Cerza	1905 - 1987	IL	1966
45	James D. Carter	1907 - 1994	TX	1967
46	Allen E. Roberts	1917 - 1997	VA	1967
47	Dwight L. Smith	1909 - 1993	IN	1968
48	Henry Emmerson	1906 - 1988	NY	1968
49	Ronald E. Heaton	1898 - 1987	PA	1969
50	William G. Peacher	1914 -2002	CA	1969

1970s

51	Frederick H. Smyth	1919 - 2011	England	1970
52	Donavon D. Tidwell	1906 - 1982	TX	1971
53	Gerald D. Foss	1910 - 1997	NH	1972
54	Ralph H. Gauker	1899 - 1979	DC	1973
55	George A. Newbury	1895 - 1984	NY	1974
56	Walter M. Callaway	1913 - 1977	GA	1975
57	Mervin B. Hogan	1906 - 1998	UT	1976
58	Charles E. Green	1902 - 1983	DE	1977
59	Forrest D. Haggard	1925 - 2007	KS	1978
60	Richard H. Brown	1898 - 1984	NY	1979

1980s

61	George H.T. French	1904 - 1994	TX	1980
62	Bruce H. Hunt	1913 - 1995	MO	1981
63	Roy A. Wells	1908 - 1990	England	1982
64	Wilmer E. Bresee	1910 - 1997	NY	1983
65	Wallace E. McLeod	1931 -	Ontario, Canada	1984
66	Louis L. Williams	1899 - 1990	IL	1985
67	Fred Lamar Pearson	1939 -	GA	1986
68	Stanley Maxwell	1910 - 1997	MA	1987
69	John M. Hamill	1947 -	England	1988
70	John H. Van Gorden	1899 - 2002	FL	1989
71	Jerald E. Marsengill	1930 - 1991	IA	1989

1990s

72	Stewart M.L. Pollard	1922 - 2002	MD	1990
73	Keith Arrington	1914 -2003	IA	1991
74	Allan Boudreau	1936 -	NY	1992
75	Cyril N. Batham	1909 - 1996	England	1992
76	Charles S. Guthrie	1922 - 2000	KY	1993
77	John J. Robinson	1925 - 1993	OH	1993
78	Joseph E. Bennett	1922 -	TX	1994
79	Christopher L. Murphy	1941 -	British Columbia, Canada	1995
80	Richard H. Curtis	1939 -	MA	1996
81	Richard E. Fletcher	1934 -	MA	1997
82	Joseph A. Walkes, Jr.	1933 - 2006	KS	1997
83	S. Brent Morris	1950 -	MD	1998
84	Rex R. Hutchens	1942 -	AZ	1998
85	Robin L. Carr	1943 -	IL	1998
86	James T. Tresner II	1941 -	OK	1999
87	John W Boettjer	1936 -	DC	1999

2000s

88	Arturo de Hoyos	1959 -	TX & DC	2000
89	Leon Zeldis	1930 -	Israel	2000
90	Nelson King	1945 - 2011	Ontario, Canada	2001
91	William Preston Vaughn		Texas	2002
92	Robert Uzzel		Texas	2003
93	Thomas Jackson		Pennsylvania	2004
94	W. Kirk MacNulty	1982 -	Virginia	2005
95	Mark A. Tabbert	1964 -	Virginia	2006
96	Alain Bernheim	1931 -	France and Montreux (Switzerland)	2007
97	Gary Leazer		Georgia	2008
98	Yasha Beresiner	1940 -	England	2009
99	Pierre G. "Pete" Normand, Jr.		Texas	2010
100	Alton G. Roundtree		District of Columbia (PHA)	2011

Alphabetical list (with some additional information)

Members of the Society of Blue Friars (Masonic Authors)
(current Friars are printed in boldface)

A B C D E F G H I(none) J K L(none) M N O P Q(none) R S

#	Year	Name	State or Country	Comment	Dates of Birth & Death (when known)

3	1934	John Edward Allen	North Carolina, U.S.	Grand Master	Mar. 21,1887 - Jan. 9, 1978
73	1991	Keith Arrington	Iowa, U.S.	former Librarian of the Grand Lodge of Iowa, author of Freemasonry in Iowa (1989)	Aug. 26, 1914 - Sept. 20, 2003

75	1992	Cyril Ernest Kila Northwood-Batham	England	editor of Ars Quatuor Coronatorum	Jun. 29, 1909 - Oct. 10, 1996
78	1994	Joseph Edward Bennett	Texas, U.S.	author of Music, Mason, Music (1991) and other books	Jan. 18, 1922 -
96	2007	Alain Bernheim	France and Montreux (Switzerland)	*author of Les D�buts de la Franc-Ma�onnerie � Gen�ve et en Suisse* (1994) and other books**	May 23, 1931 -
98	2009	Yasha Beresiner	England	author of �Masonic Curiosities� (ANZMRC 2000) and other books - Librarian and Curator, Regular Grand Lodge of Italy	June 12, 1940 -
87	1999	John William Boettjer	District of Columbia, U.S.	editor of The Scottish Rite Journal	Feb. 18, 1936 -
74	1992	Allan Boudreau	New York, U.S.	*former Director of the Library of the Grand Lodge of New York, co-author of George Washington in New York* (1990)**	Aug. 1, 1936 -
17	1946	Clarence Brain	Oklahoma, U.S.		Jun. 13, 1875 - Mar. 3, 1951
64	1983	Wilmer Edgar Bresee	New York, U.S.	author of Along Masonic Trails (1961) and other books	May 8, 1910 - Jan. 16, 1997
60	1979	Richard Harter Brown	New York, U.S.	author of A Masonic Guide for the Empire State (1979)	Oct. 25, 1898 - May 1, 1984
19	1947	William Moseley Brown	Virginia, U.S.	author of Freemasonry in Virginia (1936) and other books	Feb. 27, 1894 - Jan. 8, 1966

14	1943	Wallace Everett Caldwell	North Carolina (PGM), U.S.	author of The Ancient World (1937) and other books	Apr. 26, 1890 - Oct. 6, 1961
56	1975	Walter Monroe Callaway, Jr.	Georgia, U.S.	editor of the Georgia Masonic Messenger	Oct. 4, 1913 - Dec. 6, 1977
40	1963	Harry Carr	England	author of The Freemason at Work (1976) and other books	Oct. 19, 1900 - Oct. 20, 1983
85	1998	Robin Lee Carr	Illinois, U.S.	*author of The Mystic Tie and Men of Letters* (1994) and other books**	Jan. 3, 1943 -
45	1967	James David Carter	Texas, U.S.	co-author of History of the Supreme Council (1964-1971)	Jan. 27, 1907 - Sep. 28, 1994
31	1956	James Royal Case	Connecticut, U.S.	author of A History of the A.A.S.R. in Connecticut (1967) and other books	Nov. 28, 1894 - Nov. 26, 1987
44	1966	Alphonse Cerza	Illinois, U.S.	author of Anti-Masonry (1962) and other books	Nov. 13, 1905 - Apr. 9, 1987
9	1940	Carl Harry Claudy	District of Columbia, U.S.	author of Old Tyler Talks (1949) and many other books	Jan. 13, 1879 - May 27, 1957
36	1961	Henry Wilson Coil	California, U.S.	author of Coil's Masonic Encyclopedia (1961) and other books	Dec. 12, 1885 - Jan. 29, 1974
27	1952	James Edward Craig	New York, U.S.	co-author of A History of Freemasonry (1927)	Oct. 8, 1891 - Mar. 13, 1970
12	1942	William Leon Cummings	New York, U.S.	author of A Bibliography of Anti-Masonry (1963) and other books	Jul. 8, 1876 - Jul. 22, 1966
80	1996	Richard Harris Curtis	Massachusetts, U.S.	editor of The Northern Light	Jan. 6, 1939 -

88	2000	Arturo de Hoyos	Texas/D.C., U.S.	*author of The Cloud of Prejudice* (1992), co-author of Is It True What They Say About Freemasonry? (1994)**	Nov. 10, 1959 -
6	1937	Ray Vaughn Denslow	Missouri, U.S.	editor of The Royal Arch Mason magazine, and author of many books	Mar. 6, 1885 - Sep. 10, 1960
37	1962	William Ray Denslow	Missouri, U.S.	author of 10,000 Famous Freemasons (1957-1960) and other books	May 2, 1916 - Jun. 20, 1993
26	1951	George Stirling Draffen	Scotland	author of The Making of a Mason (1978) and othe books	Feb. 16, 1910 - May 2, 1986

48	1968	Henry Emmerson, Jr.	New York, U.S.		May 18, 1906 - Oct. 21, 1988
13	1943	Henry Falls Evans	Colorado, U.S.	editor of The Square and Compass	Sep. 25, 1862 - Sep. 7 or 10, 1945

81	1997	Richard Elliott Fletcher	Vermont, U.S.	Executive Secretary of the Masonic Service Association	Oct. 12, 1934 -
53	1972	Gerald Dickson Foss	New Hampshire, U.S.	author of Three Centuries of Freemasonry in New Hampshire (1972)	Aug. 29, 1910 - Oct. 5, 1997
61	1980	George Henry Timothy French	Texas, U.S.	author of Masonology: An Anthology (1988) and other books	Dec. 16, 1904 - May 19, 1994

54	1973	Ralph Henry Gauker	District of Columbia, U.S.		Dec. 16, 1899 - Jan. 14, 1979
58	1977	Charles Earl Green	Delaware, U.S.	author of History of the Grand Lodge of Delaware (1956)	May 7, 1902 - Apr. 21, 1983
29	1954	Edgar Albert Guest	Michigan, U.S.	author of more than 20 books of poems	Aug. 20, 1881 - Aug. 5, 1959
76	1993	Charles Snow Guthrie	Kentucky, U.S.	*author of Kentucky Freemasonry 1788-1978* (1981) and other books**	Feb. 15, 1922 -

59	1978	Forrest Deloss Haggard	Kansas, U.S.	*author of The Clergy & the Craft* (1970) and other books**	Apr. 21, 1925 - August 10, 2007
41	1964	Conrad Hahn	Connecticut, U.S.	former Executive Secretary of the Masonic Service Association	Dec. 12 or 13, 1906 - Dec. 15, 1977
69	1988	John McKenzie Hamill	England	*author of The Craft: A History of English Freemasonry* (1986) and other books**	Apr. 9, 1947 -
35	1960	Ray Baker Harris	District of Columbia, U.S.	author of Sesqui-Centennial History of the Grand Lodge of the District of Columbia (1962) and other books	Dec. 31, 1907 - Apr. 22, 1963
23	1949	Reginald Vanderbilt Harris	Nova Scotia, Canada	co-author of A Short History of Freemasonry in Nova Scotia (1966)	Mar. 21, 1881 - Aug. 2, 1968
20	1948	Harry LeRoy Haywood	Iowa, U.S.	author of Freemasonry and Roman Catholicism (1943) and many other books	Nov. 1, 1886 - Feb. 25, 1956
49	1969	Ronald Ellwood Heaton	Pennsylvania, U.S.	author of Masonic Membership of the Founding Fathers (1965) and other books	Nov. 16, 1898 - Mar. 31, 1987
57	1976	Mervin Booth Hogan	Utah, U.S.	author of The Official Minutes of Nauvoo Lodge, U.D. (1975) and other books)	Jul. 21, 1906 - Apr. 8, 1998
62	1981	Bruce Harmon Hunt	Missouri, U.S.	author of fraternal reviews for Missouri	Jan. 29, 1913 - Dec. 16, 1995
4	1935	Charles Clyde Hunt	Iowa, U.S.	author of Masonic Concordance ... to the Holy Scriptures (1948) and other books	Nov. 9, 1866 - Jul. 24, 1948
84	1998	Rex Richard Hutchens	Arizona, U.S.	*author of A Bridge to Light* (1988) and other books**	Nov. 29, 1942 -

93	2004	Thomas Jackson	Pennsylvania
15	1945	Charles Henry Johnson	New York, U.S.	author of One Common Purpose (1937)	Oct. 13, 1870 - Oct. 28, 1948
11	1941	Melvin Maynard Johnson	Massachusetts, U.S.	author of Freemasonry in America Prior to 1750 (1915) and other books	May 11, 1871 - Dec. 19, 1957
42	1964	Bernard Edward Jones	England	author of Freemasons' Guide and Compendium (1950) and other books	1879 - Jan. or Jun. 21, 1965

2001

Nelson King

Ontario, Canada

editor of The Philalethes magazine

June 13, 1945

2008

Gary Leazer

Georgia, U.S.

94	2004	W. Kirk MacNulty	Virginia, U.S.	author of Freemasonry: A Journey Through Ritual and Symbol and Way of the Craftsman: A Search for the Spiritual Essence of Craft Freemasonry	December 3, 1932 -
71	1989	Jerald Edmond Marsengill	Iowa, U.S.	former editor of The Royal Arch Mason magazine and The Philalethes magazine	Apr. 22, 1930 - Nov. 22, 1991
68	1987	Stanley Fielding Maxwell	Massachusetts, U.S.	SGC, NMJ, 1975-1985	Apr. 27, 1910 - Oct. 8, 1997
65	1984	Wallace Edmond McLeod	Ontario, Canada	*author of The Grand Design* (1991) and other books**	May 30, 1931 -
21	1949	Robert James Meekren	Quebec, Canada	editor of The Builder magazine	Jun. 1876 - Dec. 5, 1963
43	1965	Norman Sheridan Meese	District of Columbia, U.S.		Sep. 5, 1888 - Mar. 28, 1967
33	1958	Alfred John Bidder Milborne	Quebec, Canada	author of Freemasonry in the Province of Quebec (1960)	Aug. 23, 1888 - May 26, 1976
83	1998	Stephen Brent Morris	Maryland, U.S.	*author of A Radical in the East* (1993), Masonic Philanthropies, co-author of Is It True What They Say About Masonry?, and other books**	Mar. 28, 1950 -
79	1995	Christopher Leo Murphy	British Columbia, Canada	author of Masonic Philately: The U.S. of America & Canada (1991) and other books	Apr. 23, 1941 -

25	1950	Howard Pervear Nash	New York, U.S.		Dec. 8, 1871 - Aug. 27, 1961
55	1974	George Adelbert Newbury	New York, U.S.	co-author of A History of the Supreme Council AASR NMJ (1987) and other books	Nov. 7, 1895 - Mar. 5, 1984
99		Pierre G. "Pete" Normand, Jr.	Texas

1953

Fabian Onsari

Argentina

GM of Argentina 1928-1945

Jan. 20, 1892 - Mar. 19, 1956

5	1936	Henry Van Arsdale Parsell	New York, U.S.		Jun. 3, 1869 - Aug. 23, 1962
50	1969	William George Peacher	North Carolina/ California, U.S.	author of Centennial History of the Allied Masonic Degrees of the USA 1892-1992	Jun. 1, 1914 - May 19, 2002
67	1986	Fred Lamar Pearson, Jr.	Georgia, U.S.	*co-author of Grand Lodge of Georgia* (1983)**	Nov. 6, 1939 -
30	1955	Fred Lomax Pick	England	co-author of Pocket History of Freemasonry and other books	May 12, 1898 - Sep. 18, 1966
72	1990	Stewart McLaine Laurens Pollard	Maryland, U.S.	author of Tied to Masonic Apron Strings (1969) and other books	May 31, 1922 - May 4, 2002
10	1940	Hubert McNeill Poteat	North Carolina (PGM), U.S.	author of Repetition in Latin Poety (1912) and other books	Dec. 12, 1886 - Jan. 29, 1958

32	1957	Charles Gottshall Reigner	Maryland, U.S.		Nov. 14, 1888 - 1982
46	1967	Allen Earl Roberts	Virginia, U.S.	author of House Undivided (1961), Freemasonry in American History, and many other books	Oct. 11, 1917 - Mar. 13, 1997
77	1993	John Jamieson Robinson	Ohio, U.S.	author of Born in Blood: The Lost Secrets of Freemasonry (1989) and other books	Oct. 25, 1925 - Sep. 6, 1993
100		Alton G. Roundtree	District of Columbia (PHA)	author of Out of the Shadows: The Emergence of Prince Hall Freemasonry in America: 200 Years of Endurance and The National Grand Lodge and Prince Hall Freemasonry: The Untold Truth

24	1950	Francis Joseph Scully	Arkansas, U.S.	author of History of the Cryptic Rite in Arkansas (1948) and other books	Jun. 28, 1891 - Mar. 10, 1975
1	1932	John Raymond Shute II	North Carolina, U.S.		Jan. 14, 1904 - Nov. 27, 1988
47	1968	Dwight Louis Smith	Indiana, U.S.	author of Goodly Heritage (1968) and other books	Jan. 30, 1909 - Mar. 27, 1993
18	1946	James Fairbairn Smith	Michigan, U.S.	author of Masonic Presidents of the U.S. (1945) and other books	Jan. 30, 1902 - Sep. 22, 1989
51	1970	Frederick Henry Smyth	England	*co-author of Pocket History of Freemasonry* (revised edition, 1977) and other books**	Jun. 19, 1919 - Jan. 2011
16	1945	Ward Kent St. Clair	New York, U.S.		Jul. 29, 1899 - Sep. 12, 1966

95	2006	Mark Tabbert	Virginia, U.S.	*author of American Freemasons: Three Centuries of Building Communities* (2005)**	March 25, 1964 -
2	1932	Jacob Hugo Tatsch	New York, U.S.	author of Freemasonry in the Thirteen Colonies (1929) and many other books)	Jan. 29, 1888 - Jul. 19, 1939
52	1971	Donavon Duncan Tidwell	Texas, U.S.	author of Freemasonry in Brownwood (1966) and other books	Feb. 16, 1906 - Nov. 24, 1982
86	1999	James Tracy Tresner II	Oklahoma, U.S.	*author of Albert Pike: The Man Beyond the Monument* (1995)**	Nov. 11, 1941 -

2003

Robert Uzzel

author of Blind Lemon Jefferson: His Life, His Death, and His Legacy in 2002

70	1989	John Hanford Van Gorden	Florida, U.S.	*author of Biblical Characters in Freemasonry* (1980) and other books**	May 25, 1899 -
91	2002	William Preston Vaughn	Texas, U.S.	author of The Anti-Masonic Party in the United States 1826-1843	May 28, 1933 -
7	1938	Harold Van Buren Voorhis	New Jersey, U.S.	author of Facts for Freemasons (1951) and many other books	Jan. 3, 1894 - May 23, 1983
39	1963	John Black Vrooman	Missouri, U.S.	editor of The Philalethes magazine	Mar. 4, 1899 - Nov. 3, 1985

8	1939	Arthur Edward Waite	England	author of New Encyclopedia of Freemasonry (1921) and other books	Oct. 2, 1857 - May 19, 1942
38	1962	Wendell Kirshman Walker	New York, U.S.		Jan. 9, 1908 - Jan. 9, 1991
82	1997	Joseph Alphonso Walkes, Jr.	Kansas, U.S.	*author of Black Square and Compass: 200 Years of Prince Hall Freemasonry* (1979), and other books**	Nov. 12, 1933 - March 2006
63	1982	Roy Arthur Wells	England	author of Rise and Development of Organized Freemasonry (1986) and other books	Dec. 16, 1908 - Nov. 16, 1990
34	1959	William Irvine Wiest	Pennsylvania, U.S.	author of Freemasonry in the American Courts (1958)	Jul. 25, 1903 - Oct. 1, 1968
66	1985	Louis Lenway Williams	Illinois, U.S.	co-author of A History of the Supreme Council, AASR NMJ (1987) and other books	Feb. 11, 1899 - Jun. 2, 1990
22	1949	Richardson Little Wright	New York, U.S.	author of over 30 books, mostly concerned with gardening	Jun. 15, 1887 - Aug. 5, 1961

2000

Leon Zeldis

Israel

editor of Haboneh Hahofshi, The Israeli Freemason

Jun. 20, 1930 -

Current (Living) Blue Friars

listed in alphabetical order by last name

#	Year	Name	State or Country	Born
78	1994	Joseph E. Bennett	Texas, U.S.	Jan. 18, 1922
96	2007	Alain Bernheim	France and Montreux (Switzerland)	May 23, 1931
98	2009	Yasha Beresiner	England	June 12, 1940
87	1999	John W. Boettjer	District of Columbia, U.S.	Feb. 18, 1936
74	1992	Allan Boudreau	New York, U.S.	Aug. 1, 1936
85	1998	Robin L. Carr	Illinois, U.S.	Jan. 3, 1943
80	1996	Richard H. Curtis	Massachusetts, U.S.	Jan. 6, 1939
88	2000	Arturo de Hoyos	Texas/D.C., U.S.	Nov. 10, 1959
81	1997	Richard E. Fletcher	Vermont, U.S.	Oct. 12, 1934
69	1988	John M. Hamill	England	Apr. 9, 1947
84	1998	Rex R. Hutchens	Arizona, U.S.	Nov. 29, 1942
93	2004	Thomas Jackson	Pennsylvania
97	2008	Gary Leazer	Georgia, U.S.
94	2005	W. Kirk MacNulty	Virginia, U.S.	Dec. 3, 1932
65	1984	Wallace E. McLeod	Ontario, Canada	May 30, 1931
83	1998	S. Brent Morris	Maryland, U.S.	Mar. 28, 1950
79	1995	Christopher L. Murphy	British Columbia, Canada	Apr. 23, 1941
99	2010	Pierre G. "Pete" Normand, Jr.	Texas
67	1986	Fred Lamar Pearson	Georgia, U.S.	Nov. 6, 1939
100	2011	Alton G. Roundtree	District of Columbia (PHA), U.S.
95	2006	Mark A. Tabbert	Virginia, U.S.	March 25, 1964
86	1999	James T. Tresner II	Oklahoma, U.S.	Nov. 11, 1941
92	2003	Robert Uzzel	Texas
91	2002	William Preston Vaughn	Texas, U.S.
89	2000	Leon Zeldis	Israel	Jun. 20, 1930

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