
Breast Jewel of the
Knight Grand Cross
The rank and title of Knight Grand Cross, the highest award of the Grand Council, may be conferred under the following regulations:
A. The Sovereign Grand Master shall be entitled to the rank and title of Knight Grand Cross and shall be invested with said rank and title immediately following his installation as Sovereign Grand Master.
B. It may be conferred upon on such other distinguished brethren as the Board of General Purposes recommends and the Grand Council elects.
Holders of the Knight Grand Cross
Founding Members, 1933
- J. Raymond Shute, II, Reinstated 1987
- Henry W. Parham
- J. Edward Allen
- John R. McCracken
- Harold V. B. Voorhis
- Luther T. Hartsell, Jr.
- Lee Griffin
- J. Hugo Tatsch
- William B. Hodge
- John H. Anderson
- Edgard W. Timberlake, Jr.
- Michel Saliba
- Frank M. Pinnix
- Julius S. Stearns
- Louis F. Hart
- Harry S. Storr
- Herbert C. Alexander
- Benjamin F. Houston
- Will J. Roach
- James W. Payne
Recipients by Year of Award
- 1933, Fred E. Smith
- 1933, Archibald Kennedy, Earl of Casillis
- 1933, George Howell
- 1933, Samuel B. Furbish
- 1933, Raymond H. Eastman
- 1933, Ernest J. Record
- 1933, Charles C. Crosby
- 1933, Charles F. Ridlon
- 1933, James M. Clift
- 1934, William Moseley Brown
- 1934, S. Clifton Bingham
- 1934, Charles H. Perram
- 1935, Walter G. Crombie
- 1935, Major Sir T. G. L. Lumley-Smith
- 1936, Edson A. MacMillan
- 1938, Clarence Brain
- 1939, Philip Crossle
- 1939, Charles C. Hunt
- 1940, Clarence J. West
- 1942, Charles H. Pugh
- 1946, Harry S. Truman
- 1946, Ray V. Denslow
- 1947, Lewis E. Smith
- 1948, C. Vernon Eddy
- 1949, Arthur W. Dentith
- 1950, Hubert M. Poteat
- 1950, Ward K. St. Clair
- 1951, Leon Godown
- 1952, Harry O. Schroeder
- 1953, H. Victor F. C. C. Roe
- 1954, Wallace E. Caldwell
- 1954, W. Hugh Halliburton
- 1955, Earl B. Delzell
- 1956, William L. Cummings
- 1957, J. Edward Rooker, Jr.
- 1957, Lt. Col. John W. Chitty
- 1958, Carl F. Wood
- 1959, Levon M. Oglukian
- 1959, Carl R. Greisen
- 1960, Bruce H. Hunt
- 1961, Murray C. Alexander
- 1962, Francis J. Scully
- 1963, Robert H. Bowlby
- 1964, William E. Yeager
- 1964, Reyburn Miller
- 1965, C. Wallace Jackson
- 1966, William T. Buckner
- 1967, Marvin E. Fowler
- 1968, John H. Pierczynski
- 1968, Archibald R. McNeill
- 1969, Henry Emmerson, Jr.
- 1970, Wylie B. Wendt
- 1971, William J. J. Fleming
- 1972, Sylvanus F. Nye
- 1973, Warren H. Coolidge
- 1974, Ernest M. Moore, Jr.
- 1974, Robert L. Grubb
- 1975, Charles F. Adams
- 1976, Waldron C. Biggs
- 1977, J. Alex Adams
- 1978, Warren F. Bower
- 1979, Harold D. Elliott, 2nd
- 1980, G. Wilbur Bell
- 1981, William G. Peacher
- 1982, William B. Smith
- 1983, Herbert A. Fisher
- 1984, Charles R. Glassmire
- 1985, Tam L. Shumaker
- 1986, Raymond E. Loose
- 1986, Ronald Groshaw, SGM of Canada Honoris Causa
- 1987, Jay Ray Shute,II (Reinstated)
- 1987, C. Ray Scarbrough
- 1988, William E. Yeager, Jr.
- 1989- Munkeer Deen
- 1989- Vernon T. Fike
- 1990, Allen E. Roberts
- 1990, Eddie P. Stiles (Posthumously)
- 1990, James D. Penley (Posthumously)
- 1991, Edwin E. Cummings
- 1992, Jerry G. Tart
- 1992, Peter Glyn Williams, Grand Secretary of the Grand Council of England and Wales, Honoris Causa
- 1993, George Orland Braatz
- 1994, S. Flory Diehl
- 1995, James M. Ward
- 1996, William Henry Thornley
- 1997, Howard R. Caldwell
- 1997, Dalvin L. Hollaway
- 1998, David L. Hargett, Jr.
- 1999, Reese L. Harrison
- 2000, John E. Jack Kelly
- 2000, Jerry M. Owens
- 2001, James E. Olmstead
- 2002, Edward Ripley Saunders
- 2003, Charles R. Neumann
- 2003, Michel L. F. Gauthier, Grant Prior, Grand Priory CBCS of France
- 2004, Edward H. Fowler, Jr.
- 2004, Raymond C. Purslow, SGM of AMD Canada
- 2004, Lawrence M. Halliday, Grand Secretary, Grand Council of Canada
- 2004, Jean-Claude G. Borie, Deputy GM of AMD of France
- 2004, Daryl W. Selock, Honoris Causa
- 2005, Gary D. HermannĀ
- 2006, William R. Miller
- 2007, D. Allen Surratt
- 2007, Peter D. Park, SGM of AMD Canada
- 2008, Kenneth B. Fischer
- 2009, William R. Logan, Jr.
- 2010, C. Michael Watson
- 2011, Douglas Lawrence Jordan
- 2012, Joe R. Manning, Jr.
- 2013, Matthew D. Dupee
- 2014, Robert G. Davis
- 2014, Thomas F. Jackson, SGM of the Grand Council AMD of England and Wales
- 2014, Prince Selvaraj, SGM of the Grand Council of Canada
- 2014, Gabriel Gherasim, SGM of the Ground Council of Romania
- 2014, John Paternoster, MGM of the Royal Order of the Red Branch of Eri, England and Wales
- 2015, Douglas S. Moore
- 2016, Laurence E. Tucker
- 2017, Gary B. Hinson
- 2018, David D. Goodwin
- 2019, Paul S. Newhall
- 2020, Glen A. Cook
- 2020, Clyde H. Schoolfield, Jr., Grand Secretary
- 2020, Christian Amine, SGM of Grand Council of France, Honoris Causa
- 2020, Thomas F. Jackson, SGM of the Grand Council AMD of England and Wales, Honoris Causa
- 2020, Paul W. Johnston, Grand Master of the Masonic Order of Athelstan in England, Wales, and its Provinces Overseas, Honoris Causa
- 2021, Mohamad A. Yatim
- 2022, Aaron M. Shoemaker
- 2023, W. Berry Rigdon
- 2024, John C. Elkinton
- 2025, Douglas R. Knauer
- 2025, Seth C. Anthony
- 2025, Pierre Mieste, SGM of the Grand Council of AMD of France, Honoris Causa
- 2025, Juanito Abergas, SGM of the Grand Council of AMD of the Philippines, Honoris Causa
- 2025, Matthew D.A. Fletcher, SGM of the Grand Council of AMD of Canada, Honoris Causa