Knights Templar Cross of Honor Award
The Knights Templar Cross of Honor is awarded only for exceptional and meritorious services rendered to the Order of Knights Templar, far beyond the call of duty, and beyond the service usually expected of a Sir Knight.
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A nomination for the award shall be made by the Commandery of which the nominee is a member by a motion adopted by the Commandery and must be submitted in writing and approved by the grand commander of the respective state. The award shall be made only for exceptional and meritorious service rendered to the order, far beyond the call of duty, and beyond the service usually expected of an officer or member.
No present or past elected grand officer of a Grand Commandery shall be eligible for the award, with the exception of the Grand Treasurer and Grand Recorder, of a Grand Commandery shall beeligible for the award, One nomination may be made from each Grand Commandery, regardless of the number of members, plus one additional nomination may be made from a Grand Commandery for each 5,000 members or major fraction thereof, during any one year.
No posthumous awards shall be made.
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* = Deceased
1965 Charles E. Rupp* Jacques deMolay 2
1966-7 No Award
1968 Arthur A. Chidsey* Jacques de Molay 2
1969 Robert A. Fleming* Plains 11
1970 Carroll W. Cormier* Jacques de Molay 2
1971 William A. Reeder* Ivanhoe 19
1972 Bowdre McDowell* Indivisible Friends 1
1973 Winston A. Shoenberger* Indivisible Friends 1
1974 William J. McFarland* Istrouma 28
1975 Joseph M. Greer* Crusader 21
1976 John H. E. Downs* Payen 16
1977 Edward J. Vallery, Jr.* Trinity 8
1978 Clarence A. Fortenberry* Plains 11
1979 John E. Mayfield* Palestine 23
1980 Henry J. Ward* St. Paul 27
1982 Michael A. Carubba* Indivisible Friends 1
1983 John A. Head* Ascension 6
1984 John M. Wood* Palestine 23
1985 Wayne F. Traverse* Indivisible Friends 1
1986 Charles R. Lang* Payen 16
1987 Hiram K. Greer* Indivisible Friends 1
1988 George R. Lambert, Jr.* Ivanhoe 19
1989 Walter Wildenfels* Indivisible Friends 1
1990 Maurice N. Angelo* Jacques de Molay 2
1991 Ernest C. Belmont, Jr.* Ivanhoe 19
1992 Harold F. Carlisle* Crusader 21
1993 Walter O. Steinwinder* Indivisible Friends 1
1994 Joseph W. Roberts* Rhodes 17
1995 Calvin R. Woodard* Crusader 21
1997 Dudley J. Theriot* Payen 16
1998 Bill F. Cable Rhodes 17
1999 James G. Moore* Monroe 7
2000 Albert Huckaby* Crusader 21
2001 Franklin D. Bianchini, Sr.* Indivisible Friends 1
2002 Percy W. Lee* Plains 11
2003 James R. Tomlinson* Indivisible Friends 1
2004 John A.M. Bennett* Indivisible Friends 1
2005 Thomas P. Brown Ascension 6
2006 Clyde Strout* Ascension 6
2007 John L. Belanger Istrouma 28
2008 Samuel L. Montgomery* Indivisible Friends 1
2009 Alton C. Reeves* Monroe 7
2010 Vincent J. Ogrinc* Ascension 6
2011 William B. Powell* Malta 12
2012 Gerald H. Houston* Rhodes 17
2013 Salvador F. Lomonaco, Jr.# Indivisible Friends 1
2014 Edward A. Reine Indivisible Friends 1
2015 H. George Scanlan Plains 11
2016 James W. Porter C. A. Everitt 29
2017 Charles R. Smith Jacque de Molay 2
2018 M. Darin West Ascension 6
2019 Albert G. Simms, Jr Ascension 6
2020 Kenneth M. Mayer Indivisible Friends 1
2021
2022 Allan K. Bean Monroe 7
2023 Freddie J. Touchet Indivisible Friends 1
2024 Joseph A. Giroir III, Trinity 8
2025 Michael Hawkins St. Paul 27
Knight Commander of the Temple
Any holder of the Knight Commander of the Temple may make nominations for the Knight Commander of the Temple award to the deputy in each Grand Commandery. Knights Commander of the Temple are selected by the deputies of each state, in accordance with the number allotted to each Grand Commandery, and their names are forwarded to the College of Honors.
Since this honor is given for service to the order, the fraternity, the community, or mankind, it is left to the deputy of each jurisdiction to prioritize nominations within the guidelines given.
1994 Lloyd Adam Hebert, Indivisible Friends 1
1999 Ronald A. Seale, Plains 11
1999 Robert Edward Durham Jr.*, St Paul 27
2000 Thomas Paul Brown, Ascension 6
2001 Earl Jerome Durand, Trinity 8
2004 Howard Entwistle Jr.*, Jacques de Molay 2
2008 Frank N. du Treil Jr., Indivisible Friends 1
2010 William Keith Powell Sr., Malta 12
2011 Henry George Scanlan Jr., Plains 11
2013 James David Marze, Trinity 8
2014 Larry Joseph Plaisance, Indivisible Friends 1
2014 Edward Albert Reine, Indivisible Friends 1
2015 Vernon Eugene Dawson, Jr., Istrouma 28
2016 Carlton Harold Conaway Jr., C.A. Everitt 29
2016 James Woodrow Porter, C. A. Everitt 29
2017 Col. Allan Klark Bean, Monroe 7
2017 Michael Lynn Laurence, Malta 12
2018 Michael Arnold Watts, Bethlehem 20
2018 Guy Althes Jenkins, St Paul 27
2018 Travis Marcelle Holley, Monroe 7
2019 Ion Lazar*, Jacques de Molay 2
2019 Richard Lowell Fox, Payen 16
2021 William James Hill III, Ascension 6
2021 Samuel B. Owens, Ascension 6
2022 Albert Gallatin Simms Jr., Ascension 6
2022 Steven Lynn Jennings, Malta 12
2022 Terrell D Fowler, Rhodes 17
2023 Wilson Otho Cook, Monroe 7
2023 Joe Dan Gibbs, Rhodes 17
2023 Charles Ragen Bertrand, Disciples 31
2024 M. Cash Melville, Monroe 7
2024 John C. Sharlow, Ascension 6
*= Deceased