***GRAND LODGE HQ & VETERANS MEMORIAL BUILDING ***
2750 N. LAKEVIEW AVE
CHICAGO, IL 60614-1889
[email protected]
2750 N. LAKEVIEW AVE
CHICAGO, IL 60614-1889
[email protected]
***GRAND EXALTED RULER***
(NATIONAL PRESIDENT)
(NATIONAL PRESIDENT)
Douglas A. Schiefer was installed as the Grand Exalted Ruler of the Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks of the USA
at the Grand Lodge Convention in Austin, TX, July, 2024.
Mail:
Office of Grand Exalted Ruler
Douglas A. Schiefer
BPO ELKS, USA
P. O. Box 123
Elyria, OH 44036-0123
Phone: (440) 219-4295
Email: [email protected]
FedEx, UPS and USPS Deliveries (packages):
9133 Prairie Moon, North Ridgeville, OH 44039
Aide to GER:
Lee O. Young
Elyria, Ohio Lodge No. 465
at the Grand Lodge Convention in Austin, TX, July, 2024.
Mail:
Office of Grand Exalted Ruler
Douglas A. Schiefer
BPO ELKS, USA
P. O. Box 123
Elyria, OH 44036-0123
Phone: (440) 219-4295
Email: [email protected]
FedEx, UPS and USPS Deliveries (packages):
9133 Prairie Moon, North Ridgeville, OH 44039
Aide to GER:
Lee O. Young
Elyria, Ohio Lodge No. 465
Grand Secretary
Contact Information Bryan R. Klatt DeKalb, Illinois #765 2750 N. Lakeview Ave Chicago, IL 60614-1889 O: (773) 755-4708 F: (773) 755-4709 [email protected] |
***STATE SPONSOR:
MALCOLM J. McPHERSON, Jr., PGER
PAST GRAND EXALTED RULER
2017-2018
MALCOLM J. McPHERSON, Jr., PGER
PAST GRAND EXALTED RULER
2017-2018
**2024-2025**
**DISTRICT DEPUTY, GRAND EXALTED RULER**
**DISTRICT DEPUTY, GRAND EXALTED RULER**
NORTH CENTRAL DISTRICT - 3680
DDGER KEVIN ROSE
(DELANA)
GLEN BURNIE, MD LODGE 2266
Cell: (410) 984-0079
Email: [email protected]
DDGER KEVIN ROSE
(DELANA)
GLEN BURNIE, MD LODGE 2266
Cell: (410) 984-0079
Email: [email protected]
***PAST GRAND LODGE CONVENTIONS:
...THE FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF PAST GRAND LODGE CONVENTION SITES AND THE GER WHO WAS ELECTED AT EACH...
***2001 to present:
***2001-Present:
2028: BALTIMORE, MD
2027: DENVER, CO 2026: CHICAGO, IL |
2025: KANSAS CITY, MO
2024: AUSTIN, TX - Douglas A. Schieffer 2023: MINNEAPOLIS, MN - Randy P. Shook 2022: ATLANTA, GA - Bruce A. Hidley 2021: TAMPA, FL - T. Keith Mills 2020: BALTIMORE, MD - Paul R. Ryan * ( Cancelled - Covid ) * 2019: ST. LOUIS, MO - Robert L. Duitsman 2018: San Antonio, TX - Michael T. Luhr 2017: Reno. NV - Malcolm J. McPherson Jr. 2016: Houston, TX - Michael F. Zellen 2015: Indianapolis, IN - Ronald L. Hicks 2014: New Orleans, LA - John D. Amen 2013: Reno, NV - Milard C. Pickering 2012: Austin, TX - Thomas S. Brazier 2011: Phoenix, AZ - David A. Carr 2010: Orlando, FL - Michael F. Smith 2009: Portland, OR - James L. Nichelson 2008: Anaheim, CA - Paul D. Helsel 2007: Charlotte, NC - F. Louis Sulsberger 2006: Orlando, FL - Arthur H. Frost III 2005: Reno, NV - Louis James Grillo 2004: Minneapolis, MN - James M. McQuillan 2003: St. Louis, MO - Amos A. McCallum 2002: Reno, NV - Roger R. True 2001: Philadelphia, PA - Arthur Mayer, Jr. |
***1951 to 2000:
***1951-2000:
2000: Dallas, TX - Dwayne E. Rumney
1999: Kansas City, MO - James C. Varenhorst 1998: Anaheim, CA - C. Valentine Bates 1997: Chicago, IL - Carlon O'Malley 1996: Las Vegas, NV - Gerald Coates 1995: New Orleans, LA - Edward Mahan 1994: Chicago, IL - Kenneth Moore 1993: Portland, OR - Charles Williams 1992: Dallas, TX - Vincent Collura 1991: St. Louis, MO - Lester Hess, Jr. 1990: Las Vegas, NV - James Damon 1989: New Orleans, LA - Donald Dapelo 1988: Las Vegas, NV - Robert Sabin 1987: Atlanta, GA - Ted Callicott 1986: Denver, CO - Peter Affatato 1985: Seattle, WA - Jack Traynor 1984: Houston, TX - Frank Garland 1983: Honolulu, HI - Kenneth Cantoli 1982: Chicago, IL - Marvin Lewis 1981: Las Vegas, NV - Raymond Arnold 1980: New Orleans, LA - H. Foster Sears 1979: Dallas, TX - Robert Grafton 1978: San Diego, CA - Leonard Bristol 1977: New Orleans, LA - Homer Huhn, Jr. 1976: Chicago, IL - George Klein |
1975: Dallas, TX - Willis McDonald
1974: Miami Beach, FL - Gerald Strohm 1973: Chicago, IL - Robert Yothers 1972: Atlantic City, NJ - Francis Smith 1971: New Orleans, LA - E. Gene Fournace 1970: San Fransisco, CA - Glenn Miller 1969: Dallas, TX - Frank Hise 1968: New York, NY - Edward W. McCabe 1967: Chicago, IL - Robert E. Boney 1966: Dallas, TX - Raymond C. Dobson 1965: Miami Beach, FL - R. Leonard Bush 1964: New York, NY - Robert G. Pruitt 1963: San Fransisco, CA - Ronald J. Dunn 1962: Chicago, IL - Lee A. Donaldson 1961: Miami Beach, FL - William A. Wall 1960: Dallas, TX - John E. Fenton 1959: Chicago, IL - W. S. Hawkins 1958: New York, NY - Horace R. Wisely 1957: San Fransisco, CA - H. K. Blackledge 1956: Chicago, IL - Fred L. Bohn 1955: Philadelphia, PA - John L. Walker 1954: Los Angeles, CA - William J. Jernick 1953: St. Louis, MO - Earl E. James 1952: New York, NY - Sam Stern 1951: Chicago, IL - Howard R. Davis |
***1901 to 1950:
***1901-1950:
1950: Miami, FL - Joseph B. Kyle
1949: Cleveland, OH - Emmett T. Anderson 1948: Philadelphia, PA - George I. Hall 1947: Portland, OR - L. A. Lewis 1946: New York, NY - Charles E. Broughton 1945: New York, NY - Wade H. Kepner 1944: Chicago, IL - Robert S. Barrett 1943: Boston, MA - Frank J. Lonergan 1942: Omaha, NE - E. Mark Sullivan 1941: Philadelphia, PA - John S. McClelland 1940: Houston, TX - Joseph G. Buch 1939: St. Louis, MO - Henry C. Warner 1938: Atlantic City, NJ - Edward J. McCormick 1937: Denver, CO - Charles Spencer Hart 1936: Los Angeles, CA - David Sholtz 1935: Columbus, OH - James T. Hallinan 1934: Kansas City, MO - Michael F. Shannon 1933: Milwaukee, WI - Walter F. Meier 1932: Birmingham, AL - Floyd E. Thompson 1931: Seattle, WA - John R. Coen 1930: Atlantic City, NJ - Lawrence H. Rupp 1929: Los Angeles, CA - Walter P. Andrews 1928: Miami, FL - Murray Hulbert 1927: Cincinatti, OH - John F. Malley 1926: Chicago, IL - Charles H. Grakelow |
1925: Portland, OR - William H. Atwell
1924: Boston, MA - John G. Price 1923: Atlanta, GA - James G. McFarland 1922: Atlantic City, NJ - J.E. Masters 1921: Los Angeles, CA - W. W. Mountain 1920: Chicago, IL - Wm. M. Abbott 1919: Atlantic City, NJ - Frank L. Rain 1918: Atlantic City, NJ - Bruce A. Campbell 1917: Boston, MA - Fred Harper 1916: Baltimore, MD - Edward Rightor 1915: Los Angeles, CA - James R. Nicholson 1914: Denver, CO - Raymond Benjamin 1913: Rochester, NY - Edward Leach 1912: Portland, OR - Thomas B. Mills 1911: Atlantic City, NJ - John P. Sullivan 1910: Detroit, MI - Aug. Herrmann 1909: Los Angeles, CA - J.U. Sammis 1908: Dallas, TX - Rush L. Holland 1907: Philadelphia, PA - John K. Tener 1906: Denver, CO - Henry A. Melvin 1905: Buffalo, NY - Robert W. Brown 1904: Cincinatti, OH - Wm. J. O'Brien, Jr. 1903: Baltimore, MD - Joseph T. Fanning 1902: Salt Lake City, UT - George P. Cronk 1901: Milwaukee, WI - Charles E. Pickett |
***1890 to 1900:
***1890-1900:
1900: Atlantic City, NJ - Jerome B. Fisher
1899: St. Louis, MO - B.M. Allen 1898: New Orleans, LA - John Galvin 1897: Minneapolis, MN - Meade D. Detweiler 1896: Cincinatti, OH - Meade D. Detweiler 1895: Atlantic City, NJ - William G. Meyers |
1894: Atlantic City, NJ - Edwin B. Hay
1893: Detroit, MI - Astley Apperly 1892: Buffalo, NY - Edwin B. Hay 1891: Louisville, KY - Edwin B. Hay 1890: Cleveland, OH - Simon Quinlin |