Mount Pleasant Chapter No. 13

Royal Arch Masons of DC

Mount Pleasant Chapter No 13, Royal Arch Masons of the District of Columbia, is one of the 6 Royal Arch Chapters in Washington DC It was founded in 1914

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Thanks for visiting this web site If you're in Washington DC, please come visit our Chapter Our stated meetings are scheduled for the 4th Wednesday of each month, but see our Bulletin for specific dates

If you have comments or questions, email Robert H Starr at rhstarr@Capaccessorg or Paul M Bessel at paul@besselorg

Mount Pleasant Chapter No. 13 Officers for February 2009 thru February 2010

High Priest	EC Richard W. Johnson
King	Comp. Carroll Collins
Scribe	Comp. Leslie Rogers-Wright
Secretary	REC Robert H. Starr, PHP
Treasurer	REC Joel R. Kahn, PHP, MC
Captain of the Host	Comp. Sylvanus J. Newstead
Principal Sojourner	Comp. Harold W. Snider
Royal Arch Captain	Comp. Bud Michels
Master of the 3rd Veil	Comp. Uzo E. Chuckwu
Master of the 2nd Veil	Comp. Fred Waesche
Master of the 1st Veil	Comp. Erik Millman
Chaplain	EC Norman Barshai, PHP
Sentinel	EC Victor Petrossian, PHP
Instructor of Work	MEC Harold Grainger, PGHP
Trustees	MEC John Vergalla, PGHP, Trustee through February 2010 MEC Harold Grainger, PGHP, Trustee through February 2011 Comp. Timothy R. Bennett, Trustee through February 2012
Emeritus Officers	EC Arthur E. Krum, Jr., MC - Secretary Emeritus Comp. Maurice Curcio - Sentinel Emeritus

Scheduled Programs for 2008-2009 & 2009-2010

		Apr 22, 2009	Mark Master Masons Degree
May 28, 2008	Past High Priests Night & Memorial Night	May 27, 2009	Past High Priests Night
June 25, 2008	Wardens & Deacons Night	June 24, 2009	GHP;s Homecoming
		July 26, 2009	Grand Chapter Picnic
August	Ladies Dinner	August	Ladies Dinner
September 24, 2008	King & Scribe Night	September 23, 2009	Memorial Night
October 4, 2008	Multi-Jurisdictional Degree Festival in Virginia	October 3, 2009	Multi-Jurisdictional Degree Festival in Cockeysville, MD
October	Semi-Annual Convocation (tentative)
October 19, 2008	Oktoberfest	October 28, 2009	Social
November 26, 2008	Mark & Past Masters Degrees	November 25, 2009	King & Scribe Night
December 25, 2008	called off	December 23, 2009	called off
January 28, 2009	Elections	January 27, 2010	Grand Visitation and Elections
February 2009	Grand Visitation
February 25, 2009	Installation	February 24, 2010
March 20, 2009	York Rite Banquet	March 19, 2010	York Rite Banquet
		March 20, 2010	Annual Grand Chapter Convocation

Mount Pleasant Chapter No. 13 Living Past High Priests

MEC Harold Grainger, MC, GGCA (PGHP 1987)	1973
EC Arthur E. Krum, Jr., MC	1974
EC Joseph B. Corbin, Sr.	1977
MEC Robert C. Alt (PGHP 1982)	1978
EC David L. Smith	1981
MEC Jerold J. (Jerry) Samet (PGM 1992)	1982 & 1986
MEC Sheldon Arpad (PGHP 2002)	1983
EC Theodore V. Villapando	1987
EC John R. Wimmel	1989
EC Theodore M. (Ted) Kahn (PGM 1985)	1990
EC Sheldon I. Rappeport	1991
EC William M. Bartlett	1993
MEC John Vergalla (PGHP 2001)	1995
EC Paul B. Najarian	1996
REC Robert H. Starr (PGM 2002, Grand Scribe 2007-2008)	1997
REC Joel R. Kahn (Grand Treasurer 2007-2008)	1998
EC Charbel T. Fahed	1999
EC Joseph N. Snyder	2000
EC Lawrence M. Spillan	2001
EC Jules S. Tepper (PGM 2003)	2002
EC Victor Petrossian	2003
EC Mitchell J. Diamond	2004
EC Robert Haber	2005
EC Norman Barshai	2006
EC Samuel Anthony	2007
EC Burton S. Levy	2008

Living High Priests of Other Chapters who are Members of Mount Pleasant Chapter No. 13

EC Paul M. Bessel (Chapter #14 in VA)	1989
EC David J. Graham (Chapter #3 in DC)	1990
EC Isaac L. Frazer (Chapter #17 in DC)	2005
Francis S. Nicol (Chapter #19 in DC)	2008

Honorary Members of Mount Pleasant Chapter No. 13

MEC Robert B. Bussler, MC, GGCA (PGHP in DC)	1980
MEC Howard F. Coleman, PGHP in VA)	1980

Living Members of Mount Pleasant Chapter No. 13 who are
Holders of the Meritorious Companion Award of the Grand Chapter
and/or
the General Grand Chapter Award (Bronze)

MEC Harold Grainger, PGHP	GGCA 1981, MC 1986
EC Arthur E. Krum, Jr., PHP	MC 1990
Comp. Gerhard Meinzer	MC 2003
REC Joel R. Kahn	MC 2004
MEC Robert H. Starr	MC 2008