I believe that the General Grand Chapter should be a
center for the best ideas and practices for our local and
Grand Chapters. It should have most of the answers to
questions from our members, or it should be able to
find or direct members to the information and answers
they need.
We need to keep the lines of communication open for
all our members, and encourage the exchange of ideas
and plans. What works in one place may work in
another, if they know about it.
Our education and officer training materials and sessions should continue, and be expanded to include
even more of our members, to help our Grand and
local Chapters.
C. David Williams III
Candidate
for
And we need to make sure that our Royal Arch Research Assistance program is the best in the Masonic
World. We can do this by making sure that our members are informed about it, and it is a focus for us as
Royal Arch Masons.
Royal Arch Masons, International
Together we can keep the Royal Arch at the front of
the Masonic World.
Endorsed by the Grand Chapter of Royal
Arch Masons of Kansas
General Grand Scribe
General Grand Chapter
C. David Williams III
Other Masonic Memberships
Born 1960 in Anthony Kansas
Lawrence Scottish Rite Bodies 1979
Graduated High School in Anthony, Chaparral High School, 1978
Anthony Chapter Order of Eastern Star 1979, Patron 2002-2004
Lodge
MASONIC
DeMolay 1980, Priory 1980, SIKC 1980-81, Chevalier 1983, Cross of Honor 1984, Legion of Honor,
1986; Executive Officer's Staff 1985-1991, Kansas DeMolay Foundation 1985-2001, 2012-present
Initiated, Passed and Raised in Anthony Lodge #200 in 1978
International Order of the Rainbow for Girls, Grand Cross of Color
Plural Membership in Lawrence #6 in 1979
Philalethes Society Life Member; Scottish Rite Research Society Life Member; Kansas Lodge of Research
Life Member
Master Lawrence #6 1984, Anthony #200 2003 & 2007
Plural Member Cosmos Lodge #278 and Kilwinning Lodge #265
Tall Cedars of Lebanon -- Sword of Bunker Hill -- Royal Order of Scotland Life Member
Grotto 1985 -- Invisible Lodge 1980
Grand Lecturer of Grand Lodge of Kansas 2002 to present
District Deputy Grand Master 2002 to 2006
Chapter
ACADEMIC
Graduated Dec. 1991 BA Human Resources from Ottawa University
Graduated 1994 Juris Doctorate, University of Tulsa College of Law
Exalted in Lawrence Chapter #4, Lawrence, Kansas 1979; High Priest 1982
Order of High Priesthood 1982, President 2007-2008
District Deputy Grand High Priest 2002-2006
Grand High Priest of Kansas 2007-2008
Grand Lecturer 2008-Current
General Grand Chapter Ambassador 2008-2014
PROFESSIONAL
Admitted to State Bar of Oklahoma Sept. 30, 1994; Admitted to the State Bar of Kansas Oct. 1, 1994
Member Wichita Bar Association 2013-present; Member Oklahoma Bar Association 1994-present
President Harper County Bar Association 1996-2006
Member of the Board of Directors of The First National Bank of Anthony 1982-2009
Chairman of the Board 1999-2009; Compliance Officer/Internal Auditor/Legal Officer 2003-2009
Regional Deputy General Grand High Priest, South Central Region 2014-2017
General Grand Sentinel 2014-2017
Grand Representative - New Brunswick & California
Council
Greeted in Lawrence Council #14, Lawrence, Kansas 1979; Illustrious Master 1982
Order of the Silver Trowel, 1982, Very Illustrious Master 2007-2008
COMMUNITY
Member of the Anthony Hospital Board of Directors 1998-2003, 2004-2015
Chairman of the Board 2001-2003, 2004-2015
Anthony Hospital Foundation Board 2006-2012 - Wheatbelt Area Girl Scout Council 1996-2002
Horizons Mental Health Board of Directors 1996-2002, 2004-2012
Anthony City Commission 2005-2009, Vice Mayor
Most Illustrious Grand Master of Kansas 2010-2011
General Grand Council Jurisprudence Committee 2011-2017; General Grand Council Ambassador 2014-2017
Member Wayne Dennis Fund (City Charity) 2013-present
OTHER ACTIVITIES
Commandery
Knighted in DeMolay Commandery #4, Lawrence, Kansas 1979; Commander 1983 & 1987
Past Commander's Association 1983, President 2015-2016
Knight Templar Educational Fund of Kansas 2005-present
Grand Representative – California for Grand Commandery
Other York Rite Bodies
Kansas Priory #33, Knights of the York Cross of Honor 1986; KYGCH, 1 Quadrant, 2008; 2 Quadrant 2011;
Prior 2013
Knights of Pythias, Past Chancellor, Grand Rank, Grand Chancellor of Missouri 2010
Kiwanis, Key Club, Circle K
Past District Secretary-Treasurer Kansas Key Club 1978
Past Lt. Governor Kansas Circle K 1979
Past Lt. Governor Kansas Kiwanis 1999, 2004
Past Member Developer, New Club Builder, Certified Educator
President Kansas Kiwanis Foundation 2004-05
Kansas York Rite Perpetual Membership Fund 2005-present, President 2009-2011
First Baptist Church, American Baptist Churches USA
Kansas Council, Knight Masons 1995, Excellent Chief 2003
International Brotherhood of Magicians 1980 Life Member; Past Ring President 1985
Wichita Council #299, Allied Masonic Degrees 1997, Sovereign Master 2002
Calvary Conclave, Red Cross of Constantine 1997, Sovereign 2006
Kansas College, York Rite Sovereign College, Governor 2013
River Jordan Tabernacle, HRAKTP, Preceptor 2011
St. Bernard Chapel, St. Thomas of Acon, 2016
Kansas Past Grand York Rite Presiding Officers Association, 2007
Deacon 2015-present
Order of Merlin 2005; Order of Merlin Shield 2015
Society of American Magicians 1980 Life Member; Past Assembly President 1988
Past Regional Vice President 1991-1992 -- 25 year member 2005