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W.Bro. S.BRENT MORRIS 33� G.C.

CURRICULUM VITAE LATORIS

Craft

                  Highland Park Lodge No. 1150, A.F. & A.M., Dallas Texas, 1971�74

                  Durham Lodge No. 352, A.F. & A.M., Durham, N.C., 1974�76

                  Founding editor of the Trestleboard, 1973�75

                  Patmos Lodge No. 70, A.F. & A.M., Ellicott City, Md., 1976�

                  Master, 1979, 2000

                  Grand Lodge of Maryland, A.F. & A.M.

                  Grand Director of Ceremonies, 1980�81

                  Editor, Free State Freemason, 1998�2001

                  Quatuor Coronati Lodge No. 2076, London, 1991�

                  Sr. Warden, 2006�2007

                  St. Albans Lodge No. 233, Maryland, 2001�

 

Capitular

                  Durham Chapter No. 48, R.A.M., Durham, N.C., 1973�76

                  Zeredathah Chapter No. 35, R.A.M., Laurel, Md., 1976�2003

                  High Priest, 1979�80

                  York Chapter No. 44, R.A.M., Camp Springs, Md., 2003�

 

Cryptic

                  Durham Council No. 7, R.&S.M., Durham, N.C., 1973�76

                  Laurel Council No. 21, Laurel, Md., 1976�2003

                  York Council No. 23, R.&S.M., Camp Springs, Md., 2003�

 

Chivalric

                  Durham Commandery No. 3, K.T., Durham, N.C., 1973�76

                  St. Elmo Commandery No. 3, K.T., Hyattsville, N.C., 1976�83

                  Crusade Commandery No. 5, K.T., Upper Falls, Md., 1999�

 

A.&A.S.R.

                  Valley of Raleigh, N.C., 4��14�, 1974�80

                  Valley of Baltimore, Md., 15��32�, 1980�

                  Knight Commander of the Court of Honour, 1985

                  Book Review Editor, The Scottish Rite Journal, 1989�1995

                  Inspector General Honorary, 33�, 1989

                  Grand Cross of the Court of Honour, 1999

                  Director of Membership Development, Supreme Council, 33�, S.J., 2000�

                  Valley of Washington, D.C., Life Member, 2000�

                  Managing Editor, The Scottish Rite Journal, Supreme Council, 33�, S.J., 2005�

 

Affiliated

                  Philalethes Society, 1976�

                  Fellow, 1979�; Executive Secretary, 1979�1984; Philalethes Lecture, 1981;
Certificate of Literature, 1998

                  Royal Order of Scotland, 1979�

                  Phylaxis Society

                  Honorary Fellow, 1986�

                  Maryland Masonic Research Society, 1979�

                  President, 1985

                  Society of Blue Friars, 1998�

                  Friar 83, 1998; Deputy Grand Abbott, 2002�2004; Grand Abbott, 2004�

                  Maryland College, Masonic Societas Rosicruciana in Civitatibus Foederatis

                  II�, 1980; VII�, 1983; IX�, 2002

                  Burning Bush Council, Allied Masonic Degrees, Durham, N.C., 1974�1976

                  Grand Master�s Council �A,� Allied Masonic Degrees, 1976�

                  Sovereign Master, 1986; Red Branch of Eri, 1987

                  Scottish Rite Research Society, 1991�

                  Founder, 1991; Editor, Heredom, 1991; Editor, The Plulbline, 1992�1996, 2005�2006;
Mackey Scholar, Lifetime Achievement, 2001; Treasurer 2004�

                  Maryland Council, Knight Masons of America, 1981�83

                  Maryland College No. 58, York Rite Sovereign College, 1981�83

                  Masonic Information Center, Masonic Service Association of North America, 1985�

                  Old Dominion Chapter, National Sojourners, Alexandria, Va., 1999�

                  Masonic Renewal Committee of North America, 2001�

                  St. Cyprian Conclave, Red Cross of Constantine, Baltimore, Md., 2002�

                  Boumi Shriners, A.A.O.N.M.S., 2004�

 

Books

                  Complete Idiot�s Guide to Freemasonry. New York: Penguin Group, 2006.

                  Freemasonry in Context: History, Ritual, Controversy, ed. (with Arturo de Hoyos). Lanham, Md.: Lexington Books, 2004.

                  American Masonic Periodicals, 1811�2001, editor (Larissa P. Watkins, author). Washington, D.C.: Supreme Council, 33�, 2003.

                  A Daily Advancement in Masonic Knowledge, editor (with Wallace McLeod). Bloomington, Ill.: Masonic Book Club, 2003.

                  Freemasonry on Both Sides of the Atlantic: Essays Concerning the Craft in the British Isles, Europe, the United States, and Mexico, editor (with R. William Weisberger and Wallace McLeod). Boulder, Co.: East European Monographs; N Y.: Columbia Univ. Press, 2002.

                  Recollections of a Masonic Veteran. editor. Bloomington, Ill.: Masonic Book Club, 1996.

                  Is It True What They Say About Freemasonry? (with Arturo de Hoyos). 1994; 1990; New York: M. Evans & Co., 2004.

                  A Radical in the East. Cedar Rapids, Ia.: Research Lodge No. 2, 1993.

                  Cornerstones of Freedom. Washington, D.C.: Supreme Council, 33�, 1993.

                  The Folger Manuscript: The Cryptanalysis and Interpretation of an American Masonic Manuscript. Bloomington, Ill.: Masonic Book Club, 1993.

                  Masonic Philanthropies. Washington, D.C.: Supreme Council, 33�, 1991; rev. ed. 1997.