EDWIN RICHARD CARPENTER, JR.
Email: pgc2001@vatemplars.com
Right Eminent Grand Commander
2001-2002
Ed was born on August 7, 1941, in Elizabethtown, Essex County, New York, the son of the late Edwin Richard Carpenter and Lucille Lamson Carpenter. He graduated from High School with honors and enlisted in the U.S. Army. He served tour of duty in both the U. S. and Germany, with the Corps of Engineers. He was honorably discharged in 1965, having served six and on-half years on active duty.
Ed and his wife, Sharon, have been married for thirty-one years and have five children and eight grandchildren. Ed has over thirty years in the construction industry as a carpenter. He is a member of Local 1665 of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America (Carpenter’s Union). After twenty years in the union, Ed attended paralegal school and after graduation, worked in the Circuit Court of the City of Alexandria for four years.
Ed and Sharon are members of St. George’s United Methodist Church in Fairfax.
Ed’s Masonie memberships are listed below. Ed follows in a long tradition in Freemasonry as his father, both grandfathers, a great grandfather, and four uncles were Masons. One of his sons is also a member of the Craft.
Other memberships include, but are not limited to: The Historical Society of Fairfax County, Virginia; The Northern Virginia Association for History, Inc.; The Fairfax Genealogical Society, and the Northern Virginia Chapter of Trout Unlimited (Charter Member).
Masonic Memberships
Henry Lodge No. 57, A.F. & A.M., Fairfax, Virginia
Worshipful Master – 1987
- Douglas Smith, Jr. Lodge of Research No. 1949, A.F. & A.M., Alexandria, Virginia
Worshipful Master – 1993
Texas Lodge of Research, A.F. & A.M.
Philalethes Society (Life Member 1985)
Correspondence Circle of Quatuor Coronati Lodge No. 2076, London, England
Grand Lodge, A.F. & A.M., of Virginia
Grand Junior Steward – 1991
Loudoun Royal Arch Chapter No. 55, Virginia
High Priest – 1985-86
Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons in Virginia
Grand Marshal – 1991
District Deputy Grand High Priest – 1994
Adoniram-Zabud Council No. 2, Cryptic Masons, Washington, DC
Arlington Commandery No. 29, Knights Templar (Virginia)
Piedmont Commandery No. 26, Knights Templar (Virginia)
Commander – 1991-92
Grand Encampment Knights Templar of the U.S.A.
Knight Commander of the Temple – 1997
Virginia Chapter, Order of Knights Preceptor Maryland Chapter, Order of Knights Preceptor (Charter Member)
Washington & Lee York Rite College No. 98
Governor – 1994-95
York Rite Sovereign College of North America
Service Award – 1991
Order of the Purple Cross – 1993
Grand Herald – 1994-2000
Herald General – 2000 – Present
Virginia Council No. 12, Knight Masons
Excellent Chief – 1994
Grand Council Knight Masons of the U.S.A.
Grand Treasurer – 1995 – Present
Lord Fairfax Council No. 90, Allied Masonic Degrees
Sovereign Master – 1994
Perfect Ashlar Council No. 349, Allied Masonic Degrees
Charter Secretary/Treasurer
Nor-Va Forest No. 163, Tall Cedars of Lebanon of N. A.
Grand Tall Cedar – 1989
Scribe – 1992-1997
Tall Cedars of Lebanon of North America
Member-at-Large
Rose of Sharon Priory No. 2, Knights of the York Cross of Honour
Nova Vita Tabernacle No. 73, Holy Royal Arch Knight Templar Priests
Preceptor – 1999-2000
The Grand College of Rites of the J. S. A.
Alexandria Scottish Rite Bodies (Virginia)
Royal Order of Scotland
Hope Chapter No. 73, 0. E. S.
Honorary Memberships
Grand York Rite Bodies of Florida
Grand York Rite Bodies of South Carolina
Crusade Commandery No. 17, Wisconsin Rapids, WI
The Heart of Wisconsin Council No. 331, AMD, Wisconsin Rapids, WI
