General Grand Chapter
Grand High Priest
ME LARRY E. GRAY
Biography

LARRY E. GRAY
BORN
JULY 12, 1943
BEECH GROVE, INDIANA

FAMILY
MARRIED TO RITA D. SHELBY
4 CHILDREN
10 GRANDCHILDREN

EDUCATION
ATTENDED BALL STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE
(NOW BALL STATE UNIVERSITY)

EMPLOYMENT
RETIRED FROM GENERAL MOTORS AND MAGNEQUENCH NTERNATIONAL
VARIOUS POSITIONS IN MANUFACTURE OF AUTO PARTS AND MAGNETS

CHURCH
MEMBERS OF TRINITY PARK UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, GREENFIELD, IN
 
SYMBOLIC MASONRY
MEMBER HANCOCK LODGE # 101 RAISED JUNE 25, 1966 WORSHIPFUL MASTER 1972
SECRETARY 1994 TO 2000

CAPITULAR MASONRY
EXALTED IN
GREENFIELD CHAPTER # 96, IN 1967
HIGH PRIEST IN 1970
SECRETARY 1971 TO 2002
RECEIVED GENERAL GRAND CHAPTER BRONZE AWARD IN 1984

GRAND HIGH PRIEST INDIANA 1990-91
GRAND TREASURER 1995-99
GRAND SECRETARY 1999-PRESENT

GENERAL GRAND CHAPTER ROYAL ARCH MASONS, INTERNATIONAL
APPOINTED DEPUTY GENERAL GRAND HIGH PRIEST, EAST CENTRAL REGION IN 1996
ELECTED GENERAL GRAND SCRIBE OF THE 1999
ELECTED GENERAL GRAND KING IN 2002
ELECTED GENERAL GRAND HIGH PRIEST IN 2005

CRYPTIC MASONRY
GREETED IN
GREENFIELD COUNCIL # 94, IN 1967
ILLUSTRIOUS MASTER IN 1971
RECORDER 1976 TO 2002
RECORDER OF YEAR IN 1981 & 1997

CHIVALRIC MASONRY
KNIGHTED IN GREENFIELD COMMANDERY # 39 IN 1967
EMINENT COMMANDER IN 1972
RECORDER 1979 TO 2002
RECEIVED DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD IN 1983
RECEIVED KNIGHT COMMANDER OF THE TEMPLE AWARD IN 2000
RECEIVED KNIGHT TEMPLAR CROSS OF HONOR AWARD IN 2002
DRILL TEAM MEMBER SINCE 1967
DRILL TEAM CAPTAIN 2000-2006

KNIGHTS OF YORK CROSS OF HONOUR
MEMBER OF ROBERT A. WOODS PRIORY # 62 SINCE 1973
EMINENT PRIOR - 2004
DUAL MEMBER OF INDIANA PRIORY # 8

YORK RITE SOVEREIGN COLLEGE CHARTER MEMBER OF
MARVIN L. ISLEY COLLEGE # 129
RECEIVED ORDER OF PURPLE CROSS IN 1991

SCOTTISH RITE
MEMBER OF VALLEY OF INDIANAPOLIS, A.A.S.R.
Coronated a 33rd degree in Milwaukee, WI in 2004

SHRINE
MEMBER OF MURAT SHRINE
CHARTER MEMBER OF HANCOCK COUNTY SHRINE CLUB,
PRESIDENT IN 1986; SECRETARY 1995-2000

CHARTER MEMBER OF
ST. BERNARD DE CLAIRVAUX COUNCIL # 256
ALLIED MASONIC DEGREES
SOVEREIGN MASTER - 2004

MEMBER OF ST. BASIL CONCLAVE RED CROSS OF CONSTANTINE
SOVEREIGN MASTER IN 2000

MEMBER OF ST. ANDREW TABERNACLE # XXXV
HOLY ROYAL ARCH KNIGHT TEMPLAR PRIESTS
PRECEPTOR IN 2000
APPOINTED GRAND II PILLAR GRAND COLLEGE
HOLY ROYAL ARCH KNIGHT TEMPLAR PRIESTS - 2007

MEMBER OF EDEN CHAPTER # 101, OES

Member of Greenfield Central School Board from 1973-1977
President 1976-1977

Member of Greenfield Parks & Recreation Board from 1973 - 1980
President 1975-1980

Volunteer at Boys & Girls Club
1970's & 1980's

Commissioned a Kentucky Colonel and an Arkansas Traveler
by the Governors of the respective states.
Named a Sagamore of the Wabash - 2002 by Governor Frank O'Bannon

Royal Arch Research Assistance Board of Directors

A member of the Board of Directors for Masonic philanthropy that
deals with research in Central Auditory Perception problems.
The research facility is at Colorado State University in Ft. Collins, Colorado.

Board of Directors of Royal Arch Mason Magazine
Serving as a member of the Board of Directors.