On September 23, 1894, members of what would become Bethlehem Shrine #1, IL met to form a committee to take the steps necessary to procure a charter from the State of Illinois for a Supreme Shrine; a separate charter was also procured to arrange the first subordinate shrine (No. 1, IL).  Under seal of William H Hinrichsen, Secretary of State of the Department of State of the State of Illinois, dated October 23, 1894, the Order of the White Shrine of Jerusalem was founded

The Illinois Supreme Organization was run by the Board of Directors until 1901.  The officers noted in 1901 are the first on record for the Illinois organization.

Year	BOD President	BOD Vice-President	Supreme Session Location
1894-1895	Monroe Smith *	Mate Chester *	Chicago, IL
1895-1896	Monroe Smith *	Mate Chester *	Chicago, IL
1896-1897	Monroe Smith *	Mate Chester *	Chicago, IL
1897-1898	Monroe Smith *	Lottie J Wiley *	Chicago, IL
1898-1899	Monroe Smith *	Lottie J Wiley *	Chicago, IL
1899-1900	Monroe Smith *	Lottie J Wiley *	Chicago, IL
1900-1901	Monroe Smith *	Lottie J Wiley *	Chicago, IL

Year	Past Supreme Worthy High Priestess	Past Supreme Watchman of Shepherds	Supreme Session Location
1901-1902	Agnes Brown *	Monroe A Smith *	Chicago, IL
1902-1903	Lottie J Wiley *	Monroe A Smith *	Chicago, IL
1903-1904	Lottie J Wiley *	Monroe A Smith *	Chicago, IL
1904-1905	Fannie M Lyon *	Monroe A Smith *	Chicago, IL
1905-1906	Clara P Hubbard *	E D Bardwell *	Chicago, IL
1906-1907	S Love Justice *	E D Bardwell *	Chicago, IL
1907-1908	Pauline Dickes *	Albert C Hirsch *	Chicago, IL
1908-1909	Lillias Madderon *	Louis Dickes *	Chicago, IL

Palestine #1, MI was the first shrine constituted in Michigan under the charter granted by special act of the legislation of the State of Michigan.  Both Illinois and Michigan constituted shrines around the country until a merger in 1909

Until the merger of the Supreme Organizations, Michigan’s Supreme Chancellor was of equal authority as our current Supreme Watchmen of Shepherds.

Year	Past Supreme Worthy High Priestess	Past Supreme Chancellor	Supreme Session Location
1897-1898	Lucia T Owen, MI *	John Rowson *	Grand Rapids, MI
1898-1899	Lucia T Owen, MI *	Fred H Hosford *	Grand Rapids, MI
1899-1900	Lucia T Owen, MI *	George Engle *	Grand Rapids, MI
1900-1901	Mary H Yaple, MI *	Fred H Hosford *	Grand Rapids, MI
1901-1902	Mary H Yaple, MI *	Fred H Hosford *	Grand Rapids, MI
1902-1903	Helen E C Balmer, MI *	Fred H Hosford *	Grand Rapids, MI
1903-1904	Helen E C Balmer, MI *	Fred H Hosford *	Grand Rapids, MI
1904-1905	Marion H Heine, CA *	Fred H Hosford *	Caro, MI
1905-1906	Marion H Heine, CA *	William A Hinsey *	Grand Rapids, MI
1906-1907	Matilda J Stone, SK, Canada *	William A Hinsey *	Cleveland, OH
1907-1908	Matilda J Stone, SK, Canada *	William A Hinsey *	Grand Rapids, MI
1908-1909	Agnes B Loveland, MI *	Thomas W Heatley *	Grand Rapids, MI

Past Supreme Officers

After 1909 Merger of Illinois and Michigan Supreme organizations.

Year	Past Supreme Worthy High Priestess	Past Supreme Watchman of Shepherds	Supreme Session Location
1909-1910	Pauline Dickes, IL*	Dr. William A Caven, PA *	Chicago, IL
1910-1911	Alice H Smith, MA *	William John Downey, IL *	Pittsburgh, PA
1911-1912	Mary E Van Alstyne, IL *	Dr. William T Parrott, MI *	Grand Rapids, MI
1912-1913	Minneola Hunt, OH *	John Cheshire, IL *	Columbus, OH
1913-1914	Millie B Shaw, CA *	Thomas Bell, OH *	Peoria, IL
1914-1915	M Alice Thorn, OH *	Edward D Allington, IL *	Milwaukee, WI
1915-1916	Annette D Fitch, IL *	William G Wisner, CA *	East St. Louis, IL
1916-1917	Malvern Greenwood, WI *	Daniel A J Sullivan, *	Cedar Rapids, IA
1917-1918	Mary J Diecks, KY *	Clyde Evans, OR *	Grand Rapids, MI
1918-1919	Margaret E Caven, PA *	John Burianek, Jr, IA *	Ottawa, IL
1919-1920	Minerva J Parrott, MI *	Dr. John Carroll, MI *	Detroit, MI
1920-1921	Blanche F Wheeler, CA *	Harry W Lanners, MN *	Chicago, IL
1921-1922	Bernice Eaton, OH *	Marvin V Hinshaw, IL *	St. Louis, MO
1922-1923	June Carter, CO *	Charles E Watson, NY *	St. Paul, MN
1923-1924	Daisy F Davis, IL *	Ernest E Ford, CA *	Cleveland, OH
1924-1925	Susan H Wuist, OH *	Guy Andrews Ham, MA *	Grand Rapids, MI
1925-1926	Lulu B Carrol, MI *	R Birch Hornbrook, MO *	Louisville, KY
1926-1927	Clara S Heisenbuttle, CA *	William J Miller, WV *	Buffalo, NY
1927-1928	Lulu S MacKinnon, IA *	Dr. Arthur P Clark, NY *	Milwaukee, WI
1928-1929	Ethel B Weiss, IN *	Owen W Williams, OK *	Kansas City, MO
1929-1930	Mary E Bartlett, OK *	Erford W Poole, MA *	Columbus, OH
1930-1931	Jean Haines Terry, IL *	Hewitt S Chase, ON, Canada *	Toronto, ON, Canada
1931-1932	Victoria L Crouse, CA *	Joseph W Boyle, IL *	Detroit, MI
1932-1933	Nell B Irwin Martin, IL *	Alfred E Crosby, MI *	Grand Rapids, MI
1933-1934	Genevieve H Steineck, CO *	T C Carroll, FL *	Chicago, IL
1934-1935	Edna Mae Schewalter, KY *	Arthur Earl Stone, FL *	Cleveland, OH
1935-1936	Rose M Reid, IA *	Fred A Snyder, MN *	Des Moines, IA
1936-1937	Frances Mae Ebert, PA *	Calvin F Feutz, MO *	Tulsa, OK
1937-1938	Elma E Hullinger, OH *	Walter J Combellack, CA *	Toronto, ON, Canada
1938-1939	Florence A Cadwell, MI *	Harry X Cole, IL *	Cincinnati, OH
1939-1940	S Olson, IL *	Reginald E Richmond, ON, Canada *	Grand Rapids, MI
1940-1941	Alta Flagg Dexter, MA *	E Joel Carpenter, PA *	St. Louis, MO
1941-1942	Katherine Applegate, WI *	Dr. Leonard C Williams, OK *	Grand Rapids, MI
1942-1943	Elizabeth R Byrd, IA *	Clarence V Gulley, AZ *	Cincinnati, OH
1943-1944	Amy H Berry, IL *	Joseph B Busch, MO *	Chicago, IL
1944-1945	Amelia C Cook, OH *	Dr. Harry W Schwartz, IA *	Grand Rapids, MI
1945-1946	Marie J Knight, OH *	Emil B Beatty, KY *	Grand Rapids, MI
1946-1947	Nellie J Combellack, CA *	John Klein, FL *	Long Beach, CA
1947-1948	Ruth E Hazen, NY *	Frank L Bunker, NC *	Atlantic City, NJ
1948-1949	Carrie L Coe, IL *	Charles E Merrill, MI *	Chicago, IL
1949-1950	Zelma K Stamper, OH *	Robert Quinn, FL *	Omaha, NE
1950-1951	Claudia Finegan, MO *	Andrew Rapp, AZ *	St. Louis, MO
1951-1952	Meta Pointer, ON, Canada *	John R Pettis, CA *	Toronto, ON, Canada
1952-1953	Vivian M Parrish, IL *	James McCreadie, WI *	Milwaukee, WI
1953-1954	Levern Myer, IL *	Albert B Roessler, OH *	Chicago, IL
1954-1955	Juanita Mauss, MO *	Howard J Barton, NY *	Kansas City, MO
1955-1956	Agnes Severson, OH *	Gordon Miles, CO *	Cleveland, OH
1956-1957	Berniece C Merrill Hayes, GA *	John E Jones, WA *	Detroit, MI
1957-1958	Marquerite Dutsch, OK *	Don C Beach, KS *	Atlantic, NJ
1958-1959	Anne B Eastman, MN *	Eugene C Black, IL *	Minneapolis, MN
1959-1960	Rouss M Thomas, NC *	Dr. Lennert B Mellott, KS *	Cleveland, OH
1960-1961	Elfrieda Schlau, CA *	E C Yokley, TN *	Chicago, IL
1961-1962	Ruth A Finnegan, OH *	W Fred Bleck, IL *	Denver, CO
1962-1963	Helen S Patty, OH *	Fred W Hinricks, OK *	New Orleans, LA
1963-1964	Mayme R Edwards, NV *	Edward L Meyer, IL *	Los Angeles, CA
1964-1965	Margaret Steel, ON, Canada *	James A Hutzler, CA *	Miami Beach, FL
1965-1966	Gwendolen Palmer Heeb, NY *	Gordon M Hawk, OH *	Buffalo, NY
1966-1967	Margaret W McWhertor, PA *	Kendall North, IL *	Kansas City, MO
1967-1968	Dorothea E Shaffer, MI *	J Ellitt Grayson, IA *	Detroit, MI
1968-1969	Mildred A Bleck, IL *	Hildred Zell, OR *	St. Louis, MO
1969-1970	Frances C Aunger, AZ *	R C Wilson, TX *	Cincinnati, OH
1970-1971	Mildred B Sheppard, OK *	August A Kuhn, FL *	Oklahoma City, OK
1971-1972	Dorothy M Green, MN *	Sinclair Tebo, NC *	Minneapolis, MN
1972-1973	Helen L Johnson, CA *	Will H Heeb, NY *	Kansas City, MO
1973-1974	Beatrice K Geyer, IN *	Frank Carroll, LA *	Indianapolis, IN
1974-1975	Leona Graves, IL *	Carroll C Curtis, MI *	Denver, CO
1975-1976	Leona Graves, IL *	S Paul Gillespie, OK *	Detroit, MI
1976-1977	Mary E Stark, IL *	Charles B Mackey, CA *	New Orleans, LA
1977-1978	Helen R Piechulis, FL *	E Ray Dowling, TX *	Milwaukee, WI
1978-1979	Velma Joy Burnie, OR *	Charles R Ask, IA *	Des Moines, IA
1979-1980	Josilee Street, OK *	Frederick T Williams, OH *	Oklahoma City, OK
1980-1981	Barbara C Eagan, IL*	W. Fred Bleck, IL *	Niagara Falls, NY
1981-1982	Ruth Hartsoe, IL *	Ivan D Lancaster, IN	Louisville, KY
1982-1983	Ora F Hutzler, NV *	Don E Miller, OH *	Reno, NV
1983-1984	Twila M Etter, WV*	Ralph J Hannah, IN *	Charleston, WV
1984-1985	Sally L Altman-Davis, FL *	Paul H Collier, CA *	Tampa, FL
1985-1986	Bettie L Freyermuth, IL*	John M Sharp, CA *	St. Louis, MO
1986-1987	Ruth Baruth Lee, CA	C W Peterson, OK *	Cleveland, OH
1987-1988	Florence Straight, CA	Louis Schwager, OH *	Kansas City, MO
1988-1989	Florence Ogden, ON, Canada *	Kenneth R Monroe, FL *	Louisville, KY
1989-1990	Sharon Young, CO	R D Swanson, MO	Detroit, MI
1990-1991	Stephanie Page, MN *	Dr. Thumper Bloomquist, CA	Milwaukee, WI
1991-1992	Irene E Smith, OH *	James E Cook, IA *	DesMoines, IA
1992-1993	Jeannie Walls, FL *	C Edward Daubenmire, OH *	Wichita, KS
1993-1994	Claire Ann Potter, PA	Dexter Pehle, MN	St. Paul, MN
1994-1995	Mary Jo Daugherty, OH	Harland Emerson, WI*	Reno, NV
1995-1996	Joni Thompson, PA	Oscar Sears, NC	Orlando, FL
1996-1997	Grace E Havens Day, IA	Dale H Young, CO	Little Rock, AK
1997-1998	Barbara Ann Ridgeway, CA *	Lawrence E Page, WA	Charleston, WV
1998-1999	Sandra E Moffses, FL*	J Curtis Van Dyke, WV *	Milwaukee, WI
1999-2000	Dottie Sams, AZ *	Roy B Worstall, OH *	Raleigh, NC
2000-2001	Gail Ann Birch, MI*	Orville Livingston, MO *	Spokane, WA
2001-2002	Patricia Burns, IN	Bernard Daugherty, OH	Evansville, IN
2002-2003	Beverly H Westphal, KY	Thomas Owen, KS	Louisville, KY
2003-2004	Mary Jane McElheney, PA	Kenneth Sayre, OH	Hershey, PA
2004-2005	Donna H Sears, NC	John C Elkinton, TX	Greensboro, NC
2005-2006	Rogene R Rogers, IL	Patrick C Pinney, OH	Springfield, IL
2006-2007	Judy E Inukai, MO	James H Parker, OK	Tulsa, OK
2007-2008	Patricia Bloomquist, CA*	Robert Beaver, OH	Joplin, MO
2008-2009	Susan K. Colby, IL	Russell E. Carnes, PA	Evansville, IN
2009-2010	Joan K Denman, FL	E. Ed Brown, IN	Orlando, FL
2010-2011	Shirley A Curtin, FL	H Jay Sade, IL	Reno, NV
2011-2012	Dazel Jo Mull, CA	John R Ewins, IL	Dayton, OH
2012-2013	Ruth C Haag, OR	Office Vacant	Reno, NV
2013-2014	Charlene E Kidd, PA	Gerald Milton, OK	Springfield, IL
2014-2015	Sandra “Acey” Guile, TX	Marvin Gravin, IL	Birmingham, AL
2015-2016	Anna Rhoads, MO	Darrell Cipriany, OH	St. Charles, MO
2016-2017	Jane Hansen, IL* Mary Rose Wegener, CA	Thomas Osbourne, IL	Milwaukee, WI
2017-2018	Mary Rose Wegener, CA	Ralph Lawson, KY	Springfield, MO
2018-2019	Patricia Beck, PA	Bruce Wilkerson, CA	Cedar Rapids, IA
2019-2020	Sue Blackmore,	Bennie Wegener, CA	Cancelled
2020-2021	Sue Blackmore	Vacant	Kingsport, TN
2021-2022	Terri Zeigler, CA	Craig Wilders, PA	Kingsport, TN
2022-2023	Sandi Smallwood, IN	William Wagner, AL	Lexington, KY
2023-2024	Barbara Eccles, IL	Marshall A. Long, OH	Kingsport, TN
2024-2025	Lynn Clark, OH* Jennifer Caulk, PA	Richard Ward, PA	Lexington, KY
2025-2026	Jennifer Caulk, PA	Dr John Goolsby, IN	Lexington, KY