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Knight Commander of the Temple

Knight Commander of the Temple (abbreviated KCT) is the second highest decoration of the Grand Encampment, and was adopted in the 1991-1994 Triennium.  One or more Sir Knights may be honored each year in a jurisdiction with this award, recognizing the honoree’s service to the causes of Templary. 

1992

  • Billy Flyod Baker
  • Curtis Norman Lancaster
  • Kenneth Milton Neuschwander
  • Blaine Moler Simons
  • Royal A. Watson
  • Raymond Foster White

1997

  • John Leroy Elwell Jr.
  • Lamar H. Jones

2000

  • Duane Claude Carpenter
  • Thomas H. Eastwood
  • Delbert Franklin Hansen
  • J.C. McLaughlin
  • Norman A. Smith

2004

  • Harold G. Rothgeb

2010

  • Courtland Benjamin Brooks

2012

  • Charles Gilbert Sipes
  • William Jackson Westbrook

2013

  • Blaine Hurd Simons

2014

  • Glen Andre Cook Sr.
  • Gerald J. Everett
  • Aaron E. Saathoff
  • Charles Earl Warren Sr.

2015

  • Frank Charles Baker
  • William Alfred Butterfield
  • John Carroll Liley Jr.
  • Preston Martineau Jr.

2016

  • Dean Douglas Rein

2017

  • Brian James Hastings

2018

  • James A. Robertson
  • Timothy James Robertson

2019

  • Jeffrey Elmer Hamilton
  • Lawrence Robert Rodriguez

2020

  • Michael D. Shipler

2021

  • Jay N. Mitchell

2023

  • Howard L. Hastings

2025

  • Monte K. Anderson