OR OFFICIAL INFORMATION
CONTACT The Secretary:
William “Bill” Thomas Peterson
wtpeterson@aol.com (757) 237 – 5249
YRSCNA HONORS
OPC Nomination Form

Committees

Charity – Council – Standing Committee
CHAIRMAN – Governor – Brian Joos / Members: Deputy Governor, Chancellor, Treasurer, Secretary

York Rite Cooperation
Chairman – Wayne H. Andy Anderson / Members – Graham “Chip Winston, David Connor, Kyle Strickland

Membership
Chairman – Governor – Brian Joos / Members – Chip Winston, Ariel Alcantara, Joseph Gadea

Budget and Finance
Chairman: Kyle William Strickland / Members: Jeffrey Paras, Brian Joos, Kenneth Goode

Degree Team (Ritual)
Chairman: Randal Reed / Members: Dr. Joel Bundy, Dave Strohs, Ryan Yaksis

Entertainment (Hospitality)
Chairman: Brian Rumley / Members: Heralds

Service and Recognition
Chairman: Senior Order of the Purple Cross of York – Fred Dixon / Members: Holders of the Order of the Purple Cross of York

Property Custodian
Chairman: Kyle Strickland / Members: Joel Bundy, Ryan Yaksis

 Audit
Chip Winston, Joel Bundy, Roger Taylor

OPC & SCSA Recipients

This is a record of the living Companion Knights who’ve been award the Order of the Purple Cross (OPC), thus designating them Associate Regents and those who’ve been awarded the York Rite Sovereign College Service Award (SCSA).

Here are their names and years of the Distinguished Brothers (DB) who have received the Order of the Purple Cross.

1. REDB Jackie Lee Harrison, 1990.*
2. DB Jesse Albert Hughes, 1994.*
3. DB George Daniel MacGregor Pushee, III, 1994.*
4. DB Randall Wayne Johnson, 1995.
5. DB Rodney James VanHouten, 1999. No email, 757-335-1513.
6. DB Wayne Sawyer Flora, 2003.*
7. DB Philip Edgar Thiem, 2004.*
8. DB Phillip Edward Maybery, 2007.
9. DB Bruce Landin VanBuren, 2011.
10. DB Peter Joseph Gordon, 2013.
11. REDB Frederick Russell Dixon, Sr., 2014.
12. DB Benjamin Franklin Hill, 2014.*
13. DB William Lee Luthie, 2015.
14. DB Randall Dean Reed, 2018.
15. DB Peter Reginald Spring, 2018.
16. DB Patrick Craig Murphrey, 2019.
17. DB Joseph Ray Murray, Sr., 2019.
18. DB Joseph Efrain Gadea, 2021.
19. DB John Raymond Goodwin, 2021.
20. DB John Richard Rawls, 2021.
21. DB Wayne Howard Anderson, 2022.
22. DB Joel Thomas Bundy, MD, 2023.*
23. DB Paul Eugene Miller, Jr., 2023.*
24. DB Danilo Baldoz Diego, 2024.
*Received it elsewhere or ⪖80 (eight).

CKs Kyle William Strickland and William Thomas Peterson are scheduled to receive the Order of the Purple Cross in 2026.

Here are their names and years of the Companion Knights (CK) who have received the Sovereign College Service Award.

1. CK Bruce Landin VanBuren, 2004.
2. CK William Thomas Peterson, 2025.