Brother James Cash Penney September 16th 1875 – February 12th 1971 Member of: Wasatch Lodge No.1 in Salt Lake City, Utah American businessman and entrepreneur who founded the J. C. Penney stores in 1902. His first store was in Kemmerer, Wyoming under the name of...
Brother John Jacob Astor July 17th 1763 – March 29th 1848 Member of: Holland Lodge #8, New York City, New York Grand Treasurer for the Grand Lodge of New York. German–American businessman, merchant, fur trader, and investor who was the first prominent member of...
Brother Virgil “Gus” Grissom April 3rd 1926 – January 27th 1967 Member of: Mitchell Lodge # 228 Mitchell, Indiana One of the original NASA Project Mercury astronauts, a United States Air Force test pilot and a mechanical engineer. He was the second...
Brother Walter Chrysler April 2nd 1875 – August 18th 1940 Founder of Chrysler Corporation, now a part of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles. In 1928, he purchased Dodge Motors as well as financed the building of the Chrysler Building. He was made the Time Magazine Man of the...
Brother Jesse Owens September 12th 1913 – March 31st 1980 Member of: King David Lodge # 100 Prince Hall Chicago, Illinois American track and field athlete and four-time Olympic gold medalist in the 1936 games. On March 28, 1990, Owens was posthumously awarded the...
