Brother Ransom Olds June 3rd 1864 – August 25th 1950 Member of Capitol Lodge No. 66, Lansing Michigan. The companies of Oldsmobile and REO were founded by Brother Ransom Olds Brother Ransom Olds is also credited with the The modern assembly line and its basic...
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 William Boyce June 16th 1858 – June 11th 1929 American newspaper man, entrepreneur, magazine publisher, and explorer. He was the founder of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) According to somewhat fictionalized legend, Boyce had become lost in the dense London...
Brother John Hancock January 23rd, 1737 – October 8th 1793 Member of: St. Andrew’s Lodge Boston, Massachusetts American merchant, smuggler, statesman, and prominent Patriot of the American Revolution. He served as president of the Second Continental Congress and...
