Brethren: Behold Your Supreme Council: Bio-Bibliographical Dictionary of the SGIG and Deputies of the Supreme Council, 33°, Southern Jurisdiction, U.S.A., Vol. I. Alabama – Iowa

Book Synopsis: Brethren: Behold Your Supreme Council is a reference volume about the Leadership of the Scottish Rite in the Southern Jurisdiction of the United States from its inception on May 31, 1801, to present time. During these 222 years, 565 Deputies and Sovereign Grand Inspectors General passed the torch of the “sacred fire” through nine generations. These men built the Fraternal Organization recognized, respected, and valued by its members, the Masonic world, and the public at large for its ideals, values, philanthropy, and the positive contributions it makes to its members and communities in which they reside and work. This reference volume explores the complicated conception of the Supreme Council, 33°, as a governing Body of the Scottish Rite in the Southern Jurisdiction of the United States of America. Tamera L. Fannin (Tammy) is the Director of Data Management and Operations for the Supreme Council at the House of the Temple in Washington, DC. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Systems Management from University of Maryland, University College and a Master of Science in Applied Information Technology and a Graduate Certificate in Database management from Towson University. Larissa P. Watkins is Librarian at the House of the Temple Library. Educated in Russian Federation as a journalist and librarian, she holds a degree in Library Science from the Cultural Sciences Institute in Ussurisk. Some of her publications include The Men of Dal’zavod, American Masonic Periodicals, 1811-2001, Our Very Illustrious Brother, Abraham Lincoln, Burnsiana, Albert’s Pike String of Pearls, The Constellation of the Brotherhood, and Grand Crosses of the Court of Honour. Robert George Watkins, Jr., 33° was raised to the Sublime Degree in Alexandria-Washington Lodge, No. 22, at Alexandria, Virginia, and in 2007 was a Worshipful Master of this historical Lodge. He became a Master of the Royal Secret in the Valley of Alexandria in April 1996, received the rank and decoration of a Knight Commander of the Court of Honour in October 1997, elected a 33°, Inspector General Honorary, and coroneted by the Supreme Council at the Jubilee Session in 2001. Ill. Brother Watkins served his Valley as Venerable Master of the Lodge of Perfection and served two Sessions of the Supreme Council, 33°, SJ, USA, as a Tyler.