Evangelist Chapter of Rose Croix
Herbert Morsha-Taylor, 32° KCCH
Wise Master
Brother Herbert V. Morsha-Taylor, 32° KCCH was born in Freetown Sierra Leone, West Africa. After finishing High School and passing the General Certificate of Education exam for West Africa, he worked for about year and half at the Sierra Leone Petroleum Refining Company, and then in 1974 proceeded to the United States to further his education. He attended Strayer University where he graduated with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration. After graduation he worked in the retail industry for several years. He has been currently working for the last 15 years in finance as a credit underwriter for CitiFinancial, a subsidiary of Citigroup.
Brother Morsha-Taylor was initiated into Masonry in 1992 and in 2003 was installed as Master of his mother Lodge Sojourner Kilwinning No. 1798. He is a founding member of Sojourner Kilwinning Chapter No. 17 and also a founding member of Sojourner Kilwinning Cryptic Council No. 7. He also served as the Thrice Illustrious Master of Adoniram-Zadud Council No. 2. He was initiated into the Scottish Rite in1997 and was made Knight Commander of the Court of Honor (KCCH) in 2007. In 2009 Brother Morsha-Taylor was appointed Assistant Grand Lodge Lecturer in the District of Columbia.
Brother Morsha-Taylor and his wife Madline have been married for over 30 years and are the proud parents of three children and a grandson, and even though God called home his eldest daughter in 2006 and son in 2008 to eternal rest his Faith has never wavered.
Council of Rose Croix confers degrees 15º to 18º.
| Senior Warden | Messanvi R. Adjogah, 32° KCCH |
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| Junior Warden | Luke Young , 32° |
| Orator | Marcel J. Desroches, Jr., 32° KCCH |
| Master of Ceremonies | Kevin S. Fries, 32° |
| Expert | Alexander Basilia, 32° |
| Assistant Expert | Hector H. Ramirez, 32° |
| Standard Bearer | Grover D. Brewer, 32° |
| Guardian of the Temple | Fred W. Evans, 32° |
| Trustee | William E. Bridegum, 33° |
| Elmer W. Fisher, 33° | 1969 |
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| Robert P. Chandler, 32°, KCCH | 1972 |
| M. Russell Stogsdill, 33° | 1975 |
| Charles S. Iversen, 33° | 1979 |
| William B. Craig, 33° | 1983 |
| Robert F. Drechsler, 33° | 1985 |
| F. William Hershiser, 33° | 1988 |
| William M. Bartlett, 33° | 1993 |
| James M. Burns, 33° | 1995 |
| Bilal M. Raschid, 33° | 1996 |
| Benjamin H. Lim, 33° | 1997 |
| William E. Bridegum, 33° | 1998 |
| Richard B. Baldwin, 33° | 1999 |
| Paul T. Sumler, 32°, KCCH | 2001 |
| Grant R. Berning, 33° | 2002 |
| Akram R. Elias, 33° | 2003 |
| Franklin A. Gayoso, 33° | 2004 |
| William G. L. Turner, 33° | 2005 |
| Gordon Lee Ferguson, 33° | 2006 |
| Paul D. Gleason, 33° | 2007 |
| Geoffrey C. Morell, 33° | 2008 |
| Lawrence N. Jolma, Jr., 33° | 2009 |