Robert de Bruce Council of Kadosh
Ill. Joel R. Kahn, 33°
Commander
Ill. Joel R. Kahn, 33° was born in Washington, D.C. and graduated from Montgomery Blair High School in 1967. He attending Benjamin Franklin School of Accounting and worked for the Department of the Treasury before going into the private sector. He served as General Secretary of the DC Scottish Rite Bodies from1999-2005. He works as Senior Accountant for the Boy Scouts of America, National Capital Area Council.
Brother Kahn was raised by his father in Federal Lodge No.1 in April 1972, and served as Master of the Lodge in 1979, 1985 and 1991, and served as Master of Semper Paratus Lodge No 49 in 1996. He is a member of Hiram-Takoma Lodge No. 10, and a Charter member and Secretary of Freedom Military Lodge No. 1775. He was appointed to the Grand Lodge Work & Lectures Committee in 1983 and was elected Grand Lecturer of the Grand Lodge from 2000-2006. In the York Rite he is a member of Mt. Pleasant Chapter No. 13 RAM and serves as the Grand Treasurer of the Grand Chapter. He is a member of Adaniram-Zabud Council, and a Knight Mason. In Almas Shrine he is an active member of the Klown Unit and a Past President of the Knights of Mecca.
Brother Kahn became a 32º Scottish Rite Mason in October 1972. He is a member of the Stage Crew and has taken various roles during the Reunion. He was invested with the K.C.C.H. in 2001, and was coroneted a 33º in 2003.
Brother Kahn and his wife Annie served as Worthy Matron and Patron of their Eastern Star Chapter in 2007-2008. Joel was an appointed Grand Officer of the Eastern Star in 2008 and in 2009 he was elected Associate Grand Patron of the Grand Chapter of the Eastern Star in DC. Since 1991, he has been active with both Assembly and State Executive Boards of the International Order of Rainbow for Girls of Maryland.
Robert de Bruce Council of Kadosh confers degrees 19º to 30º.
| 1st Lt. Commander | Ill. Burton S. Levy, 33° |
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| 2nd Lt. Commander | Ill. Solomon S. Jackson, 33° |
| Chancellor | Carroll J. Collins, 32° KCCH |
| Orator | Marcus A. Trelaine, 32° KCCH |
| Master of Ceremonies | Yavuz A. Anahtar, 32° KCCH |
| Turcopolier | Eloi P. Kpamegan, 32° |
| Draper | Alan H. Patterson, 32° |
| 1st Deacon | Kambiz Shekarian , 32° |
| 2nd Deacon | Bernard J. Michels, 32° |
| Bearer Beauseant | Uzo E. Chukwu, 32° |
| Trustee | Grant R. Berning, 33° |
| Peter Burich, 33° | 1968 |
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| Frank G. Holtman, 33° | 1982 |
| William C. Miskovic, 33° | 1984 |
| James M. Burns, 33° | 1985 |
| Theodore M. Kahn, 33° | 1987 |
| Harold G. Claiborn, 33° | 1989 |
| Donald L. Mallorey, 33° | 1990 |
| Urban T. Peters, 33° | 1992 |
| Michael E. Greene, 32°, KCCH | 1994 |
| Lawrence J. Chisholm, 33° | 1997 |
| Ralph F. Connolly, 33° | 1998 |
| Kerry P. Collins, 33° | 1999 |
| Steven J. Collins, 33° | 2000 |
| John D. Carbauh, 33° | 2001 |
| David W. Finn, 33° | 2002 |
| H. Austin Esfandiary, 32°, KCCH | 2003 |
| Albert McNair Smith, 33° | 2004 |
| Paul R. Erickson, 32°, KCCH | 2005 |
| Royce A. Watson, 33° | 2006 |
| Merriman F.C. Parkinson, 32°, KCCH | 2007 |
| Walter F. Simon, 33° | 2008 |
| Armen Simonian, 32° KCCH | 2009 |