Deputy at age 45 years, 9 months, and 13 days
December 10, 1968 – November 6, 1973
Duration of Supreme Council Tenure: 4 years, 10 months, and 26 days
Born: February 27, 1923 – Died: December 4, 2012
Life span: 89 years, 9 months, and 7 days
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Progress in Scottish Rite Masonry:
– 4°-14°: April 28, 1953, invested by Mobile Lodge of Perfection, Mobile; 15°-18°: April 29, 1953, invested by Mobile Chapter of Rose Croix, Mobile; 19°-30°: April 30, 1953, invested by Mobile Council of Kadosh, Mobile; 31°-32°: April 30, 1953, invested by Mobile Consistory, Mobile.
– 32°, KCCH: October 22, 1957; 33°, IGH: elected October 19, 1965; coroneted by Ill. Frederic William Clarke, 33°, Sovereign Grand Inspector General December 4, 1965; Deputy: December 10, 1968 – November 6, 1973.
Scottish Rite Bodies created during tenure:
– 1971, October 18 – Dothan Chapter of Rose Croix, Dothan.
Other Scottish Rite Honors:
– Grand Cross Court of Honour: October 1, 2005.
Scottish Rite Biography:
Brother Clarke was Master Mason in Mobile Lodge, No. 40, Mobile. He became a Master of the Royal Secret in 1953, served as Wise Master of Mobile Chapter of Rose Croix in 1955, was invested with the rank and decoration of a Knight Commander of the Court of Honour, and was coroneted as Inspector General Honorary in 1965. He served the Valley of Mobile as Assistant Almoner and Treasurer. In 1968 he was appointed Deputy of the Supreme Council of Alabama. Ill. Clarke was elected to receive the Grand Cross of the Court of Honour on October 1, 2005.
Bibliography:
– Frederick W. Clarke, Jr., 33º, Appointed Deputy. The New Age, February, 1969:33-34.
– Ill. Frederick William Clarke, Jr., 33°, Grand Cross. In Memoriam. Transactions. 2013:190.