Meritorious Service Award (M.S.A.)
There is an award known as the "Meritorious Service Award" which may be conferred upon members of the Rite in this Jurisdiction who have attained the Thirty-second degree and who, by reason of meritorious service of a Masonic character, are deemed worthy of such recognition. This distinction is granted by statewide Scottish Rite organizations known as Councils of Deliberation.
Recipients of the Meritorious Service Award in the Valley of New York City:
Member Name
Nathaniel J. Freedman 1965
William Mur 1966
Domenick Mimi Rufolo 1967
Murray Richard Lass 1968
George Milton Bennett 1969
Arthur Zahn 1970
Louis Abraham Goldstein 1971
George Friedman 1974
Max Rosenbaum 1974
Robert Causin 1975
William Harry Rosenberg 1976
Frank John Milazzo 1977
George Theodore Shindhelm 1977
Alexander Schneider 1978
Harry Herman 1979
George Liebler6/23/1980
Richard F. Walter 1981
Richard J. Roberts 1981
Leon Selman Lawee 1982
Paul Andrew Kuusisto 1982
Isaac W. Gasnick 1983
Leo D. Halbreich 1983
Edward Joseph Harrold Jr. 1984
Joseph Daniel Kniznick 1984
Murray Seldon 1984
Charles Clement 1985
George William Vitarius 1985
Neilson Fitz Clarence Tomlinson 1985
Fernando P. Altstatter 1986
Tracy Sam 1986
Raymond W Cline 1987
Bert N. Price 1987
Samuel H. Williams 1989
Jacques L. Feinsod 1989
Douglas E. Huston 1989
Claude Louis Miller 1990
Ramon P. Alvarez 1990
George A. Harrison 1991
Daniel Joseph Bradley Sr. 1992
Charles L Avery 1992
Rene Mendez 1992
Jay Allen Cohen 1993
Richard Huttner 1993
Francis Dumaurier 1994
David C. Wright 1994
Noel W. Kirton 1995
Guy H Porter 1995
Ronald M. Friedman 1995
David Auerbach 1996
Herbert G. Goldman 1996
Donald R. Farr 1997
Eugene L. Hobgood 1999
Robert L. Gilliam 1999
Leon B. Weinstein 2000
David H. Gaither 2001
Ronald A. Sablosky 2001
Cecil A. Abbott 2002
Nelson Jose Lugo-Rigau 2003
Piers Vaughan 2003
Nazmi M. Talimcioglu 2004
Stephen A. Rubinstein 2005
Yves Etienne 2007
Stenrick B. Adams 2008
Carlos Cruz 2010
Wilfrid Compere 2011
Jonathan Edward Cross 2012
Gilbert Christopher Ferrer 2013
Robert Conrad Johnson 2014
Henry Colon 2015
Michael Livschitz 2016
John Walker Robinson 2017
Larry Norman Barnard 2017
Reese Granville Virgin 2017
Brian Joseph Dannecker 2020
Arto Vandian 2020
Grant Steven Held 2021
Chanok Kunjara Na Ayudhya 2021
Chad Benton Ploth 2022
Mehmet Ersin Sakmar 2022
O'Neil G Bryan 2023
Reuben Wood Orter 2023
The Thirty Third Degree
The 33° is conferred upon those members of the 32° who have been outstanding in their contributions to Freemasonry, the Scottish Rite, or who have shown in their communities the leadership which marks them as men who exemplify in their daily lives the true meaning of the Brotherhood of man under the Fatherhood of God. It cannot be sought by application, but must be such a man as described above who has been selected by the Deputy of his state. He must be not less than 33 years of age, and may be elected at an Annual Meeting of the Supreme Council a Sovereign Grand Inspector General of the Thirty-third and Last Degree, Honorary Member of the Supreme Council. Such election shall be by unanimous vote of the Active Members present taken by secret ballot. The degree is conferred at the Annual Meeting of the Supreme Council next succeeding the election of a candidate.
Recipients of the 33rd Degree in the Valley of New York City:
Member Name
Harry Ostrov 1954
Norman Vincent Peale 1959
Leonard Bernard Friedman 1962
Wendell Kirshman Walker 1962
Harold Sherman 1964
Basil G. Law 1965
Stanley W Wakefield 1965
Merrill Stanley Jones 1968
Uuno T. Pitkanen 1969
Emanuel Kreisel 1970
Harry Julius Winick 1970
Alfred James Cawse Jr. 1971
Edward Holloway Jr. 1971
Murray Richard Lass 1972
Arthur Markewich 1972
Morris Lookatzer 1972
George Milton Bennett 1973
Robert Nielsen Hinds 1973
Edward Jones Norton 1974
Domenick Mimi Rufolo 1975
Frank Roth 1975
Howard R. Kreger 1975
Albert Irving Cohan 1977
Harry Lazarus 1977
Louis Abraham Goldstein 1977
Arthur Zahn 1978
Peter Perrone 1978
Morton Halbreich 1981
William Harry Rosenberg 1983
Emanuel Dick 1985
Alexander J. Oleksy 1986
William Perlman 1987
Frank Williams 1988
Herbert M. Groce Jr. 1989
Leo D. Halbreich 1990
Isaac W Gasnick 1992
Julian J. Case 1992
Sven R. Mossberg 1993
Bert N. Price 1995
Edward Joseph Harrold Jr. 1997
Jacques L. Feinsod 1998
Allan L. Winick 2000
Noel W. Kirton 2000
Samuel H. Williams 2001
Francis G. Dumaurier 2005
Ronald A. Sablosky 2007
Curtis Banks 2008
Clifford Jacobs 2008
Vincent Libone 2009
Gilbert Savitzky 2009
Nazmi Mete Talimcioglu 2010
Yves Etienne 2011
Piers Vaughan 2011
Stenrick B. Adams 2012
William Joseph Thomas 2015
Carlos Alberto Cruz 2015
William Michael Sardone 2019
Robert Conrad Johnson 2019
Gilbert Christopher Ferrer 2021
James William Gregg 2021
Raffy H Timonian 2021
Michael Livschitz 2023
Conor Patrick Moran 2023
Jason Paul Sheridan 2023