Most Worshipful Brother Duane C. Carpenter

Most Worshipful Grand Master of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Free & Accepted Masons of Utah 1987

Duane C. Carpenter was elected Grand Master of The Most Worshipful Grand Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons of Utah, on February 3, 1987. Most Worshipful Brother Carpenter was born in Michigan city, Indiana, but spent the majority of his childhood and adolescent years in Tucson, Arizona; Miles City, Montana; and Sheridan, Wyoming; and attended public schools in each of these cities. He attended Baker University, Baldwin, Kansas, and is currently President of Carpenter Furnace Co., Inc., Ogden, Utah

In 1950 in Salem, Oregon, he married Patricia L. Roper of Atchison, Kansas. Shortly thereafter, they moved to Ogden where they have resided since, with the exception of short sojourns in Twin Falls, Idaho, and Holland, Michigan. They have four children and nine grandchildren.

Brother Carpenter began his Masonic journey in Unity Lodge No. 18 where he was raised to the Sublime Degree of Master Mason in May, 1955. He served as Worshipful Master of his Lodge in 1981. He was appointed an Officer of The Grand Lodge in February of that year and has served in various offices in that Body. He became a member of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite in 1980, a member of the Ogden York Rite Bodies in 1966, and EI Kalah Temple A.A.O.N.O.M.S. in 1972. He holds membership in several Masonic bodies, including the Red Cross of Constantine, KYCH, HRAKTP, Royal Order of Scotland, Royal Order of Jesters, Past Associate Guardian of the Grand Council IOJD, and has been invested with the Honorary Legion of Honor, Order of DeMolay.

Utah Grand Lodge Proceedings, 1987

Electronically Transcribed as written without corrections to grammar or spelling by Aaron E. Saathoff, P.M., March, 2005.