Ronald K. BlueRight Excellent Companion Ronald K. Blue was born in 1945 at Boca Raton, Florida. After serving in the U.S. Army for three years, he was awarded the degree of master of science in Political Science from Illinois State University, and pursued a career in market research and management consulting at State Farm Insurance Company. On 24 August 1968, he married the former Janet McClellan. Together, they have two children and three grand children.
He was raised to the sublime degree of Master Mason in August 1981, in Mackinaw Lodge No. 132, Ancient Free & Accepted Masons of Illinois, in Mackinaw; served as Worshipful Master of Normal Lodge No. 673 in the years 1989-1990 and of Mackinaw Lodge No. 132 in 2004-2006. He also served as Worshipful Master of the Illinois Lodge of Research in 1987, and as its secretary from 1989 through to the present. He is the recipient of the Alfonse Cerza Award and the Andrew Torok Award from that lodge. He has served the Grand Lodge, AF&AM of the State of Illinois in several capacities.
Grand Lodge Committee Positions:
• Leadership Committee – Chairman and member of Committee from 1989 to 2004
• Public Awareness Committee – Chairman for two years
• Membership Committee – Chairman for four years
• Education Committee – Chairman and member of Committee for several years
• Blue Lightning Committee – Chairman and Co-Chairman from 1998-2003
• Board of Grand Examiners – 1998
• Board of Managers – Illinois Masonic Foundation – 7 years
• Masonic Homes Endowment – 2 years
• Programme Committee – Chairman for 3 years
Our Right Excellent Grand Scribe was advanced to the degree of Mark Master and exalted to the
supreme degree of Holy Royal Arch Mason, both on 14 January 1989 in
Bloomington Chapter No. 26 in
Bloomington, where he served as Excellent High Priest in 2004, and over whom he
served as the
Area Coordinator for the District Deputy Grand High Priests in his area. He joined the line of Grand Officers of
the Grand Royal Arch Chapter of the State of Illinois on 29 July 2005 as Excellent Grand Master of the 3rd
Veil, and was elected and installed Right Excellent Grand Scribe on 27 July 2007.
He holds the Certified Ritualist Jewel with
two bars, recognising his achievements in First Level of Proficiency,
Mark Master degree
ritual, and
Virtual Past Master degree ritual, in the
Certified Lecturers’ Programme of the Grand Chapter;
and he is one of the instructors of the Grand Chapter’s DDGHP/Secretary schools of instruction.
He serves on several Grand Chapter committees, including the Charity Coordinators, Most Improved Chapter Ritualistically contest, and publications contest committees.
Since July 2007, he has been the editor of the Grand Chapter’s newsletter, Hiram Words.
Right Excellent Companion Blue was greeted as a Select Master on 14 January 1989 in Bloomington Council No. 43, Cryptic Masons of Illinois, of which he served as Thrice Illustrious Master in the years 2004-2005, and in which he received the degree of Super Excellent Master on 20 March 2004. He has been appointed and commissioned a Level 1 Certified Ritualist since 2003.
Ron was dubbed and created a Knight of the Valiant and Magnaimous Order of the Temple in DeMolay Commandery No. 24, Knights Templar of the State of Illinois, on 11 March 1989 in Bloomington, serving as its Eminent Commander in the years 2003-2004.
In recognition of his being a Past Master, Past High Priest, Past Thrice Illustrious Master, and Past Eminent Commander, Sir Knight Blue was received into Illinois Priory No. 11 as a Knight of the York Cross of Honour on 29 July 2005.
He received the degrees of the Order of the Eastern Star in Mystic Tie Chapter No. 245 in Mackinaw in 2001; was installed into the degree of Knight of the East and West in Earl of Torrell Council No. 24, Knight Masons U.S.A., in 1991; was initiation into Shadrock Bond Council No. 272, Allied Masonic Degrees, in Bloomington, on 27 May 2005; was received into Central Illinois York Rite College No. 42, in 1992; and joined the Grand College of Rites in 1994.
Right Excellent Companion Blue was created a 32° Scottish Rite Freemason and Sublime Prince of the Royal Secret in the Valley of Bloomington in November 1981; where he served as Sovereign Prince of Zerubbabel Council, Princes of Jerusalem, in 1989, and as Commander-in-Chief of Bloomington Consistory, Sublime Princes of the Royal Secret in 2005-2007. In recognition of his outstanding service to Freemasonry and the Scottish Rite, he was coroneted a 33° Freemason and Inspector General Honorary on 3 October 1995 by the Supreme Council of Sovereign Grand Inspectors General of the 33rd and Last Degree of the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry for the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction of the United States of America. He was further honoured with induction into the Provincial Grand Lodge of the U.S., Royal Order of Scotland, in August 2004.
Ron became a member of Gen. John J. Pershing Order No. 24 of the Sword of Bunker Hill in Peoria on 8 March 2008. He was created a Noble of the Mystic Shrine in Mohammed Shriners, A.A.O.N.M.S., in August 1986, and is a member of Mohammed Shriners’ Legion of Honour, McLean County Shrine Club and the Royal Order of Jesters since 2004.
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