In Memoriam

Ill. Samuel C. Williamson, 33° 1926-2022

Ill. Samuel C. Williamson, 33°, laid down his working tools on Sunday, July 3, 2022.

Raised a Master Mason in Tyrian Lodge No. 612 of Level Green, PA. Completed the degrees of the Scottish Rite in 1952. Coroneted a 33° Mason and Honorary Member of the Supreme Council in 1977. He served as the Grand Master of Masons in Pennsylvania in 1982 and 1983. It was at that time he led the Grand Lodge to establish the Pennsylvania Youth Foundation, a charitable outreach of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania to promote leadership training for youth and to support Masonic-related youth groups such as DeMolay, Rainbow Girls and Job’s Daughters. He served on its Board of Directors as an officer of the corporation from its inception until retiring in 2020. One of his most satisfying accomplishments was the conversion of the Patton Masonic School at Elizabethtown, PA, into a Masonic Conference Center for youth. Another was bringing the Order of DeMolay and the Knights of Pythagoras together for annual Brotherhood Retreats and establishing, through the youth, an informal dialogue with Prince Hall Freemasonry.

Sam received many Fraternal honors. He was invested with the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania’s Benjamin Franklin Medal in 1984 for outstanding service. A similar recognition, the Daniel Coxe Medal, was awarded to him in 2005 by the Grand Lodge of New Jersey. In 2006, he was honored with the DeMolay Grand Cross. In 2013, he was given Honorary Membership in the Prince Hall Scottish Rite Council of Deliberation. In 2016, was inducted into the DeMolay International Hall of Fame, and in 2019, he became only the 46th recipient of the Scottish Rite Supreme Council Medal of Honor.