Meet the General Grand Master
Submitted by MPC Monty Glover, General Grand Master

Monty Glover
General Grand Master
Cryptic Masons International

Masonic Bio:

• Born in Albuquerque New Mexico
• Grew up on a farm in Ludlow Illinois
• Graduated High School in Germany in 1979
• Served in the United States Navy for 10 years
• Married to Maureen Cabanado Glover
• Master’s Degree in Management Information Systems
• Work for Kaiser Permanente for the last 30 years as a Sr. Application Engineer
• My Father, Grand Father, and several uncles were/are all Master Masons
• I have a son, Richard
• I was raised a Master Mason in March of 2002.
• Master of Honolulu Lodge 2005
• I served on the Board of Governors for the Shriners Hospital for Children of Hawaii
• Past President of the Board of Trustees for the Cryptic Masons Medical Research Foundation

Current/Past offices held:

• General Grand Master, General Grand Council Cryptic Masons Int.
• Past Grand Master of Masons in Hawaii
• Past Grand High Priest – Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons
• Past Grand Illustrious Master– Grand Council of Cryptic Masons
• Past Grand Commander – Hawaii Commandery of Knights Templar
• Past Chief Adept – Hawaii College of Societas Rosicruciana in Civitatibus Foederatis
• Past Sovereign  – Red Cross of Constantine
• Past Sr. Warden – Honolulu Valley Scottish Rite Lodge of Perfection
• Past Commandery of Kodosh – Honolulu Valley Scottish Rite Lodge of Perfection
• Past Grand Governor – York Rite Sovereign College
• Past Camp Commander – National Sojourners and Hero’s of ‘76
• Past Prior – Hawaii Priory 68 of Knights of the York Cross of Honor

Member

• Aloha Shriners
• Allied Masonic Degrees
• SRICF
• Knights of the York Cross of Honor
• The Worshipful Society of Free Masons, Rough Masons, Wallers, Slaters, Paviors, Plasterers and Bricklayers – The Operatives (5th degree)
• The Commemorative Order of St. Thomas of Acon
• Masonic Order of Athelstan
• Grand College of Rites
• Holy Royal Arch Knight Templar Priests
• Knight Masons
• Sovereign Order of Knight Preceptors
• Masonic Order of Bath
• National Sojourners and Hero’s of ‘76
• And I’m a proud Turtle!
• Former Elk and Knight of Pythias

Awards and Honors

• Hiram Award
• McKee Award
• Ephraim Kirby Award
• Knight Commander of the Temple 
• Order of the Secret Vault
• Cryptic Mason of the Year
• 33°, Inspector General Honorary