The first Knight Commander’s Accolades were awarded by then Knight Commander Henry J. Foresman (Beta Commission–VMI ’41) in 1967. He created the award to recognize excellence in leadership and service to the Order. The Executive Council subsequently passed a regulation creating and defining the award as such and stating that the award is given at the sole discretion of the Knight Commander.
In 1999, Former Knight Commander Dr. Idris R. Traylor, Jr. (Gamma Chi–Texas Tech ’70) designed and the Executive Council authorized the creation of a jewel for this award. The jewel is a crimson cross, outlined in gold, with a golden knight on horseback, centered. It hangs from a ribbon collar of crimson and old gold. The jewel was first presented in 2001.
In more than fifty-five years, seventeen Knight Commanders have conferred this recognition on just two hundred and fifty-five brothers. For comparison, during that same time period, 124,000 brothers have been initiated… Indeed, the Knight Commander’s Accolade is the highest individual honor an alumnus can receive.
Search Recipients
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A. Simpson Williams, Jr.
Eta–Richmond, 1938 -
Alan H. Johnston
Alpha Xi–California, 1918 -
Alfred Diaz, Jr.
Delta Iota–Texas-Arlington, 1984 -
Allen I. Vance
Sigma–Davidson, 1950 -
Alvin L. Aubinoe
Beta Kappa–Maryland, 1923 -
Andrew C. West
Epsilon–Emory, 1990 -
Arthur H. Richardson
Beta Zeta–Florida, 1942 -
Augustine D. Edwards, Jr.
Alpha Beta–Alabama, 1939 -
Barry B. Donnell
Beta Lambda–Southern Methodist, 1958 -
Bartley D. Jackson
Beta Gamma–Charleston, 1988 -
Ben W. Satcher, Jr.
Delta Omicron–Clemson, 1979 -
Berl B. Garey, Jr.
Gamma Gamma–Memphis, 1951 -
BG Ran Larenzo Phillips II, MD
Beta Comm.–VMI, 1954 -
Brent W. Fellows
Epsilon Theta–Western Kentucky, 1998 -
Burns Landess
Gamma Gamma–Memphis, 1953 -
C. Douglas Simmons III
Beta Tau–Mississippi State, 1995 -
C. Edward Schmidt, Jr.
Beta Alpha–Missouri S&T, 1962 -
C. Max Farrington
Alpha Eta–Westminster, 1924 -
Carl J. Rees
Beta Epsilon–Delaware, 1925 -
Carl Trauernicht, Jr.
Alpha Eta–Westminster, 1942 -
Carlton Mulcahy Rogers
Beta Sigma–Southern California, 1936 -
Carlton W. Baker
Zeta–Randolph-Macon, 1981 -
Charles L. Newman Jr.
Nu–Auburn, 1947 -
Charles R. Ridgway III
Alpha Mu–Millsaps, 1932 -
Charles W. McCrary Sr.
Sigma–Davidson, 1921 -
Charles Z. Flack Jr.
Upsilon–North Carolina, 1955 -
Clinton Bloodworth Newton
Alpha Sigma–Georgia Tech, 1945 -
Clyde E. Williams
Alpha Delta–William Jewell, 1935 -
COL Guy D. Colado
Gamma Pi–Florida Southern College, 1964 -
COL Hart Slater
Alpha Zeta–William & Mary, 1948 -
COL James A. W. Rembert
Theta Comm.–Citadel, 2008 -
COL Lee L. Nichols Jr.
Beta Comm.–VMI, 1948 -
CPT Ronald C. Plunkett
Theta Commission–Citadel, 2009 -
Cuyler C. Lawrence
Gamma Chi–Texas Tech, 1969 -
Daniel B. Waggoner
Gamma Chi–Texas Tech, 1981 -
Daniel Keith McAfee
Delta Iota–Texas-Arlington, 1984 -
Daniel T. Patton
Delta Kappa–Stephen F. Austin State, 1974 -
Daniel W. Hilsheimer
Beta Xi–Oklahoma State, 1962 -
Darren S. Kay
Alpha Eta–Westminster, 1988 -
Darron E. Franta
Gamma Tau–Sam Houston State, 1990 -
David B. Hagan
Alpha Omega–North Carolina State, 1976 -
David M. Branch
Epsilon Epsilon–California-Riverside, 1981 -
David M. Buie
Beta Pi–Presbyterian, 1939 -
David M. O’Dell
Delta Gamma–Old Dominion, 1979 -
David M. Warren
Tau–Wake Forest, 1978 -
David P. Barksdale
Tau–Wake Forest, 1983 -
David S. Divine
Beta Tau–Mississippi State, 1958 -
David W. Baker
Beta Delta–Georgetown College, 1979 -
Derick S. Close
Alpha Omega–North Carolina State, 1978 -
Dewitt C. David
Gamma Phi–Louisiana-Lafayette, 1963 -
Douglas B. Harris
Delta Sigma–Houston Baptist, 1973 -
Douglas C. Stone
Alpha Upsilon–Mississippi, 1941 -
Douglas S. Ewalt
Beta Omega–Washington College, 1971 -
Douglas W. Hanisch
Epsilon Tau–Northern Arizona, 1998 -
Dr. Edwin P. Rather
Pi–Tennessee, 1960 -
Dr. Frank V. Barchard
Gamma Upsilon–Texas A&M-Commerce, 1971 -
Dr. Garry L. Nall
Gamma Sigma–West Texas A&M, 1971 -
Dr. Idris Rhea Traylor Jr.
Gamma Chi–Texas Tech, 1970 -
Dr. James L. Bowers
Beta Omega–Washington College, 1957 -
Dr. James M. “Jim” Schmuck
Alpha Eta–Westminster, 1969 -
Dr. Jason R. Barrett
Beta Tau–Mississippi State, 1998 -
Dr. Joel Alan Nickles
Delta Sigma–Houston Baptist, 1974 -
Dr. John E. Ross III
Delta Omicron–Clemson, 1971 -
Dr. Joseph M. Pearson Jr.
Rho–South Carolina, 1966 -
Dr. Mark D. Hale
Gamma Lambda–North Texas, 1990 -
Dr. O. Hunter McClung Jr.
Beta Comm.–VMI, 1935 -
Dr. Porter Lee Fortune Jr.
Gamma Zeta–Southern Mississippi, 1954 -
Dr. Robert F. Padgett
Beta Sigma–Southern California, 1966 -
Dr. Timothy M. Hodges
Beta Commission–VMI, 1980 -
Dwain Paul Knight
Delta Kappa–Stephen F. Austin State, 2004 -
E. Fleming Mason
Beta Pi–Presbyterian, 1929 -
E. Francis Cave
Beta Kappa–Maryland, 1932 -
E. Vernon Lewis
Beta Epsilon–Delaware, 1952 -
Eddie S. Wilson
Delta Beta–Delta State, 1973 -
Edward F. Cave
Beta Kappa–Maryland, 1932 -
Ellis S. Womack
Alpha Pi–Stanford, 1929 -
Eugene M. Julian
Beta Epsilon–Delaware, 1963 -
Evans Crosby Jackson
Delta Beta–Delta State, 1968 -
F. Brook Voght
Alpha Beta–Alabama, 1964 -
F. David Graeber
Omicron–Texas, 1965 -
Frank L. Asbury III
Epsilon–Emory, 1944 -
Frank P. Bowyer, Jr.
Beta Zeta–Florida, 1935 -
Frank W. Maresh
Omicron–Texas, 1958 -
Frederick B. “Trey” Horne III
Alpha Upsilon–University of Mississippi, 2002 -
Frederick L. Neely, Jr.
Epsilon–Emory, 1963 -
Frederick W. Dismuke Sr.
Alpha Sigma–Georgia Tech, 1921 -
G. Randall Smith
Iota–Furman, 1959 -
Garth K. Dunklin
Upsilon–North Carolina, 1981 -
Gary T. Scott
Xi–Southwestern, 1963 -
Geoffrey Creyke Jr.
Alpha Nu–George Washington, 1929 -
George G. Langston III
Xi–Southwestern, 1963 -
George H. Covert
Omicron–Texas, 1940 -
George P. Bates Jr.
Alpha Sigma–Georgia Tech, 1942 -
George R. Baffa
Beta Sigma–Southern California, 1957 -
George W. Culler
Beta Iota–Drury, 1922 -
Gerald C. Down
Alpha Xi–California, 1952 -
Glen O. Alspaugh
Alpha Delta–William Jewell, 1930 -
Gordon H. Harris
Beta Zeta–Florida, 1957 -
Gordon L. Kinne
Gamma Beta–Missouri State, 1973 -
Gordon S. Varnedoe
Epsilon–Emory, 1957 -
Gregory R. Barbosa
Delta Iota–Texas-Arlington, 1978 -
Gregory R. Singleton
Gamma Gamma–Memphis, 1982 -
H. Clarke Bynum, Jr.
Delta Omicron–Clemson, 1982 -
H. David Pinson
Epsilon Zeta–Arkansas Tech, 2000 -
H. Lynn Greer
Delta Lambda–Middle Tennessee State, 1969 -
H. Robert Hohenberger Jr.
Omicron–Texas, 1946 -
Harold L. Cornett, Jr.
Gamma Psi–Northwestern State, 1971 -
Henry Dargan McMaster
Rho–South Carolina, 1967 -
Herbert Pierce Ford, Sr.
Alpha Beta–Alabama, 1905 -
Hon. Frank H. Elmore, Jr.
Beta Zeta–Florida, 1922 -
Hon. J. Caleb Boggs
Beta Epsilon–Delaware, 1928 -
Hon. Paul W. Green
Omicron–Texas, 1971 -
Hon. Robert M. Pittenger
Omicron–Texas, 1967 -
Hugh W. Taylor
Gamma Lambda–North Texas, 1960 -
J. Baxter Wood
Delta Alpha–Western Carolina, 1964 -
J. Coleman McDowell, Jr.
Gamma Chi–Texas Tech, 1978 -
J. David Carico
Epsilon–Emory, 1984 -
J. Douglass Wallop, Jr.
Beta Kappa–Maryland, 1916 -
J. Guy Revelle, Jr.
Tau–Wake Forest, 1952 -
J. Michael Duncan
Delta Kappa–Stephen F. Austin State, 1969 -
J. Murray Underwood Jr.
Alpha Mu–Millsaps, 1960 -
Jack B. Carter, II
Nu–Auburn, 1971 -
Jack V. Collins
Gamma Lambda–North Texas, 1953 -
James Boyd Campbell
Alpha Mu–Millsaps College, 1950 -
James D. Hunter
Beta Alpha–Missouri S&T, 1962 -
James L. Ferman, Jr.
Epsilon–Emory, 1962 -
James M. Crews
Gamma Eta–Florida State, 1952 -
James P. Lawson
Delta Delta–East Tennessee State, 1968 -
James R. Estes
Alpha Kappa–Missouri, 1960 -
James T. Turner, Jr.
Kappa–Mercer, 1970 -
James W. Boeckman
Alpha Eta–Westminster, 1980 -
James W. Grice
Alpha Delta–William Jewell, 1987 -
James W. Tiller, Jr.
Gamma Lambda–North Texas, 1962 -
Jan D. Norris
Gamma Mu–Houston, 1958 -
Jeffrey W. Love
Epsilon Rho–Purdue, 1986 -
Jerome J. Richardson, Sr.
Delta–Wofford, 1957 -
Jesse S. Lyons
Delta Alpha–Western Carolina, 1998 -
John A. Montalbano, Jr.
Alpha Gamma–Louisiana State, 1996 -
John A. Yearty
Gamma Eta–Florida State, 1985 -
John B. Chenault
Gamma Upsilon–Texas A&M-Commerce, 1973 -
John C. Harris
Delta Sigma–Houston Baptist, 1985 -
John E. Simpson III
Gamma Chi–Texas Tech, 1968 -
John F. Truex
Alpha Delta–William Jewell, 1942 -
John G. Deeb
Gamma Kappa–Oklahoma City, 1976 -
John R. Milam
Delta Lambda–Middle Tennessee State, 1972 -
John Rex Farrior Sr.
Beta Zeta–Florida, 1913 -
John S. Candler, II
Gamma–Georgia, 1925 -
John W. Stephenson
Epsilon–Emory, 1967 -
John Wesley Ford
Alpha Sigma–Georgia Institute of Technology, 1949 -
Jon Crosby Turner
Alpha Upsilon–Mississippi, 1975 -
Jonathan P. Pearson
Rho–South Carolina, 1970 -
Joseph Ray Gill
Alpha Delta–William Jewell, 2006 -
Joseph T. Lewis Jr.
Alpha Iota–Centenary, 1930 -
Julian E. Tackett
Alpha Theta–Transylvania, 1980 -
Kenneth P. Craig
Beta Eta–Oklahoma, 1934 -
Kenneth W. Jackson
Delta Tau–Francis Marion, 1981 -
King V. Aiken, Jr.
Kappa–Mercer, 1983 -
Kriss Parikakis
Delta Kappa–Stephen F. Austin State, 1976 -
L. Blair Bailey
Gamma Eta–Florida State, 1988 -
L. Glynn Tubbs
Gamma Nu–Louisiana-Monroe, 1979 -
Larry D. Meyers
Gamma Chi–Texas Tech, 1968 -
Larry F. Robb
Gamma Lambda–North Texas, 1963 -
Larry G. Nesbit
Beta Tau–Mississippi State, 1966 -
Larry Stanton Wiese
Gamma Omega–Midwestern State, 1987 -
Lawrence B. Hodges, Jr.
Epsilon Delta–Texas A&M, 1986 -
Lawrence E. Ault
Delt Delta–East Tennessee State, 1971 -
Lawrence E. Honig
Alpha–Washington & Lee, 1967 -
Lawrence W. Gysin
Beta Theta–Washington Univ., 1958 -
Lawrence Willet
Alpha Sigma–Georgia Tech, 1913 -
Lee P. Oliver III
Kappa–Mercer, 1966 -
Loren D. Melton
Beta Xi–Oklahoma State, 1921 -
LTC Ashley D. Worboys
Delta Psi–Appalachian State, 1987 -
LTC George B. Pierce
Nu–Auburn, 1947 -
LTC William J. Armstrong
Alpha Epsilon–Rhodes, 1929 -
M. Tom Faircloth
Kappa–Mercer, 1961 -
Marc A. Scott
Gamma Upsilon–Texas A&M-Commerce, 1984 -
Mark C. Shuford
Alpha–Washington & Lee, 1979 -
Marshall James “Jim” Donathan Jr.
Alpha Omega–North Carolina State, 1972 -
Max Ray Joyner Jr.
Gamma Rho–East Carolina, 1979 -
MG John W. Knapp
Beta Commission–VMI, 1954 -
MG Robert M. Bunker
Sigma Alpha Commission–USMA, 2012 -
Michael E. Weems
Alpha Mu–Millsaps College, 1968 -
Michael P. Wilson
Alpha Theta–Transylvania, 2000 -
Michael V. Paulin
Beta Sigma–Southern California, 1960 -
Morris W. Pully
Upsilon–North Carolina, 1945 -
Nat S. Rogers
Alpha Mu–Millsaps, 1938 -
Norman C. George
Omicron–Texas, 1975 -
Orrin H. Swayze
Alpha Mu–Millsaps, 1923 -
Ovid W. Pierce Jr.
Alpha Phi–Duke, 1929 -
Paul C. Artman, Jr.
Delta Beta–Delta State, 1970 -
Paul M. Speake
Alpha Beta–Alabama, 1924 -
Perry E. Thoele
Beta Xi–Oklahoma State, 1962 -
R. Jack Alexander Jr.
Alpha Sigma–Georgia Tech, 1946 -
R. Randolph Beard
Beta Lambda–Southern Methodist, 1957 -
Raymond B. Bottom, Jr.
Alpha Tau–Hampden-Sydney, 1948 -
Reginald V. Truitt
Beta Kappa–Maryland, 1914 -
Richard A. Barnes
Delta Lambda–Middle Tennessee State, 1969 -
Richard B. Wilson, Jr.
Alpha Upsilon–Mississippi, 1958 -
Richard T. Willis
Upsilon–North Carolina, 1932 -
Robert B. Sullivan
Beta Xi–Oklahoma State, 1966 -
Robert B. Varnado
Alpha Alpha–Univ. of the South, 1987 -
Robert D. Kelly
Delta Pi–Missouri Southern State, 1973 -
Robert E. Lyon
Pi–Tennessee, 1971 -
Robert M. Ross
Beta Kappa–Maryland, 1968 -
Robert T. Steinkamp
Alpha Delta–William Jewell, 1964 -
Rock N. Houstoun
Xi–Southwestern, 1970 -
Roy G. Thompson
Alpha Xi–California, 1908 -
Russell C. Brown
Delta Sigma–Houston Baptist, 1982 -
Russell H. Chesley
Beta Sigma–Southern California, 1979 -
Russell L. Creason
Russell L. Creason–William Jewell, 1942 -
Ryan S. Ledwith Sr.
Alpha Xi–California, 1979 -
Samuel D. Griffin Jr.
Delta Kappa–Stephen F. Austin State, 1968 -
Samuel D. Wyche
Iota–Furman, 1966 -
Samuel O. Leake, Jr.
Beta Xi–Oklahoma State, 1961 -
Scott W. Warren
Upsilon–North Carolina, 1981 -
SGM E. Kent McMichael
Beta Commission–VMI, 1995 -
SGT Clevie C. Luckadoo Jr.
Delta Alpha–Western Carolina, 1965 -
Sidney F. Boutwell
Chi–Vanderbilt, 1952 -
Stephen E. Foster
Beta Chi–West Virginia Wesleyan, 1968 -
Steven M. Steele
Delta Kappa–Stephen F. Austin State, 1986 -
Steven W. Kemble
Epsilon Iota–Texas State, 1979 -
Thomas A. Baird
Beta Sigma–Southern California, 1944 -
Thomas C. Moxley
Alpha Beta–Alabama, 1950 -
Thomas H. Campbell
Delta Lambda–Middle Tennessee State, 1970 -
Thomas Jefferson Curtis
Eta–Richmond, 1942 -
Thomas L. Tune, Jr.
Gamma Theta–Univ. of Miami, 1950 -
Thomas N. Whitehead
Gamma Psi–Northwestern State-Louisiana, 1972 -
Thomas Ray Murray
Delta Nu–Murray State, 1969 -
Timothy K. Adams
Epsilon–Emory, 1957 -
Todd D. Reaves
Nu–Auburn, 1989 -
Todd P. Lowe
Epsilon Theta–Western Kentucky, 1979 -
Tom B. Scott, Jr.
Alpha Mu–Millsaps, 1941 -
Toya S. McLeod
Gamma Sigma–West Texas A&M, 2000 -
Uly S. Gunn II
Gamma–Georgia, 1939 -
Vance E. Rule
Alpha Delta–William Jewell, 1947 -
Verner H. McCall
Xi–Southwestern, 1911 -
W. C. Tingle
Alpha Kappa–Missouri, 1920 -
W. Julian Foy
Gamma Psi–Northwestern State, 1972 -
W. Reed Sprinkel
Beta Sigma–Southern California, 1941 -
Walter E. Murphree
Beta Zeta–Florida, 1963 -
Walter Jackson Coleman
Sigma–Davidson, 1953 -
Walter M. Deriso, Jr.
Epsilon–Emory, 1965 -
Warrick J. Dickson
Alpha Iota–Centenary, 1941 -
Wayne E. Dawson
Gamma Epsilon–Arizona, 1960 -
William A. Simpson
Alpha Phi–Duke, 1962 -
William A. Wood
Alpha–Washington & Lee, 2003 -
William C. Morrow
Beta Nu–1922, Oglethorpe -
William E. Dreyer
Alpha Delta–William Jewell, 1957 -
William E. Forester
Gamma Gamma–Memphis, 1949 -
William E. Garner
Alpha Upsilon–Mississippi, 1981 -
William G. Bean Jr.
Alpha–Washington & Lee, 1948 -
William H. Simpson
Tau–Wake Forest, 1946 -
William V. DeRosa
Alpha Nu–George Washington, 1940 -
Wilson T. Cann
Alpha Eta–Westminster, 1930 -
Winthrop M. Robinson
Alpha Beta–Alabama, 1919
