Awarded Imperial Potentate’s Award Of Merit

At the recently completed Imperial business session of Shriners International and Shriners Hospitals for Children, Jeff Sowder was honored with the Imperial Potentate’s Award of Merit for his lifetime achievements and dedication to the Masonic fraternity, Shriners International and Shriners Hospitals for Children.

Sowder’s Masonic journey began in 1975 when he joined Woodson Lodge #121 in Toronto. He served as Master of the lodge four times and has been an officer nearly every year since he joined. He was elected Grand Junior Warden of the Grand Lodge of Kansas in 1994 and served as Grand Master of Masons in Kansas in 1997.