Abbreviations & Codes

These Abbreviations & Codes are primarily for the secretary's portal, but you may find some of them useful.

PRIMARY LODGE SECTION

Members are listed under their primary Lodges. Following each name is a career networking code (in italics).

CAREER NETWORKING SECTION

Members are listed under their careers which appear in alphabetical order.

CAREER NETWORKING CODES

Refer to the following career networking codes (and their translations) used in the Primary Lodge Section:

1 Accountant, Auditor or Financial Officer

2 Administrative Support Occupation

3 Architect

4 Carpenter

5 Computer Related Field

6 Construction Trades

7 Engineers

8 Entertainer or Musician

9 Executive, Administrative or Manager

10 Fire, Police and Protective Services

11 Food Services

12 Health Related Field/Medicine

13 Investment Services

14 Lawyer and Judge

15 Librarian/ Archivist/Curator

16 Machinist

17 Mathematician/Statistician

18 Mechanic and Repairer

19 Publicist

20 Sales and Sales Related Field

21 Social Scientist and Urban Planner

22 Social, Recreation and Religion Workers

23 Teacher: College and University

24 Teacher: Other

25 Technician

26 Textiles and Apparel

27 Writers and Authors

29 Advertising/Marketing

28 BLANK

30 Arts: Fine, Design, Creative

31 Business: Entrepreneur/Owner

32 Environmental Science/Energy Science

33 Non-Profit / Volunteerism / Fundraising

34 Human Resources/Personnel

35 Agriculture/ Animal Science/Veterinary

36 Aviation/ Aerospace

37 Banking

38 Communications

39 Funeral Services

40 Government

41 Insurance

42 Manufacturing

43 Military

44 Real Estate

45 Transportation

46 Science/Research/Development

HIGHEST MASONIC HONOR RECEIVED CODES

Refer to the following highest Masonic honor received codes (and their translations) used in the Biographical Section:

GW George Washington Award

HON Honorary Member

JB John Blair Award

KYCH Knights of the York Cross of Honour

LGH Legion of Honor, DeMolay

LMIP Life Member in Perpetuity

PERF Perfect Ashlar Award

RJS Reid James Simmons Award, Ritualistic Excellence

VET Masonic Veteran

HIGHEST MASONIC LODGE OFFICE HELD CODES

Refer to the following highest Masonic Lodge office held codes (and their translations) used in the Biographical Section:

CHAP Chaplain

COM Commander

DD District Deputy Grand Master

DGM Deputy Grand Master

DGSEC Deputy Grand Secretary

GC Grand Commander

GCHAP Grand Chaplain

GHP Grand High Priest

GJD Grand Junior Deacon

GJS Grand Junior Steward

GJW Grand Junior Warden

GM Grand Master

GMAR Grand Marshal

GORG Grand Organist

GPHY Grand Physician

GPUR Grand Pursuivant

GPUV Grand Purveyor

GSD Grand Senior Deacon

GSEC Grand Secretary

GSS Grand Senior Steward

GSW Grand Senior Warden

GTIL Grand Tiler

GTREAS Grand Treasurer

HP High Priest

JD Junior Deacon

JS Junior Steward

JW Junior Warden

MAR Marshal

POTE Potentate

SEC Secretary

SM Sovereign Master

SS Senior Steward

SW Senior Warden

TIL Tiler

TREAS Treasurer

VM Venerable Master

WM Worshipful Master

MASONIC AFFILIATION CODES

Refer to the following Masonic affiliation codes (and their translations) used in the Biographical Section:

32 Thirty-Second Degree

321 KCCH

33 Thirty-Third Degree

KT Knights Templar

NOB Shriner

OAM Order of Amaranth

OES Order of Eastern Star

RAM Royal Arch

LODGE NUMBERS

Refer to the following Lodge numbers (and their translations) used in the Biographical Section:

0001 Norfolk

0002 Atlantic

0003 Blandford

0004 Fredericksburg

0005 St. Tammany

0006 Williamsburg

0007 Botetourt

0008 Hoge

0009 Temple

0010 Richmond

0011 Metropolitan

0012 York

0013 Staunton

0014 Manchester

0015 Petersburg

0016 Acacia

0017 Sandy Valley

0018 Smithfield Union

0019 Richmond Randolph

0020 Oriental

0021 Winchester Hiram

0022 Alexandria-Washington

0023 Taylor (Salem)

0024 Pittsylvania

0025 Princess Anne

0027 Rockingham Union

0028 Millboro

0029 Isaacs

0030 Suffolk

0031 Marion

0032 George

0033 Fincastle

Here's the table currently being used:

Occupation / Description

Accountant, Auditor or Financial Officer

Administrative Support Occupation

Architect

Carpenter

Computer Related Field

Construction Trades

Engineers

Entertainer or Musician

Executive, Administrative or Manager

Fire, Police and Protective Services

Food Services

Health Related Field

Investment Services

Lawyer and Judge

Librarian, Archivist, Curator

Machinist

Mathematician/Statistician

Mechanic and Repairer

Publicist

Sales and Sales related field

Social Scientist and Urban Planner

Social, Recreation and Religion Workers

Teacher: College and University

Teacher: Other

Technician

Textiles and Apparel

Writers and Authors

Other

Agriculture

Aviation/Aerospace

Banking

Communications

Funeral Services

Government

Insurance

Manufacturing

Military

Real Estate

Transportation