Blue Lodge:
Past Master, McAllen Lodge 1110, AF&AM of Texas (1991-92);
Honorary Member, John Blair Lodge No. 187, Alexandria, Virginia;
Honorary Member, Esoterika Lodge No. 316, Seattle, Washington;
Full Member, Quatuor Coronati Lodge 2076, London, England
York Rite:
Past High Priest (1990) Hidalgo Chapter No. 434, RAM;
Past Thrice Illustrious Master (1989), Hidalgo Council No. 353, R&SM;
Past Commander (1992), Hidalgo Commandery No. 94, KT
K.Y.C.H., Hidalgo County York Rite Bodies;
Knight of York;
Giles Fonda Yates Award (Premiere Recipient) - Grand Council of Cryptic Masons of New York (2008)
South Texas Conclave, Red Cross of Constantine;
Royal Order of Scotland
Scottish Rite:
33°, Grand Cross,
Grand Archivist and Grand Historian, Supreme Council, 33°, Southern Jurisdiction, U.S.A.;
Chairman of Publications, Board of Directors, Scottish Rite Research Society;
Albert G. Mackey Award for Masonic Scholarship;
Albert G. Mackey Award for Lifetime Achievement;
IX°, SRICF;
IX°, Chevalier Grand Croix, SRIG;
Knight Grand Cross, Grand Council Allied Masonic Degrees;
Past Grand Chancellor (Hon.), Premiere Knight Grand Cross, Grand Archivist and Chairman of Publications, Grand College of Rites;
Holy Royal Arch Knight Templar Priests;
Deputy Grand Abbot, Society of Blue Friars (Masonic Authors)
etc., etc.