The El Bekal Shrine has been in existence since the 1950's. El Bekal has had a rich history of community and charity work. To this day, El Bekal is still strong in the community and helps generate funds for the Shriners Hospitals. El Bekal is also a great group of guys and gals, a one-of-a-kind concordant body. Feel free to view our list of past potentates below. *'s indicate those past potentates who have past on to meet the Supreme Architect of the Universe.
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| * Cedric S. Perry 1952 | * Francis H. Gentry 1953 |
| * Robert R. Ruchti 1954 | * Oakley K. Morton 1955 |
| * W. Blair Gibbens 1956 | * Edward M. Humes 1957 |
| * Cecil L. Fulcher 1958 | * Robert H. Webb 1959 |
| * George F. Thagard, Sr. 1960 | * James Munholland 1961 |
| * Ralph E. Barnes 1962 | * Jessie M. Allen 1963 |
| * Roy T. Reynolds (Lucille) 1964 | * Leroy H. Crager (Virginia) 1965 |
| * Roy A. Hopkins 1966 | * Louis J. Anfinson (Helen) 1967 |
| * J.S. Scotty Finlay 1968 | * J. Dick Sisemore 1969 |
| * Archie Lloyd 1970 | * C.R. Jerry Johnson 1971 |
| * Howard L. Thorp 1972 | * Kirby C. Serles (Evelyn) 1973 |
| Robert R. Ruchti II (Diana) 1974 | * Max G. Miller (Jean) 1975 |
| * Henry W. Eilers 1976 | * Ralph C. Bryson (Edie) 1977 |
| * Richard E. Hixson 1978 | * Junior V. Lewis 1979 |
| * David B. Slayton 1980 | * Preston M. Jones (Marvel) 1981 |
| * Ray G. Thagard, Sr. (Gayle) 1982 | * Louis Andreatta 1983 |
| * T.D. “Ted” Grinager (Erna) 1984 | * Steve Gallina 1985 |
| * Fred Sorsabal (Marlene) 1986 | * Harold E. Sievers 1987 |
| * S.K. Stu Rothchild 1988 | * George Royce 1989 |
| * Fred Gutierrez (Marie) 1990 | * Robert Lash (Donna) 1991 |
| * William Pherrin (Lillian) 1992 | * J. Floyd Price 1993 |
| *Donald A. Nielsen (Sally) 1994 | * Leo Sutliff (Obra) 1995 |
| * Richard O. Hughes (Wanda) 1996 | * Max Hiles (Bea) 1997 |
| * Don Eyer (Joan) 1998 | * Joe Pendergast (Mollie) 1999 |
| * Ken Jahr (Nancy) 2000 | * Bill McIntosh (Lynne) 2001 |
| * Art Menzel (Evelyn) 2002 | * Ray Biggerstaff (Pauline) 2003 |
| David P. Suehs (Jo Anne) 2004 | Donald K. Sorsabal (Dee) 2005 |
| Ron Schemm, MD (Barbara) 2006 | William Salpaka (Virginia) 2007 |
| * Bill Roland (Kay) 2008 |
Coy Love (Margaret) 2009 |
| Gary Hooper (Sharon) 2010 |
John Rider (Barbara) 2011 |
| *Bill Sizemore (Lynda) 2012 |
George Boyd (Mary) 2013 |
| Roger Ross (Lynn) 2014 |
John Kavedjian (Rosie) 2015 |
| Don Leger (Gloria) 2016 | * Carl Spalin (Fran) 2017 |
| Larry Griffin (Cheryl) 2018 | Mike Selix (Michelle) 2019 |
| Merritt Read (Kim) 2020 |
Associate Past Potentates
*Hans Lindquist 1991