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Priors of the Priory of St. Michael & St. George

Chevse. Anne Kelly Treantafeles, DCTJ

Prior XVII 

Chevalier Daniel Jeon, KCTJ

Prior XVI - 2019-2023

Chevalier David Noel Sanchez Tisdale-Woods, GOTJ

 Prior XV - 2017-2019


David was born in Oregon City, Oregon and for the first fifteen years of his life, David was educated in private schools. He developed a passion for learning and reading. By the age of twelve, he had read dozens of books that were known for their literary importance, typically intended for older readers. The signature of his life since then has been based on a passion for learning and appreciating the finer things in life. This has created a driving passion within David to assist others in experiencing the finest in service and quality making him a natural leader in the hospitality industry.


David’s career has been focused on hospitality and tourism primarily in luxury environments. He has served as an executive in hotels, resorts, and catering organizations for the past fourteen years. In his roles, he has developed strong skills in quality orientation, leadership and management, team-building, financial performance, and organizational effectiveness. He has become adept in sales and marketing, human resources, and overall property management. He has proved his skills in food and beverage repositioning and delivering exceptional quality and financial results wherever he has worked. 


David has worked in a variety of venues from city to resort, from traditional to non-traditional, and from large to boutique operations in executive positions  including Hilton Portland, Hilton Tarrytown, The Hilton Atlanta, The Harrison House Conference Center, Ritz-Carlton Lodge Reynold’s Plantation, The Mansion on Forsyth Park, Hilton Short Hills and most recently the premiere catering companies - Abigail Kirsch Catering Relationships and now as Managing Director, Relish Caterers and Event Planning. 


Working for hotel giants like Hilton and The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, LLC, David became known for his work ethics, detail-orientation, and passion for continuous improvement. For instance, he was instrumental in moving a Ritz-Carlton resort from AAA Four Diamonds to AAA Five Diamonds as a result of specific process improvements. He has become an effective strategic-thinker and is able to actualize plans in very specific ways through the teams with which he works. 


Whether in his career or other activities, David has been recognized for his efforts through promotions or awards. His growth has been progressive and he has been instrumental in winning numerous awards for the companies for which he’s worked. He was honored by the Chaine des Rotisseurs with the Bronze Star Award for his in-depth knowledge of fine dining, cuisine, and exceptional event experiences. As a result of his engagement in fraternal and genealogical organizations, he has been promoted to Board of Manager offices. 


His continuing education has been very important to him. He has attended Cornell University Professional Development Programs between 2004 and 2006. He realized the need to attain a formal degree and worked to attain a Bachelor of Science in Business and Hospitality through the University of Phoenix while continually working. In 2012, he was accepted into the Fordham University EMBA Program.


David enjoys people of all walks of life and is community-minded and active in many diverse organizations. He is a member of Saint Thomas Church Fifth Avenue and has served on the Usher Corps since 2011. David became a member of The Sons of the Revolution in the state of New York in 2010 and has served in the capacities of Board of Managers, Chairman of the Color Guard and Chairman of The Stewards Committee. He is currently Prior XV of The Sovereign Military Order of the Temple of Jerusalem, Priory St. Michael and St. George and has been an active member of such since 2010. He has also belonged in the past to St. George's Society and The New England Society. David is a current member of The Princeton Club and has been since 2009.

Chevalier Stephen Joseph Storen, GOTJ


Prior XIV - 2014-2017


Stephen has been an Order member since 2006 and has been serving as Prior since 2014. He is active in a number of NYC organizations as a board member including the Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies where he serves as board chair. Stephen is a member of Saint Thomas Church in the City of New York, Independent Royal Arch Lodge #2 and other masonic bodies. Stephen is a retired financial services industry executive.

Commander Chevalier John Francis Vance Cupschalk, GOTJ

Prior XIII -2011-2014


CDR Chev. John F. V. Cupschalk, GOTJ,  has spent the last 25 years working with Pricewaterhouse Coopers as an IT Manager with Tata Consultancy Services managing the regional New York  offices of PwC, and with PwC, serving both as national leader for Regulatory Reviews technology support, and national leader for technology training. 


Retired from the United States Navy (Reserves) in 2015 after 27 years of service, he served with numerous active duty and reserve commands:  Naval Coordination and Guidance of Shipping (two tours) as Executive Officer, Operations Officer and Training Officer; Navy Information Operations Command as Special Projects Officer; Commander Second Fleet as Civil Military Operations and Inter-Agency Affairs Officer; active duty with Navy Central Command/Commander Fifth Fleet as Coordinator for the Friendly Forces Coordination Center (18 nation naval coalition) and Deputy Assistant Chief of Staff - Manpower and Individual Augmentation Manager during Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom.


Decorations include the Armed Forces Meritorious Service Medal, Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal (3 gold stars), Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal, National Defense Medal,  Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, and the Armed Forces Reserve Medal.  He also received  the Long and Faithful Service Medal from the New York Naval Militia. 


Chev. Cupschalk served two years as an OSMTH representative to the United Nations.  


Chev. Cupschalk holds a Master of Arts in International Affairs (Middle East Concentration), and a double concentration Bachelor of Arts in English Literature & Journalism (minor for Political Science) from Old Dominion University. He also received the Naval War College Graduate Certificate in Strategy & Policy.


Other activities and organizations include Past-Commander of the New York Commandery of the Naval Order of the United States, sitting on the Boards of Directors for the New York Council of the Navy League of the United States and the New York Commandery of Military Order of Foreign Wars of the United States, and commissioned a colonel in the Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels. He was made a Freeman of the City of London as an “Information Technology Manager & Citizen of London”, and is a member of the St. George's Society of New York City and the Royal Society of St. George, Westminster Branch.  He was an assistant head usher at St. Thomas Church Fifth Avenue, New York City, serving from 1991-2019.


Chevalier Thomas Halkett, Esq., GOTJ

Prior XII - 2009-2011



Chevalier W. Michael Margolin, GCTJ

Prior XI - 2007-2009


Michael was a chemistry teacher at Newtown High School, Queens, eventually working for the Board of Education before his retirement. He was an adjunct professor of education at Pace University and The City College of New York. 


After retirement, Michael spent part of the year at his home in St. Augustine. 


Michael, a member of Saint Thomas Church Fifth Avenue for 40 years, served on vestry for 12 years as building chairman. He was the head usher for 15 years and a member of the Lectors' Guild.

Prior Michael  was a Grand Cross of the Sovereign Military Order of the Temple of Jerusalem, Officer Brother of the Venerable Order of St. John of Jerusalem, a brother of Independent Royal Arch Lodge No. 2 F&AM, serving as Treasure for 15 years, Life member, St. George Society of New York; The New England Society of New York; The Church Club of New York; The Pilgrims of the United States and The St. Augustine Yacht Club. 


Chevalier Michael Harrison Charles, GCTJ

Prior X 2004-2007


Mr. Charles, the son of Melvin Mower and Sylvia Ann Cookus Charles, was born in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. He was educated at Jacksonville Episcopal High School, the University of Florida, Florida State University and New York University.  


Mr. Charles is a well-known interior designer having worked for several major architectural firms before founding Michael H. Charles Associates in 1985.  His designs have been published in numerous magazines and books over the years and he was the recipient of the prestigious Wool Bureau Award for fabric design.  Michael H. Charles Associates maintains offices in New York City and St. Augustine, Florida.


Memberships

* Society of the Cincinnati in the State of Virginia  (life member)

* General Society of Colonial Wars (Secretary and life member of the New

   York Society; regular member of the Florida Society Society; Gentleman

   of the Council of the New York Society)

* National Gavel Society

* Hereditary Order of the Descendants of Colonial Governors  (Honorary 

   Governor General; life member)

* Saint Nicholas Society of the City of New York (life member; Member of 

   the Council)

* Colonial Order of the Acorn (life member)

* Order of the Indian Wars of the United States (life member)

* General Society Sons of the Revolution (member in the States of New 

   York and Pennsylvania; life member of NY Society; Fraunces Tavern 

   Museum Board Member)

* Saint Andrews Society of  New York (life member)

* Saint David Society of New York (life member)

* Saint George's Society of New York (life member; Board member;    Chairman Activities; Chairman - Queen's Jubilee 2002; Ball Committee)

* Society of the Sons of Saint George of Philadelphia (life member)

* Military Society of the War of 1812 (life member)

* Veteran Corps of Artillery State of New York (life member)

* The Huguenot Society of America  (life member;  Registrar General; Member of the Membership Committee)

* Colonial Society of Pennsylvania

* Military Order of the Stars and Bars  (life member; Commander of the     New York Society)

* Order of the Southern Cross (life member)

* Dutch Settlers Society of Albany (life member)

* Huguenot Society of Pennsylvania (life member)

* National Society Sons of the American Colonists (life member; former    Vice President General)

* Society of the Descendants of the Colonial Clergy (life member)

* Order of Americans of Armorial Ancestry (Secretary General)

* Flagon and Trencher (life member)

* Descendants of the Founders of New Jersey (Councilor General)

* National Society Descendants of Early Quakers (life member)

* Friendly Sons of St. Patrick of Philadelphia (life member)

* Order of Descendants of Colonial Physicians & Chirurgiens (life   member)

* Sons and Daughters of the Colonial  & Antebellum Bench and Bar    1585-1861 (life member)

* National Society Sons and Daughters of Antebellum Planters 1607-1861    (life member)

* National Society Sons of the American Revolution (Florida  State, Past    Regional Vice President; Organizing President, St. Augustine Chapter;    First Continental Chapter, New York City, Member of the Council) 

* General Society of the War of 1812 (former Florida State President)

* National Society Sons and Daughters of the Pilgrims (Florida and New    York; Councilor - New York Branch)

* Naval Order of the United States (New York Commandery)

* Son of Confederate Veterans (Commander, Gen. Archibald Gracie, Jr.    Camp #985)

* Burns Society of the City of New York 


Chivalric

* Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem   (Commander)

* Sovereign Military Order of the Temple of Jerusalem (past Prior of St.    Michael & St. George New York City Priory; Silver Pilgrim Shell) 


Other Notes

Mr. Charles is a member of the Pilgrims of the United States, New York, as well as The Honourable Company of Freemen of London.  He is also a member of St. Thomas Church of Fifth Avenue where he serves as Head Usher, and on the Choir School Benefit Committee, as Acquisitions Chairman, and on the Stewardship Committee.  He is a life member of theSociety of Mary; Confraternity of the Blessed Sacrament; Guild of All Souls; Society of King Charles the Martyr; and the Church Club of New York where he served as a member of Events Committee. Mr. Charles is past Worshipful Master of the Masonic Independent Royal Arch Lodge #2 F&AM, of New York City.  He has served as Junior Warden and Master of Ceremonies.  Mr. Charles is also a member of Long I Grotto; Scottish Rite, Valley of New York, 32 degree; Ancient Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, New York City; Columbian Council, Cryptic Masons, New York City; Morton Commandery, Knights Templar, New York City; Paumonock Council, Knight Masons, New York City; Quatuor Coronoti Lodge #2076, London, England; and the Royal Order of Scotland. He is a member of the Ponte Vedra Club of Jacksonville, FL; the St. Augustine Yacht Club; the Royal Scottish Automobile Club of Glasgow, Scotland; and the Lansdowne Club of London of London, England. 


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Chevalier Edmund Allen Voyer, GCTJ, GMTJ, GCLJ, GCStS, GCMZ, GCOOSJ

Prior IX, 1996-2004

  • Former Treasurer of the Priory of Saint George until its dissolution (then reestablished as the Priory of Saints Michael and George).
  • The first Prior of the Priory of Saints Michael and George for 9 years,
  • Founded the Priory of Saint George in New Jersey, appointing Alan Moore as the first Prior;
  • Founded the former Priory of Saint James in New Jersey, appointing James Drury as the first Prior;
  • Former Grand Treasurer, GPUSA.
  • Former Grand Secret Councilor, GPUSA.
  • Former International Ambassador of OSMTH to alternative Templar organizations.
    • Reunited the Priory of St. Mary the Virgin with GPUSA.
    • Merged the Grand Priory of the Scots (and its US subsidiaries) with GPUSA.
  • Created the GPUSA Order of Merit for non-Christians.
  • Proposed and passed (2001) the establishment of regional administrative units, subordinate to the GPUSA, to be known as Lieutenancies.
  • Co-hosted the Gala on the Intrepid with then Saint Patrick’s Prior Andrew P. O’Rourke.

Other activities and organizations

  • Bitwoded of the Imperial Solomonic Crown of Ethiopia
  • Grand Cross of the Order of Saint Lazarus (Ukraine Ruthenia)
  • Grand Cross of the Order of Saint Mary of Zion (Ethiopia)
  • Grand Cross of the Order of Saint Stanislaus
  • Grand Cross of the Orthodox Order of Saint John

Past memberships:

  • English Speaking Union
  • Kane Lodge 454
  • Russian Nobility Ball Committee
  • Saint George Society
  • Veteran Corps of Artillery

Chevalier Robert E. Gorman, GCTJ

Prior VIII 1994-1996


Chev. Gorman served in the U.S. Navy during WWII, and began a career as a stockbroker at McDonald and Company. At the time of his death was employed at UBS Securities. Robert was a member of Sovereign Military Order of the Templar Knights of Jerusalem, and was Prior when the priory was known as the Priory of Saint George.

Chevalier Col. H. Harding Isaacson, GCTJ

Prior VII - 1987-1994


Chev. Isaacson was Prior when the priory was known as the Priory of Saint George.


Chevalier Hamilton Riggs Wager, GCTJ

Prior VI  - 1983-1987


Chev. Wager was Prior when the priory was known as the Priory of Saint George.

Chevalier Edward A. Gillespie, GCTJ

Prior V - 1980-1983


Chev. Gillespie was Prior when the priory was known as the Priory of Saint George.

Chevalier Col. Robert L. Bentley GCTJ

Prior IV - 1976-1983


Chev. Bentley was Prior when the priory was known as the Priory of Saint George.

Chevalier Thomas Darlington GCTJ, GMTJ

Prior III


Chev. Darlington was Prior when the priory was known as the Priory of Saint George.

Chevalier F. Daniel LeVert Coleman, GCTJ, GMTJ

Prior II - 1968-1972


Founding member of the prior, Grand Prior, and founder of the Titular Priory of New Amsterdam.

Chevalier Eugene Gatterdam, GCTJ

Prior I - 1964-1968


Chev. Gatterdam was the first prior of the  priory.

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