Fraternitas Rosae Crucis
Fraternitas Rosae Crucis (Fraternity of the Rosy Cross, FRC or F.R.C.) is a Rosicrucian fraternal organization established in the United States by Paschal Beverly Randolph in 1856,<ref name="Greer">Greer, page 194</ref> and is the oldest Rosicrucian Order founded in the US.<ref>Barrett, page 195</ref><ref name="Lewis">Lewis, page 92</ref> They also operate Beverly Hall Corporation and the Clymer Health Center in Quakertown, Pennsylvania.<ref>Greer, page 195</ref>
History
The FRC's first lodge was established in San Francisco in 1861, and closed soon after. In 1871 they established another lodge in Boston and in 1874, reestablished in San Francisco. In 1875 they finally settled in Philadelphia.<ref name="Lewis"/><ref>Melton, page 179</ref>
While Reuben Swinburne Clymer headed the order, the FRC established itself at Beverly Hall, in Quakertown, Pennsylvania.<ref>Greer, New Encyclopedia of the Occult, page 181</ref>
Supreme Grand Masters
- Paschal Beverly Randolph (1858–1875)<ref name="Greer"/>
- Freeman Benjamin Dowd (1875–1907)<ref name="Greer"/>
- Edward Holmes Brown (1907–1922)
- Reuben Swinburne Clymer (1922–1966)
- Emerson Myron Clymer (1966–1983)
- Gerald Eugene Poesnecker<ref>Gerald Eugene Poesnecker (born on May 15, 1930)</ref> (1983–2003)
- William Glen Kracht<ref>William Glen Kracht (born on February 20, 1962)</ref> (2003–present)