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Harland Sanders

September 9, 1890 - December 16, 1980

American businessman, and founder of the Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant franchise, Harland David Sanders started the business in 1952 and sold it in 1964, although he remained their corporate spokesman until his death. Governor Ruby Laffoon made him a Kentucky Colonel in 1935 in recognition of his contributions to the state’s cuisine. And in 1939, his establishment was first listed in Duncan Hines' "Adventures in Good Eating."

Initiated: April 6, 1917

Demitted: February 27, 1920

Lodge No. 651 (Indiana), Henryville, Indiana

Passed: 1919

Raised: 1919

Courtesy to 651 (Indiana) by Clark 40 (Indiana)

Affiliated: October 27, 1953

Demitted: April 13, 1976

Hugh Harris Lodge No. 938, Corbin, Whitley County, Kentucky

• Source: card file of the Grand Lodge of Kentucky, F&AM. His gravestone displays the masonic square and compasses, Shriners and Scottish Rite logos. His autobiography, Life As I Have Known It Has Been Finger Lickin' Good (Carol Stream, Illinois : Creation House, 1974 p. 29), notes his installation as a 33° Scottish Rite freemason in Washington, D.C..