The Order of the Purple Cross of York, the highest honor of the College, is conferred upon those members of the College who have distinguished themselves by their service to humanity or to the Rite. The recipients are designated Associate Regents of the Sovereign College.
1990 John M. Barksdale
1997 Raymond A. Blalack
1997 Z. Steve Davidchik, Jr.
1999 Fred E. Allen
2000 Thomas G. Keithly, Jr.
2001 Riley C. Williams
2003 Gerhardt D. Krawitz
2003 Charles F. Kuehlem, Jr.
2003 Patrick H. Waddle
2004 Charles Louis Hopkins
2004 Harold David Moore1
2004 L. Scott Wall
2005 William P. Irving, Jr.
2005 Timothy M. La Vergne, Sr.
2006 David G. Anderson1
2006 Alfred E. Bell
2006 Rufus Perry Conner2
2007 Francis Edwin “Skip” Smith, Jr.
2008 Johnny E. Gibson
2008 Jerrel B. Jones1
2009 Carl H. Garrison
2010 Walter J. Holt
2011 Henry A. Carrigan
2012 Robert G. Kirk3
2012 Malin Gene Terrell
2013 Floyd Glen Day
2015 David E. Kinney
2016 Gary D. Dixon
2017 William Harold Collum, Jr.
2018 Keith A. Bates
2019 Roger D. Carney
2020 Robert Brian Cook
2022 Raymond James Vinson II
1 Received from Lyle L. Cross York Rite College No. 147
2 Received from Southwest York Rite College No. 90
3 Received from Trinity York Rite College No. 157