John Huske Anderson, General Grand High Priest of the General Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of the U.S.A., was Past Grand Master and Past Grand Secretary of North Carolina.
Transcription: Presiding Officers of the Five National Governing Bodies of Freemasonry in the United States. Seated-- Left to right: Melvin M. Johnson, Sovereign Grand Commander of the Supreme Council of Sovereign Grand Inspectors-General of the 33 of the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry for the Norther Masonic Jurisdiction of the U.S.A.; John H. Cowles, Sovereign Grand Commander of the Supreme Council of Sovereign Grand Inspectors-General of the 33 of the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry for the Southern Masonic Jurisdiction of the U.S.A. Standing-- John H. Anderson, General Grand Priest of the General Grand Chapter R.A.M. of the U.S.A.; Charles H. Johnson, General Grand Master of the General Grand Council, R. & S.M. of the U.S.A.; Harry G. Pollard, Grand Master of the Grand Encampment of Knights Templar of the U.S.A. This group was photographed at the Masonic Temple, Cincinnati, Ohio, during the One Hundred and Twenty-eighth Annual Convocation of the Supreme Council of Sovereign Grand Inspectors-General of the 33 of the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry for the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction of the U.S.A., September 21-26, 1940.