BOARD OF GOVERNORS 2024
Paul Drake Campbell, FACH
The Woodlands, Texas
Gyronny of eight Or and Sable, on a fess Vert a crescent Argent for difference between two garbs Or. Above the shield is placed a Helm befitting his degree with a Mantling Sable doubled Or, and on a Wreath of the Liveries is set for Crest a dexter forearm bendways grasping a sickle Proper, and in an Escrol over the same this Motto: Prevail, based on matriculation of Theodore Emerson Campbell, Court of the Lord Lyon, Volume 89, Folio 42, 18 September 2009.
TREASURER
John Michael Dwyer, EdD, FACH
Panama City, Florida
Or, a lion rampant Gules between in chief two ermine spots Sable and in base a Celtic cross Vert, with Crest: Issuing from a crest wreath Gules and Or, a dexter hand erect couped at the wrist grasping a sword in bend sinister point upwards all proper, mantled Gules and doubled Argent, and with the Motto: Virtus Sola Nobiltas (Virtue is the only nobility); Granted by Chief Herald of Ireland, 14 July 1989, Roll of Arms, Volume W, folio 89, Dublin, Ireland; Registered, American College of Heraldry, 17 January 1999, under Number 1785; Burke’s International Register of Arms, 5 March 2006, Registration No. 0031.
Patrick Michael O’Shea, DMA, FACH
Batavia, Illinois
Per bend indented Or and Azure, two fleurs-de-lis ensigned with an ancient crown counterchanged. Above the Shield is placed a Helmet, Mantling Azure doubled Or, and on a Wreath Or and Azure is set for Crest an antique harp Or stringed Sable, and in an Escrol below the shield this motto: Quaerite Veritatem Artis [Seek ye art’s truth], American College of Heraldry, 20 August 1993, No. 1112, with an extension of the registration to the descendants of armiger’s great-grandfather, Michael Joseph O’Shea (1889-1971) with the motto amended to Quaerite Veritatem [Seek ye the truth], 10 May 1998, No. 1615 (Heraldic Register of America, Vol. X, pp. 28-29); Subsequently registered, with the College of Arms, Registrar General, Republic of Kenya, 26 March 2010, No. F.02; and in the Member Roll, International Association of Amateur Heralds, 8 October 2010, Certificate No. 286.
Pierre August Rioux, MD, FACH
Austin, Minnesota
En campo de sinople (verde) una banda de plata, cargada de tres tréboles de gules (rojo) y acompañada de dos cotizas, de plata y a la vez acompañada (la banda) de dos bezants, de oro. Va timbrado el escudo de Armas de un casco de acero bruñido, con bordura y grilletas de oro, claveteado de lo mismo, forrado de gules (rojo) y sumado de un burelete trenzado de sinople (verde) y plata, del que salen lambrequines de los mismos esmaltes, sumado a su vez de un brazo vestido al natural, viéndose el puño del mismo color y sosteniendo en la mano, de carnación, un sol radiante, de oro. Va sostenido el escudo por dos pegasos de oro, lampasados de gules (rojo). Divisa: En cinta de plata, con letras de sable (negro): Truth Prevails.
Rev. Fr. Guy W.D. Selvester, FACH
Edison, New Jersey
Or, a cross flory Gules, a chief divided per fir trees Vert, and on an Escrol below the Shield this Motto: Guide Me Lord. The Arms are ensigned with an ecclesiastical hat, cords and tassels befitting the priestly dignity Sable.
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
David Robert Wooten, DFACH, FACH
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Azure, fretty raguly Or. Above the Shield is placed a Helmet with a Mantling Azure doubled Or, and on a Wreath Or and Azure is set for Crest, a satyr’s head Sanguine, wreathed with olive leaves Proper, with bat’s wings to the sides Azure, and in an Escrol below the Shield this Motto: Melior Nullo Nullus Melior (I am better than no man, but no man is my better), American College of Heraldry, 6 November 1992, Number 1073; Blazon: En campo de azur (azul), una celosía ecotada, de oro. Va timbrado el escudo de armas de un casco de acero bruñido, con bordura y grilletas de oro, claveteado de lo mismo, forrado de gules (rojo), sumado de un burelete trenzado de azur (azul) y oro del que salen lambrequines de los mismos esmaltes y sumado a su vez de una cabeza de satiro, sanguino, barbado al natural, orejado con alas de murciélago, de azur (azul) y sumado de una corona de hojas de olivo, de sinople (verde). Divisa: En cinta de plata con letras de sable (negro): Melior Nullo Nullus Melior, Certificacion de Armas from the Cronista Rey de Armas under Protocolo:3/1995; Folios:149-151, and Confirmed by the Ministerio de Justicia, Madrid, Kingdom of Spain; В лазуревом щите золотая косая сучковатая решетка (фрет). Щит увенчан рыцарским, шлемом с лазуревым намётом, подбитым золотом. Клейнод: на ливрейном бурелете голова сатира с, оливковым венком и лазуревыми перепончатыми крыльями от висков. Девиз на ленте внизу:, Melior Nullo Nullus Melior – «Я не лучше других, но и никто не лучше меня»., Дано в Москве 9-го июля 1994 г. под номером 167 (St. Andrew Principal Herald Master of the Collegium Heraldicum Russiae, Number 167); Burke’s International Register of Arms, 29 January 2006. Registration No. 0009; Deutsches Erbe Wappenrolle, reg. no. 2334, 18th February 2023; Online Roll of Arms under GreiiN:354, 2024; Society of American Armigers under AA0149, 19 June 2024.
DISTINGUISHED FELLOWS
- Zdenko G. Alexy
Bratislava, Slovakia - † John Ferguson
Reigate, Surrey, United Kingdom - Stephen Friar
Sherborne, Dorset, United Kingdom - James A. Sawicki
Dumfries, Virginia - David Robert Wooten
Winston-Salem, North Carolina - Natalia Rostislavovna Yegorova
Kirov, Russia - Cmdr. Valery Pavlovich Yegorov
Kirov, Russia