Richard E. Palumbo

Inspector/Chief of Protocol
Chevalier Richard E. Palumbo, Esq., KCTJ

Chevalier Richard E. Palumbo, Esq. was knighted by H.E. Brigadier General Chevalier Patrick Edward Rea, GCTJ, GMTJ, Grand Prior XIII (now Grand Commander of Ordo Supremus Militaris Templi Hierosolymitani), at a Grand Convent held in May 2003 at the Princeton Club, New York City.

Chevalier Palumbo was a recipient of the Meritorious Service Medal, awarded on November 20, 2004. He was promoted to Knight Commandeur by Deputy Grand Prior, Colonel Chevalier Wayne J. McGrath, GCTJ, GMTJ, on November 19, 2005. Both events were held at Saint Thomas Church Fifth Avenue.

Mr. Palumbo grew up in Sleepy Hollow, New York. He was educated at the Hackley School in Tarrytown, New York, received an A.B. from the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, in Political Science, and a J.D. from St. John's University School of Law, Jamaica, New York.

Mr. Palumbo is Of Counsel to the law firm Ellenoff Grossman & Schole, New York City.

Mr. Palumbo is a member of Independent Royal Arch Lodge No. 2, F.A.& M., New York City.

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