
Many of the US' and the world's - most respected men have been Masons. These accomplished individuals include: Astronauts: Edwin Buzz Aldrin, Wally Schirra, Gordon Cooper, Virgil Grissom Authors and Poets: Robert Burns, Voltaire, Sir Walter Scott, Goethe, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Mark Twain, Rudyard Kipling Aviators: Charles Lindbergh, James H. Doolittle, Eddie Rickenbacker Business Leaders: J. C. Penney, Henry Ford, Dave Thomas, John Wanamaker Composers: John Philip Sousa, George M. Cohen, Irving Berling, Wofgang Mozart.