Recent Recipients

A list of recent recipients of the Grand Cross of the Order of the Dragon during ceremonies held at the Dacor Bacon House, Washington, D.C. July 29, 2004, include:

Nobles of the Grand Council of the Imperial Order of the Dragon of Annam:

  • Prof. Dr. C. E. Magnus Lindgren - Ba Tuoc Nguyen Phuc Linh Giang - Chancellor to H.I.H. Prince Buu Chanh of Vietnam and the Imperial Order of the Dragon of Annam and Secretary General to H.M. King Kigeli of Rwanda
  • Timoléon de Carmain-Périllos - Ba Tuoc Nguyen Phuc Phuong Ton - Marshal of the Foreign Nobility of Vietnam and Grand Secretary for the Imperial Order of the Dragon of Annam
  • H.E. David Ashley Pritchard - Ba Tuoc Nguyen Phuc Ðai Chinh - Vice Chancellor to H.I.H. Prince Buu Chanh Vietnam and the Imperial Order of the Dragon of Annam

    Honored Royals:

  • H.R.H. Dom Duarte Pio Joao Miguel Gabriel Raphael de Orleans e Braganca
  • H.M. King Kigeli V of Rwanda
  • H.I.H. Prince Ermias Sahle Selassie Haile Selassie, President of the Imperial Crown Council
  • H.I.H. Prince Bekere Fikre-Selassie of Ethiopia - Enderassé - Viceroy of Ethiopia
  • H.I.H Prince Christian Ermias Sahle-Selassie of Ethiopia
  • H.I.H. Prince Ruffael Ermias Sahle-Selassie of Ethiopia

    Honored Nobles and Non-Nobles:

  • His Grace Lij (Duke) Dawit Yohannes
  • The Honorable Mussie Hailu - Official of the United Nations and the Organization of African Unity
  • H.E. Protais Haje - Chief Advisor and Chancellor to H.M. King Kigeli V of Rwanda
  • H.E. Gregory R. Copley - Advisor to H.M. King Kigeli V of Rwanda
  • H.E. Boniface Benzinger - Former Chancellor and Personal Assistant to H.M. King Kigeli V of Rwanda
  • Phillip Eagleton - Advisor to H.M. King Kigeli of Rwanda
  • H.E. Carlos Alberto de Jesus Evaristo - Vice Chancellor of the Royal Portuguese Orders
  • H.E. Dom Abílio Rodas de Sousa Ribas - Roman Catholic Bishop of São Tomé Príncipe
  • Major Jose Silva Duarte - Secretary to H.E. Dom Abílio Rodas de Sousa Ribas
  • H.E. Michael Murphy, North Am. Delegate of the Brotherhood of Saint Michael of the Wing
  • Ambassador William Hans Weiss, KM, KCN - Ambassador of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta to the Marshall Islands
  • Ambassador Weston Adams - Former Associate Counsel, Select Committee on Crime, Former; U.S. House of Representatives, 1970-1971; Former, Ambassador to the Republic of Malawi
  • H.E. James Jenson, KM, KC*HS, GOSE, KCSMA
  • Vincent Shaun Redmond, KM (Magistral Knight in Obedience), KCHS, KCN, OStJ
  • Attorney Van Thach DePedro.
  • George Francis Lucki, MPhil, C Psych (Canada), KSMA
  • Dr. Paul Dreschnack, MD, KM, KHS - Nobel Prize Nominee
  • Thomas Serafin, KVV, KCSMA
  • Andrew Walther, KSMA
  • The Honorable John Michael Thomas, Col ret.- Attorney to H.I.H. Prince Buu Chanh Charitable Foundation
  • Lieutenant Colonel Michael Donnelly, QGM - Nam Tuoc Nguyen Phuc Doan Minh - Security Officer of the Imperial House
  • Dr. Ben Weider, CM, CQ, SBSTJ, PhD - President, The International Napoleonic Society
  • Dr. Carmen K. Steigman, MD, MPH, FCAP
  • Christopher Szabo KMV - Assistant to H. I. &R. H. Archduke Joseph Arpad von Habsburg Lieutenant of the Military Order of the Vitez
  • Col. Clyde Webb, KSMA - Imperial Herald to the Nguyen Dynasty
  • The Reverend Canon Kenneth W. Gunn-Walberg, Ph.D - Rector of St. Mary's Anglican Catholic Church and Eastern U.S. Delegate of the Grand Council of the International Monarchist League
  • Thomas Hudson - DACOR Sponsor
  • H.E. Mark Andrew Bickham