Illustrious Judge Luther A. Smith, 33°
Past Sovereign Grand Commander
Supreme Council, 33°, SJ
(Sep 20, 1883 - Sep 02, 1975)

(1955 - 1969) Sovereign Grand Commander,
of the Supreme Council, Southern Jurisdiction
Illustrious Judge Smith as the Sovereign Grand Commander of the Scottish Rite in the Southern Jurisdiction from 1955-1969. Established in 1965 from a trust agreement between the Scottish Rite Foundation, Southern Jurisdiction, USA, Inc., and Vanderbilt University Law School in Nashville, Tennessee, this scholarship is a tribute to Ill. Luther A. Smith, 33°, who served as Sovereign Grand Commander of the Scottish Rite from 1955–1969 and earned his law degree from Vanderbilt University in 1909. The scholarship is awarded based on the interest earned each year from the trust, and the corpus is never touched. This interest continues to be deposited into the income account, thus allowing more funds to be awarded. The first scholarship was awarded in 1990.