Michael Halleran

Who is Michael Halleran?

Michael Halleran is an American attorney and scholar on the history of Freemasonry.

Halleran received a master’s degree in American History from the University of Kansas in 1989 and his juris doctorate from Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas in 1995. He is an adjunct instructor at Emporia State University.

Halleran is the author of both articles and a book on Masons in the American Civil War, as well as a regular column in the Scottish Rite Journal recounting the adventures of Bro. Hiram Brother, a 19th Century Mason. The stories are framed as extracts from Bro. Brother's previously undiscovered journals. Halleran is the executive editor of the Journal of the Masonic Society and was installed as Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Kansas AF&AM on March 22, 2014.

Halleran has presented papers at numerous scholarly conferences in the United States and England. Among these, he was featured speaker at the Battle of Gettysburg 150th Anniversary, sponsored by the Gettysburg Foundation, and presented on methods of historial research for The Quarry Project.