[bombcar]

Very nice! You can clearly see something like "Sesostris Temple" on the background award thing and maybe "Honorary Big Brother?" Honorary Elk Member"?

That may be an angle for tracking it down, the man seems to be behind "his desk" which would mean the award applies to him.

[elwell]

The caption in the blog says this:

We’ve been all across the country and back trying to ID this man at his desk. Yes, that’s a Shriner’s certificate on the wall behind him. It was issued from the Sesostris Shrine located in Lincoln, NE. And his stationary says “Memo to Recorders.” The folks at the Lincoln Shrine have been very helpful to us be we still have not yet been able to ID this man.

[UmYeahNo]

Trying to decode the letter on the desk... The resolution is such that it's all guesswork, but it's clearly a "Memo to Records" or Recorders[0] which I think of as something for a "permanent record". Gov't records, medical records, etc.

And possibly the image of the person on the letterhead is the signer. So, his company? Gov't Position? Law/Medical Practice? I'm bad at this.

[0] https://imgur.com/a/YBFmPTL

[jacobyoder]

https://www.sesostrisshrine.org/ looks like Nebraska area? Perhaps someone at that group might have some idea who he is.

Just finding out who made the scary tie-pin might be enough to identify this person!

[sowbug]

Looks like "Honorary Life Member" if my squinting is working.