Congratulations to Brother Glenn Howard Liljegren of Duluth on the award of the Scottish Rite Grand Cross of Honour. What a terrific honor for Glenn, for the DuluthValley of the Scottish Rite, and for Minnesota Masonry!
I was honored to have been coroneted an Inspector General, Honorary (33rd Degree) in WashingtonD.C. on Tuesday.I am honored to be included with such outstanding Scottish Rite Masons in Minnesota that will be coroneted November 17:
Duluth - Jon Michael Berry
Duluth - Seymour Sherwin Chez
Duluth - Rual Leonard Lee
Duluth - Robert Walter Wihela
Minneapolis - Mark Alan Anderson
Minneapolis - Roy William Downs
Minneapolis - Michael Leonard Dunn
Minneapolis - Donald William Fanning
Minneapolis - Dana James Hornquist
Minneapolis - Gregory Joel Lane
Minneapolis - Richard Stilwell McGinnis
Minneapolis - Edward Henry Perlman
Minneapolis - John Bergman-Hodge Studell
Rochester - Charles John Weisbrod
St. Paul - James Henry Konkler
St. Paul - Brent Lee Metcalf
St. Paul - Frank Joseph Spevak
Congratulations to Deputy Grand Master John L. Cook, Jr., Senior Grand Warden Thomas Hendrickson and Senior Grand Steward John Gann who have been named 32 Degree, Knight Commander Court of Honor.They will be invested with this honor on October 24, along with theses other outstanding Minnesota Masons:
Duluth - Bruce Allan Carson
Duluth - James Thomas Gramling
Duluth - Loren Walter Larson
Duluth - Brian E McVean
Duluth - George Herbert Palo
Duluth - Richard Kermit Sellman
Duluth - Lawrence Benjamin Stauber
Duluth - Robert Oscar Ulland
Duluth - David James Vosen Minneapolis - Daniel Forrest Akins
Minneapolis - John Allen Antl
Minneapolis - James Albert Bagwell
Minneapolis - Stephen James Bernu
Minneapolis - Harlan E Brand
Minneapolis - Charles Samuel Davis
Minneapolis - Dustin Robert Du Fault
Minneapolis - Randall Arlen Hamborg
Minneapolis - David Allan Highum
Minneapolis - George Marvin Hough
Minneapolis - Larry Faaborg Jensen
Minneapolis - Jim Kwanichi Kirihara
Minneapolis - Benjamin John Kuehnel
Minneapolis - Dean John McFarlane
Minneapolis - Donald James Nolley
Minneapolis - Michael Dean Pierce
Minneapolis - John Eric Titus
Minneapolis - David Scott Wething
Minneapolis - James Matthew White Rochester - Zeb Joseph Dudek
Rochester - David Anthony Hellstern
Rochester - Paul Everett Main
Rochester - Craig Scot Mann St. Paul - James Ivan Berg
I have completed posting on MNGrandMaster09. It has been a great experience, both serving as Grand Master and posting my travels and thoughts here. Thanks for your support all this past year. Tom
Tom McCarthy was installed as Grand Master of Minnesota Masons on March 28, 2009. He lives in Winthrop Minnesota with his wife, Patty. Tom and Patty have three grown children and five grandsons.
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