• MARITAL STATUS — Married
• OCCUPATION — Director – Program Management
• HOBBIES — Masonry, Reading, Traveling
• FAVORITE THINGS — Computers, Using my hands (woodworking, fixing, etc.), time with family, visiting other lodges (especially out of the country)

I was born in Riverside, CA but raised all over. I moved around twelve times by the time I graduated high school, so I got to see a lot of our great nation as well as meet many people. Joined the Navy after 2 yrs of college and was a Sonar Technician aboard the Los Angeles Class Submarine, USS Oklahoma City (SSN 723). Left the Navy and went into the Semiconductor industry for twelve years working my way up to Regional Manager. Switched industries and now am a Director of Program Management for a logistics company.

I consider myself semi-active in the fraternity and belong to a few lodges and appendant bodies. I was initiated into the fraternity September of 2006 at Trinity Valley Lodge #1048 in Dallas, TX (my mother lodge). I was passed to the degree of Fellow Craft in December 2006, and raised to Master Mason in February 2007. I am an affiliate member of Northern Star #377, John L. DeGrazier #1349, TX Lodge of Research, as well as active in Love Field Chapter #478, Love Field Council #396, Alexander C. Garrett Commandery #103, and somewhat active in Scottish Rite where I am the 18th Degree Master as well as the Wise Master for that degree, in addition to various other bodies and organizations.

I had a friend during my first year of college who was a DeMolay, and the little bit of it I knew about then intrigued me. I did not belong to a college fraternity as I was not drawn to, nor impressed with, the seemingly juvenile treatment I saw of those desiring admission. Masonry’s more mature higher purpose attracted me from the time I first learned about it. From that point it was on my life’s agenda of things to do once I knew I could spend time dedicating myself to it.

It took me 19 years from that point before I finally made the choice to go forward with my desire. The wait was mainly due to working full time, pursuing a Bachelors and Masters degree, while raising three kids and two dogs. Although I do not regret putting those things first in my life, I do wish I had learned out about Masonry sooner than I did as it life lessons are beautiful.

To me Masonry means being around like minded men with the same purpose in life, i.e. improving ones self for the betterment of himself, his family, and thereby his community at large. No where else on God’s green earth can men of varying backgrounds, ethnicity, religious affiliation, political affiliations, shapes and sizes come together for a common purpose. As many parents have told their children, “birds of a feather flock together”, and I can think of no other place to surround myself with good men who have the common goal of improving themselves and not judging others. Our aspirations are simple; our duty is not to be better than our fellow man, but to be better than we were yesterday. That’s what Masonry means to me.