Lodge of Research
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Pythagoras Lodge of Research is the only research lodge chartered by the Grand Lodge of the District of Columbia, F.A.A.M. (Free and Accepted Masons). It was founded in the 1960s, meets 4 times a year, and strives to promote the best possible Masonic research and education.
If you would like to send email to Pythagoras Lodge of Research, go to the list of our officers and click on any who are listed as having email addresses.
If you live near Washington DC, or if you will be visiting our area, please feel free to visit Pythagoras Lodge of Research. We promise to make you welcome, and to help you enjoy Freemasonry. Pythagoras Lodge of Research is scheduled to meet on the dates listed below, at 7:30pm, at Singleton Masonic Hall, 4441 Wisconsin Avenue NW, Washington DC 20016, (phone) 202-364-9409.
If you have comments or suggestions about this webpage, contact Paul M. Bessel at: bessel@erols.com
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Upcoming Meetings in 2001 |
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| Monday, January 29, 2001 |
Wor. Bro. W. Kirk MacNulty on “Kaballah“
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| Monday, April 30, 2001 | speaker and topic to be announced |
| Friday, June 29, 2001 | speaker and topic to be announced |
| Tuesday, October 30, 2001 | Elections & Installation of Officers for the next year Tentative: Inaugural Paper by Incoming W.M. – John Vergalla |
Meetings that were held in 2000
Friday, February 25, 2000
Wor. Bro. Paul M. Bessel on “U.S. Lodges Conducting Business on 1st or 3rd Degree?”
Friday, March 31, 2000
Wor. Bro. John “Sam” Harris on “Freemasonry in Wartime, including World War II”
Friday, June 30, 2000
Most Wor. Bro. Stewart W. Miner on “The American Doctrine – Recent Changes”
Monday, October 30, 2000
Elections and installation of officers for the next year,
plus Wor. Bro. Richard B. Baldwin on “The Word”
Meetings that were held in 1999
Friday, January 29, 1999
Wor. Bro. Akram Elias on “Grammar – Rhetoric – Logic: Foundation for Masonic Success”
Monday, March 29, 1999
Bro. Jerome Barry on “Music and Freemasonry”
Tuesday, June 29, 1999
Wor. Bro. Al Hemmerdinger on “Astronomy and the Junior Warden”
Thursday, October 28, 1999
Mrs. Vickie Starr on “Pi ala Mode” — also elections and installation of officers for the next year
Officers for the Masonic year 2000-2001
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Master |
Mansour Hatefi, GM |
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Senior Warden |
John Vergalla, GHP |
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Junior Warden |
Paul M. Bessel, JGS |
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Secretary |
Harold Grainger, PM |
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Treasurer |
Clyde D. Frame, PM |
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Chaplain |
Hugh Y. Barnard, Jr., PM |
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Marshal |
John Greenwood, PM |
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Senior Deacon |
Akram R. Elias, PM, Grand Marshal |
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Junior Deacon |
Bilal M. Raschid, PM |
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Senior Steward |
Harold Snider |
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Junior Steward |
Kwame Acquaah, P.M. |
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Tiler |
Robert B. Rench, Jr. |
Living Past Masters
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1968 |
John Greenwood, PM |
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1974 |
John C. Schleter, PGM |
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1978 |
Robert N. Margrave |
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1979 |
James M. Burns, PGM |
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1980 |
Leszek Ochota |
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1984 |
Theodore M. Kahn, PGM |
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1985 |
Maurice H. Goldchain, PM |
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1986 |
Maurice H. Hedges |
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1987 |
Hiram L. Wohlfarth, III |
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1988 |
S. Flory Diehl, PM |
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1989 |
Robert R. Eckell |
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1990 |
Harold Grainger, PM |
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1991 |
Herbert M. Weber |
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1992 |
F. William Hershiser, PM |
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1993 |
Charles S. Iversen, PGM |
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1994 |
Hugh Y. Bernard, PM |
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1995 |
Harvey E. Schuyler, PM |
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1996 |
Jules S. Tepper, JGW |
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1997 |
Clyde D. Frame, PM |
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1998 |
Urban T. Peters, PM |
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1999 |
Robert H. Starr, SGW |
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2000 |
William E. Chaney, Jr., PGM |