Page 237 - PGM Compendium

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
Of
M⸫W⸫ Asa H. Hankerson

1913-1914

Asa Herbert Hankerson, a Seattle businessman, was picked as
next Grand Master. He was born January 7, 1873 at La Crosse,
Wisconsin attended the University of Michigan, and came West
to Tacoma in 1891. He entered the rental insurance business in
Seattle the next year, and in 1906 started a grain brokerage
business that became extensive and prosperous. He served with
the Federal Food Administration and was a captain in the
Washington National Guard during WWI and was an official
with the Office of Price Administration during World War II.

He was raised in Arcana Lodge, No. 87 in Seattle in 1894 and
was its Master in 1903. His brokerage business took him to San
Francisco about 25 years before his death there on November 14, 1956 at age 83. However, he was
always a faithful attendant on Grand Lodge as long as his health permitted his annual trip to
Washington State.