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Lockheed Shipbuilding until just prior to that company’s closure of its Seattle yard, when he joined
the Washington State Ferry System as Senior Inspector for all major renovations to its fleet of
vessels.

During this period he was active in The Society of Port Engineers of Puget Sound, serving as
Chairman of the Board of Governors in 1988 and President in 1990.

Wayne was initiated as an Entered Apprentice Mason on 9 October 1965 in his hometown Lodge,
Newport Lodge No. 85, AF & AM. He was passed to the Degree of a Fellowcraft Mason on 16
November 1965, and raised as a Master Mason on 1 March 1966 by Port Angeles Lodge No. 69,
Port Angeles, Washington as courtesy work while he was on active duty. He served his current
Lodge, Langley No. 218, as Worshipful Master in 1996. He was also a member of Hermanos del
Arte Lodge No. 314 in Brewster, and Mt. Juneau-Gastineau Lodge No.21, Grand Lodge of Alaska.

He held life membership in Juneau Valley Scottish Rite and was a member of Everett Valley
rd
Scottish Rite, where he was honored to be coroneted as 33 Degree Inspector General Honorary
in August 2007. He served Everett Valley Scottish Rite as the 4th Degree Master, member of the
Rose Croix funeral team, Chairman for Leadership Development and member of Everett’s
Executive Council.

Wayne was a Noble with Nile Shrine and was President of the South Whidbey Shrine Club in
1999. He was Worthy Patron of Langley Chapter No.159, Order of Eastern Star for the year 1999-
2000. Wayne was also a member of Anacortes Royal Arch and all Snohomish York Rite bodies.

His Masonic affiliations extended to Chelminar Grotto in Yakima, and Royal Order of Scotland,
Thistle Clan. He was a Charter Member of Pacific Northwest Chapter No.534, National
Sojourners, serving as the Chapter’s second President and as Commander of Thomas L. Casey
Camp, Heroes of ‘76. Wayne had been Regional Representative and Area Representative (Oregon
and Washington). Additionally, he was a member of the National Americanism, Education and
Training and Nominating Committees and currently serves on the National Resolutions
Committee. A member of DeMolay while in high school in Newport, Oregon, Wayne was is a
recipient of the DeMolay Legion of Honor.

Wayne Irvine Smith was installed as Grand Master of our Grand Lodge on 15 June 2007. Our
Grand Master’s theme for the year was “Accentuate the Positive,” encouraging Masons not to
dwell on the negative but to concentrate on the positive things about Freemasonry. In his address
to the Craft, Most Worshipful Brother Wayne shared this sentiment: Accentuate the Positive so
when each of our Brothers, new or old, is driving home he will reflect on the evening and say to
himself ‘That was a great meeting and the fellowship was super. I must ensure that I go to the next
meeting to gain more light and participate in the fellowship and Brotherly love of Masonry.’
The great number of visits he made, his friendliness and congeniality, left a host of personal friends
and a general feeling of fraternal fellowship in all parts of our state. Those who have been
privileged to work closely with Wayne remain honored, not only to call him our Brother, but also