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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
Of
M⸫W⸫ Satoru Tashiro

2004-2005

Most Worshipful Brother Satoru “Sat” Tashiro was born and raised
in Seattle, the last of three children of immigrant Japanese parents
who came to the United States in the early 1900’s. Typical of such
immigrants, they struggled with language barriers while raising
their children with strong moral values. When World War II began
the family had to move to a camp in Idaho with all others of
Japanese descent. They remained in Idaho from 1942 through 1945,
whereupon they returned to Seattle. Sat completed his education in
the public schools in Seattle, graduating from Garfield High School
in 1952 with academic honors.

He attended the University of Washington and received his BSEE cum laude in 1956, followed by
his MSEE in 1958. He became a member of Tau Beta Pi, engineering honorary; Zeta Mu Tau,
mathematics honorary; and Sigma Xi, scientific research honorary in this period of time. He began
his career at the Boeing Company in 1958, where he worked for 36 years. He took an educational
leave of absence in 1962 to resume his graduate studies. He returned to the company in 1963,
completed his final requirements, and received his PhD in Electrical Engineering in 1964.

Upon returning to The Boeing Company in 1963 he met Dorothy Braendle in and married her in
1965. During their marriage they raised seven children. They have all gone on to different careers
and lives. Sat is the proud grandfather of 15 beautiful grandchildren and one great-grandson.

At the Boeing Company he resumed his career as a research engineer and was promoted to an
engineering manager in 1966 where he remained until his retirement in 1995. During his
professional career he was involved with the major organization of electrical and electronic
engineers in the country, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). At the
national and local level, he was instrumental in the formation of the first electronics show in the
Pacific Northwest, NORTHCON, and was its first chairman.

Sat was raised a Master Mason in Lakeside Lodge, No.258, in September 1974. He was appointed
Marshal in 1975 and elected Master in 1984. Upon his retirement from Boeing in 1995, he became
active again and became the Lodge Secretary in 1996 until 1998, when his Grand Lodge
commitments began. He is a member of the Walter F. Meier Lodge of Research, No.281;
Tsawwassen Lodge, No.185 in British Columbia and Yukon; Goose and Gridiron, Nest 1; Scottish
Rite, Valley of Seattle; Nile Shrine Temple; Order of Eastern Star, Lakeside Chapter No.202;
Grotto; York Rite Bodies, and past president of the Eastside Shrine Club.