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His service with the Masonic youth groups goes back to the time when his children were being
raised. He was a member of the DeMolay Advisory Board, Bellevue Chapter; the Rainbow
Advisory Board, and received the Grand Cross of Colors. He was also a youth soccer coach and
served as assistant scoutmaster for the Boy Scouts of America.

Sat started his Grand Lodge service when Most Worshipful Brother George Jurgich appointed him
to the Membership Cultivation and Retention Committee in 1997, eventually becoming its
chairman in 1998. He became the Deputy of the Grand Master in District No.7 for Most Worshipful
Bill R. Wood in 1999.

He also served on the Ad Hoc Committee for Long Range Planning, as well as Grand
Representative of the Grand Lodge of Japan nearest the Grand Lodge of Washington.

In 2001, the brethren of this jurisdiction elected Sat as Junior Grand Warden. Sadly, his journey to
the oriental chair saw the passing of his beloved wife, Dottie. During Sat’s year as Grand Master,
Districts and individual Masons remembered Dottie with contributions to the Susan G Komen
Breast Cancer Foundation and other worthy charities. Today, Dottie continues to be remembered
with the annual presentation of the Dottie Tashiro Inspirational Lady Award.

Knowing the many challenges facing the Jurisdiction as he embarked on his year as Grand Master,
Brother Sat chose as his motto “Change – Key to Our Future.” His year was dedicated to leading
the Jurisdiction in accomplishing those tasks needed to prepare for the future, both administratively
and organizationally. From the reorganization of the District and committee structure to enabling
a new Lodge to be constituted and the forming of two others Under Dispensation, he always looked
to the future for his direction.

Though Sat’s year as Grand Master saw petitions being read and Degrees being conferred at an
accelerated rate; he was mindful of the importance of the added responsibility of the Lodges to
make Master Masons who understood the meaning of being a Mason.

Following his tenure as Grand Master, Most Worshipful Brother Sat would continue to serve our
Grand Lodge as Chairman of the Jurisprudence Committee, and presently as Chairman of the
Grievances and Appeals Committee. Outside of the Grand Lodge, Sat shared his quiet, thorough,
and personable leadership with the Nile Shrine serving as Potentate in 2010. Currently he is the
Personal Representative of the Sovereign Grand Inspector General for the Seattle Valley of
Scottish Rite. Sat would also again find happiness as he married Lorna Schack.

In Most Worshipful Brother Satoru Tashiro, the Freemasons of Washington were truly blessed
with a leader of the times who formed the direction for the present by looking to the future of our
great Fraternity.