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He was a member of the York Rite Bodies of Tacoma, the Valley of Tacoma Scottish Rite, Director
of the Scottish Rite Foundation for the Valley of Tacoma, and a member of the Afifi Temple of
the Shrine. He has served as Secretary for Pacific Counsel No. 30, Allied Masonic Degrees, and
was also a member of the Royal Ark Mariners and the Royal Order of Scotland. He served as
DeMolay Dad at Sequim and Port Angeles and served for a number of years on the Grand
Executive Board of Washington and Idaho International Order of the Rainbow for Girls and served
as Rainbow Dad for Acacia Assembly No. 154 in Steilacoom. He was a member, along with Judy,
of Cedar Chapter of the Order of Eastern Star.

His career in Grand Lodge began in 1977 when he was appointed Grand Chaplain for Most
Worshipful Brother James O. Wood. In succession thereafter he served as Chairman of the Public
Schools Committee, as Deputy of the Grand Master in District No. 15, as a member of the Code
Commission, the Fraternal Relations Committee, and as Chairman of the Museum and Library
Committee. In that latter capacity he left an ineradicable impact on the affairs of this Grand Lodge.
It was in this position that he brought his experience as Director of Libraries at Pierce College.

George Thomas Leslie was elected Junior Grand Warden at Grand Lodge in Spokane in 1989. He
would progress regularly through the elected line, and serve as Grand Master for the Masonic year
1992 - 1993.

In his report to the Craft at the 1993 Annual Communication, our Past Grand Master shared these
words: There are a number of active and successful Lodges. They have built their "tradition" over
many years of activity and hard work. They tend to be Lodges with dynamic leadership. They tend
to be Lodges which will not tolerate sloppy ritual or badly conducted meetings. They tend to be
Lodge which have a good time and foster activities which involve the members' family.

This still rings true today.

Most Worshipful Brother George Thomas Leslie was called from labor on May 4, 2011. Perhaps
our Most Worshipful Brother was best remembered by the words of the Grand Chaplain at the
Annual Communication of which Brother Leslie presided – “We were promised that a master
builder and celebrated craftsman would knock at the east gate of Masonry. These promises were
fulfilled in the person and character of George Thomas Leslie. He is a man of unquestionable
honor, a man of intellect and a man with a clarity of vision. He is a caring and thoughtful man and
as such, he is held in high regard by his fellows and friends, a true friend of man."