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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
Of
M⸫W⸫ Marks L. Ewing

1987-1988

Most Worshipful Brother Marks L. Ewing was born on August
6, 1918, in Seattle. He was one of five children born to Albert
and Anna Ewing.

Our Past Grand Master attended Seattle grade schools and earned
a diploma from Lincoln High School in 1937. Following
graduation from high school, he attended Peterson Business
School in 1940 and was enrolled there when he was drafted into
the U. S. Air Corps in 1941. After serving two years as an
enlisted man, he applied for and was accepted into flight training
as a staff sergeant. Primary flight training included attendance at
basic classes and instruction at Iowa State Teachers College, an institution that was under contract
to provide specific training in required subjects for the U. S. Air Force.

While undergoing this training he met Mable Ames, a WAVE assigned to a Navy Detachment at
the same institution. After a courtship of approximately ten months, Marks' persistence and
perseverance convinced Mable (more affectionately known as "Skipper") that marriage was his
goal. They were married in Phoenix, Arizona, on July 29. 1944, at the completion of his primary
flight training.

Following basic flight training, Marks progressed through required phases of advanced training in
multi- engine flight of various types of military aircraft including B-25 bombers. He was
commissioned a photo- reconnaissance pilot in P-38 aircraft.

After being honorably discharged in 1945, Marks and Skipper returned to Seattle where he utilized
the GI Bill, supplemented by working nights, to earn a degree in Business Administration at the
University of Washington. After graduation, he spent the next sixteen years with two local firms
in middle- management positions. In 1964, Marks accepted a management position with the
Lockheed Shipbuilding Corporation and after nineteen years in the firm retired in August, 1983.
During his tenure of employment with Lockheed, he held various offices in the "Lockheed
Management Club," serving as its President in 1973. During much of this time. Skipper was
employed by the Corps of Engineers. She also retired in 1983, only three months after Marks.

Our brother’s Masonic journey began when he petitioned Queen Anne Lodge No. 242 in 1950. He
received all his degrees that year being Raised to the Sublime Degree of a Master Mason on
December 7, 1950. He later moved to West Seattle where he became a dual member of West
Seattle Lodge No. 287, on November 3, 1953. He became active in the West Seattle Study Club,
serving as President of the Club for several consecutive years. During this time he was appointed
to the officer line, serving in every progressive station being elected as Worshipful Master in 1968.