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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
Of
M⸫W⸫ Gail Huhn: 1950-1951

Most Worshipful Brother Gail Huhn was born January 28, 1902, in
Grafton, North Dakota, and came to Seattle with his family shortly
thereafter. There he attended the University Heights Grade School
and Lincoln High School, graduating from the latter in 1921. While
at Lincoln High he participated in both basketball and football. He
was honored as All-City Center in the latter sport, notwithstanding
that he was outweighed by his opponent in every game he played. It
was said that this was but typical of the way he played the game of
life; he might be outweighed, but never outworked or outfought.

He was also employed in his high school days by Perrine Machinery
Company and Martin Sales & Engineering Company, thus being able
to contribute to the support of the family. Soon after graduation, he
entered the employ of The Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company and continued with that company
until his death, working his way to the upper echelon of its engineering department.

Our Brother’s Masonic journey began in 1933 when he was initiated, passed, and raised in Daniel Bagley
Lodge No. 238. He would serve as its Worshipful Master in 1940. He was also a charter member of Walter
F. Meier Lodge of Research No. 281, but dimitted in 1947 to affiliate with Warren G. Harding Lodge No.
260 as a dual member. He held honorary memberships in Franklin Lodge No. 5, Port Orchard Lodge No.
98, Bremerton Lodge No, 117, Tanana Lodge No. 162 (Fairbanks, Alaska), William H Upton Lodge No.
260, Lawton Lodge No. 292, and St. Andrew's No. 49 (Victoria, Grand Lodge of British Columbia).

Gail, as he liked to be called, was active in the Grand Lodge since 1940 and was Grand Marshal in 1943-
1944. He served the Grand Lodge as a member of the Research and Education Committee and the
Jurisprudence Committee, being on the latter for the three years immediately preceding his election as
Junior Grand Warden in 1947. He advanced regularly through the Grand Lodge line until elected Grand
Master in 1950.

In the Record of the Proceedings of the 1951 Annual Communication, Past Grand Master Matthew Hill
wrote these words about our Most Worshipful Brother: “Another year and another Grand Master, but what
a year and what a Grand Master! Most Worshipful Brother Gail Huhn has, during the year 1950- 1951,
gone throughout this Grand Jurisdiction and beyond, preaching and teaching grassroots Masonry. Down
to earth, practical, helpful, and yet in a very real sense inspirational, Gail (Everybody calls him that, so
why shouldn't we?) has had as a slogan, "Plan Ahead." He has not only talked about the problem of Lodge

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