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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
Of
M⸫W⸫ Asa H. Hankerson: 1913-1914

Asa Herbert Hankerson, a Seattle businessman, was picked
as next Grand Master. He was born January 7, 1873 at La
Crosse, Wisconsin attended the University of Michigan, and
came West to Tacoma in 1891. He entered the rental
insurance business in Seattle the next year, and in 1906
started a grain brokerage business that became extensive and
prosperous. He served with the Federal Food Administration
and was a captain in the Washington National Guard during
WWI and was an official with the Office of Price
Administration during World War II.

He was raised in Arcana Lodge, No. 87 in Seattle in 1894 and
was its Master in 1903. His brokerage business took him to
San Francisco about 25 years before his death there on
November 14, 1956 at age 83. However, he was always a
faithful attendant on Grand Lodge as long as his health permitted his annual trip to Washington State.

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