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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
Of
M⸫W⸫ Charles McQuery: 2006-2007

Most Worshipful Brother Charles McQuery was born in Kansas
City, Missouri, on September 14, 1944, and was one of three
children in the family, with a brother and sister. The family moved
to Oregon in 1947, where Charles received his public education in
the Corvallis public schools, graduating from Corvallis High
School in 1961.

He initially enrolled at Oregon State University, but transferred to
Portland State University, where he graduated with a Bachelor of
Science in Business Administration in 1967. He started his career
in his chosen field, and during the subsequent years he continued
his postgraduate studies and received an MBA degree from
Eastern Illinois University in 1978.

His career spanned the breadth and width of the country and many companies, each culminating in
increasing responsibilities. He and his family traveled from Portland to Boston, Massachusetts, to
Danville, Illinois, returning to Portland and finally settling in Seattle. He worked for Hyster Company, the
lift truck manufacturer, for the first 16 years of his career. He then progressed in his responsibilities and
finally settled into his last job with Phillips Medical Systems in 1987. He retired on June 1, 2004, after a
very successful career.

Charles was married June 5, 1965, to his ever-supportive wife, Diane (Johnson). They were blessed with
two sons, Michael and Timothy. He and Diane also have two granddaughters and three grandsons.

Charles was, and remains, deeply involved in his community. He has served for many years as an umpire,
and continues in his post-Grand Master years. He has served as a little League Umpire at Alderwood Little
League for many, many years, and served as its League Umpire-in-Chief for several years. Since 1987 he
has been a member of the Northwest Baseball Umpires Association, where he has risen to the community
college level, and has officiated at three different State High School championships. His retirement has
allowed him to snowbird, and to continue his umpiring endeavors in Arizona. He has also served as a
member of the Board of Directors for Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Snohomish County for seven years
and as its President for three of these years. He has served on an advisory board for the School of Business
at Western Washington University for five years. He is a Board member and past President of Washington
Manufacturing Services.

His Masonic record demonstrates a strong Masonic heritage. His father was a distinguished Oregon Mason
and passed on those values to Charles and his brother and sister. Charles joined Corvallis Chapter, Order

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