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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
Of
M⸫W⸫ Satoru Tashiro: 2004-2005

Most Worshipful Brother Satoru “Sat” Tashiro was born and
raised in Seattle, the last of three children of immigrant
Japanese parents who came to the United States in the early
1900’s. Typical of such immigrants, they struggled with
language barriers while raising their children with strong
moral values. When World War II began the family had to
move to a camp in Idaho with all others of Japanese descent.
They remained in Idaho from 1942 through 1945, whereupon
they returned to Seattle. Sat completed his education in the
public schools in Seattle, graduating from Garfield High
School in 1952 with academic honors.

He attended the University of Washington and received his
BSEE cum laude in 1956, followed by his MSEE in 1958. He
became a member of Tau Beta Pi, engineering honorary; Zeta Mu Tau, mathematics honorary; and Sigma
Xi, scientific research honorary in this period of time. He began his career at the Boeing Company in
1958, where he worked for 36 years. He took an educational leave of absence in 1962 to resume his
graduate studies. He returned to the company in 1963, completed his final requirements, and received his
PhD in Electrical Engineering in 1964.

Upon returning to The Boeing Company in 1963 he met Dorothy Braendle in and married her in 1965.
During their marriage they raised seven children. They have all gone on to different careers and lives. Sat
is the proud grandfather of 15 beautiful grandchildren and one great-grandson.

At the Boeing Company he resumed his career as a research engineer and was promoted to an engineering
manager in 1966 where he remained until his retirement in 1995. During his professional career he was
involved with the major organization of electrical and electronic engineers in the country, the Institute of
Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). At the national and local level, he was instrumental in the
formation of the first electronics show in the Pacific Northwest, NORTHCON, and was its first chairman.

Sat was raised a Master Mason in Lakeside Lodge, No.258, in September 1974. He was appointed Marshal
in 1975 and elected Master in 1984. Upon his retirement from Boeing in 1995, he became active again
and became the Lodge Secretary in 1996 until 1998, when his Grand Lodge commitments began. He is a
member of the Walter F. Meier Lodge of Research, No.281; Tsawwassen Lodge, No.185 in British
Columbia and Yukon; Goose and Gridiron, Nest 1; Scottish Rite, Valley of Seattle; Nile Shrine Temple;
Order of Eastern Star, Lakeside Chapter No.202; Grotto; York Rite Bodies, and past president of the
Eastside Shrine Club.

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