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His service with the Masonic youth groups goes back to the time when his children were being raised. He
was a member of the DeMolay Advisory Board, Bellevue Chapter; the Rainbow Advisory Board, and
received the Grand Cross of Colors. He was also a youth soccer coach and served as assistant scoutmaster
for the Boy Scouts of America.

Sat started his Grand Lodge service when Most Worshipful Brother George Jurgich appointed him to the
Membership Cultivation and Retention Committee in 1997, eventually becoming its chairman in 1998.
He became the Deputy of the Grand Master in District No.7 for Most Worshipful Bill R. Wood in 1999.

He also served on the Ad Hoc Committee for Long Range Planning, as well as Grand Representative of
the Grand Lodge of Japan nearest the Grand Lodge of Washington.

In 2001, the brethren of this jurisdiction elected Sat as Junior Grand Warden. Sadly, his journey to the
oriental chair saw the passing of his beloved wife, Dottie. During Sat’s year as Grand Master, Districts
and individual Masons remembered Dottie with contributions to the Susan G Komen Breast Cancer
Foundation and other worthy charities. Today, Dottie continues to be remembered with the annual
presentation of the Dottie Tashiro Inspirational Lady Award.

Knowing the many challenges facing the Jurisdiction as he embarked on his year as Grand Master, Brother
Sat chose as his motto “Change – Key to Our Future.” His year was dedicated to leading the Jurisdiction
in accomplishing those tasks needed to prepare for the future, both administratively and organizationally.
From the reorganization of the District and committee structure to enabling a new Lodge to be constituted
and the forming of two others Under Dispensation, he always looked to the future for his direction.

Though Sat’s year as Grand Master saw petitions being read and Degrees being conferred at an accelerated
rate; he was mindful of the importance of the added responsibility of the Lodges to make Master Masons
who understood the meaning of being a Mason.

Following his tenure as Grand Master, Most Worshipful Brother Sat would continue to serve our Grand
Lodge as Chairman of the Jurisprudence Committee, and presently as Chairman of the Grievances and
Appeals Committee. Outside of the Grand Lodge, Sat shared his quiet, thorough, and personable
leadership with the Nile Shrine serving as Potentate in 2010. Currently he is the Personal Representative
of the Sovereign Grand Inspector General for the Seattle Valley of Scottish Rite. Sat would also again
find happiness as he married Lorna Schack.

In Most Worshipful Brother Satoru Tashiro, the Freemasons of Washington were truly blessed with a
leader of the times who formed the direction for the present by looking to the future of our great Fraternity.

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