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the Scottish Rite Foundation for the Valley of Tacoma, and a member of the Afifi Temple of the Shrine.
He has served as Secretary for Pacific Counsel No. 30, Allied Masonic Degrees, and was also a member
of the Royal Ark Mariners and the Royal Order of Scotland. He served as DeMolay Dad at Sequim and
Port Angeles and served for a number of years on the Grand Executive Board of Washington and Idaho
International Order of the Rainbow for Girls and served as Rainbow Dad for Acacia Assembly No. 154
in Steilacoom. He was a member, along with Judy, of Cedar Chapter of the Order of Eastern Star.

His career in Grand Lodge began in 1977 when he was appointed Grand Chaplain for Most Worshipful
Brother James O. Wood. In succession thereafter he served as Chairman of the Public Schools Committee,
as Deputy of the Grand Master in District No. 15, as a member of the Code Commission, the Fraternal
Relations Committee, and as Chairman of the Museum and Library Committee. In that latter capacity he
left an ineradicable impact on the affairs of this Grand Lodge. It was in this position that he brought his
experience as Director of Libraries at Pierce College.

George Thomas Leslie was elected Junior Grand Warden at Grand Lodge in Spokane in 1989. He would
progress regularly through the elected line, and serve as Grand Master for the Masonic year 1992 - 1993.

In his report to the Craft at the 1993 Annual Communication, our Past Grand Master shared these words:
There are a number of active and successful Lodges. They have built their "tradition" over many years of
activity and hard work. They tend to be Lodges with dynamic leadership. They tend to be Lodges which
will not tolerate sloppy ritual or badly conducted meetings. They tend to be Lodge which have a good
time and foster activities which involve the members' family.

This still rings true today.

Most Worshipful Brother George Thomas Leslie was called from labor on May 4, 2011. Perhaps our Most
Worshipful Brother was best remembered by the words of the Grand Chaplain at the Annual
Communication of which Brother Leslie presided – “We were promised that a master builder and
celebrated craftsman would knock at the east gate of Masonry. These promises were fulfilled in the person
and character of George Thomas Leslie. He is a man of unquestionable honor, a man of intellect and a
man with a clarity of vision. He is a caring and thoughtful man and as such, he is held in high regard by
his fellows and friends, a true friend of man."

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