GRAND MASTER OF ARIZONA

Most Worshipful
Scott A. Thomas

Scott A. Thomas is a third generation Arizona Mason from Phoenix and Gilbert. After graduating from ASU with a BSE in Industrial and Management Systems Engineering, he held technical, management, and executive positions in commercial and government sectors of the Electronics, Aerospace and Financial industries and still provides consulting services.

A Past Master of Scottsdale Lodge No. 43, he has served as their Trustee and is also a member of Chandler Thunderbird No. 15 and Glendale No. 23, them being the lodges of his Father and Grandfather. He recently was made a member of Prometheus Lodge No. 87, in his home town of Gilbert, AZ.

He was a Deputy District Grand Lecturer and District Deputy Grand Master for two Phoenix area districts, Grand Sword Bearer, served on the Consolidation Committee for Chandler Thunderbird Lodge No. 15, and was Chairman of the Membership Committee within Grand Lodge and has received the Distinguished Service Award.
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He is a member of the Scottish Rite KSA in Phoenix and Tucson and is in the York Rite. As a Shriner he has been President of the Past Masters Club. He and his wife Roberta of 30 years own a commercial Interior Architecture firm in Tempe and have three sons.

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DEPUTY GRAND MASTER

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Craig L. Gross

Craig L. Gross is a third generation Master Mason and a member of Tucson Lodge No. 4 and Nelson Bledsoe Lodge No. 74 in Tucson, Arizona.  He is a native Tucsonan who began his Masonic career in 1983, serving as Master of Tucson 4 in 1988 and 2003,  He is a 33° Scottish Rite Mason in the Valley of Tucson, a Knight of the York Rite of Arizona and a Noble of the Sabbar Shrine.  He has served as District Deputy Grand Lecturer, Lodge Program Coordinator, Grand Sword Bearer, Grand Orator, Public Schools Chairman, on numerous Grand Lodge Committees, past President of Masonic Charities of Arizona, past member of the Scottish Rite Child Language Center (Wings on Words) Directors, past Board member of the Square and Compass Clinic, and Arizona Mason of the Year in 2001.

 Craig has served as Associate Bethel Guardian, Associate Grand Bethel Guardian, and Associate Grand Guardian of Arizona Job’s Daughters, being awarded the Sunburst of Honor in 2003, and was a past Rainbow Dad and a past DeMolay advisor.  Craig is also past Sovereign of the Red Cross of Constantine, past Governor of the York Rite White Rose College, and past Master of Southern Arizona Research Lodge No. 2.

 

Craig graduated from the University of Arizona and Arizona State University with degrees in Planning and Urban Development.  He was employed with the City of Tucson for over 30 years, retiring in 2011 as Deputy Director of Planning and Development Services.

 

He has been married to Lynda for over 40 years and has a daughter Erin who was extremely involved in Job’s Daughters International, Rainbow International and DeMolay International, a son-in-law Ben who was twice Arizona State Master Councilor of DeMolay International and Master of his Lodge in Washington in 2016, and two grandsons Cortland and Jasper.

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SENIOR GRAND WARDEN

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Greg Vasquez

Greg Vasquez is an Arizona native, born and raised in northern Arizona. He is a graduate of Northern Arizona University, Bachelor of Science, and of Arizona State University, Master of Technology- Management.

He was Initiated, Passed and Raised in Chandler Lodge No. 34, now Chandler Thunderbird No. 15, in 2005. He served as WM of Chandler 34 in

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2010 and as WM of Chandler Thunderbird 15 in 2011. As he likes to say, “I am the last PM of Chandler 34 and the first PM of Chandler Thunderbird 15.”

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JUNIOR GRAND WARDEN

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Boyd Robertson

Boyd Robertson is an Arizona transplant from Farmington, New Mexico. After a brief stint at Oklahoma University he met and married his wonderful wife Judy in 1983. They moved to the Valley of the Sun in 1989 and migrated to Prescott in 1992.

He was Initiated, Passed and Raised at Aztlan Lodge #1. He was Raised at the Outdoor Degree at Fain Ranch in 2006. 

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He served as Master of Aztlan No. 1 in 2010 and as Master of the Scientia Coronati Research Lodge in 2011-2012. He has also served as a member of the Charters & Bylaws committee, Grand Marshal and as a District Deputy Grand Master.
He joined the Scottish Rite in 2008 at the joint sessions in Tucson and is a member of the Valley of Phoenix. He also joined the York Rite in 2011 and is a member of the Chapter and Council in Prescott.
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GRAND SECRETARY

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James Rowan

James W. Rowan was born in Akron, Ohio, but has been a resident of Arizona since 1952. He is a graduate of Scottsdale High School, attended Arizona State University for two years, and the American Institute of Banking for three years. His business career has included positions with First National Bank of Arizona and owning a commercial carpet sales and service business...​​​

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GRAND SECRETARY Emeritus

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Wilbur E. Robertson

Wilbur E. “Bill” Robertson is an Arizona native, born in Phoenix. His business career in telecommunications took him to Colorado, where he received his degrees in El Paso Lodge #13 in Colorado Springs in 1968-69. In 1976, AT&T relocated him to Phoenix, where he affilaited with Tempe Lodge #15, and served...​​​

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SENIOR GRAND DEACON

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Randy Jager

WB Randy Jager resides in Tucson with his wife Lynn and their two
wonderful children. Randy holds a Master’s Degree in Accounting and has 30 years of experience in accounting and corporate management...

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SENIOR GRAND STEWARD

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George R. Rusk

George R. Rusk was born in Charleston, S.C. He has been a resident of Arizona since 1990. A veteran of the United States Navy he currently works as a Manufacturing Engineering Planner for a local aerospace company....

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