Initiated an Entered Apprentice on February 28, 1951. Passed to Fellowcraft on April 18, 1951 and raised to Master Mason on May 23, 1951. All degrees were at Crockett Lodge #139. Crockett Lodge has merged and is now part of San Francisco Lodge #120. Walt has held the position of Master in 1964, lodge Chaplain from 1973 to present, and lodge bulletin Editor from 1967 to present. WB Walt received his Golden Veteran's Award on September 6, 2001.
Born in San Francisco on July 27, 1923, graduate from Mission High School in SF, Walt is retired, worked for Southern Pacific Railroad for 42 years, U.S. Army from 1942-1943, his late wife Elsa died in 1997, Walt's father Walter J. Harlow Sr. was a member of Crocket Lodge #139 for 62 years and Secretary for 9 years, Walt's grandfather George W. Harlow was Master of South San Francisco Lodge #212 in 1902, and Walt's two uncles George W. Harlow Jr. and Albert Harlow were both fifty year members of South San Francisco Lodge #212.