MASTER
Alex Mancao
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Brother Alex was born in the Philipines on 09/17/1955. He was initiated
02/28/2002, passed on 07/13/2002 and raised on 09/19/2002 in Southern
California Lodge no. 529. He affiliated with William Rhodes Hervey
Lodge No. 767 on 02/05/2003 and with Atwater Larchmont Tila Pass Lodge
No. 614 on 07/01/2004. He was appointed Senior Steward for 2003, Senior
Deacon for 2004 and 2005, and elected Junior Warden for 2006. In 2005
he was also Chaplain of Larchmont Tila Pass Lodge.
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SENIOR WARDEN
Jason L. Conte
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Jason was born in January of 1974 in Los Angeles. He attended local
schools including Fairfax High Visual Arts Magnet. In 1992 Jason earned
the rank of Eagle Scout and currently serves as an Assistant Scout master
for Troop 621. Shortly after his high school graduation, he began working
at an advertising firm specializing in entertainment (i.e. feature films).
After spending some time in the industry at different shops, he found
himself at K&E, a boutique agency of which he was the Director for
four years. In 2003, he formed a partnership called "The CRP Group", and
with his business partners and crew creates graphic design for the
Entertainment Industry as well as Corporate America. A strong desire to
continue the legacy of his Grandfather (a Master Mason from Cuba), and
perhaps start one of his own, inspired him to become a Mason as well.
He was initiated on April 11, 2002 and was raised to Master Mason on
December 19th 2002. Jason is happily married to Janine, and has at this
time two children, his son Dominic and daughter Madeleine.
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JUNIOR WARDEN
Tony Fox
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Brother Tony was born 9 May 1950. He served in the US Coast Guard and was
educated at El Camino College transferring to USC where he received his
degrees in Music Composition. He lives in Playa Del Rey with his beloved
wife Nolcha and has 2 sons Joseph, 25 and Matthew 23. He is the Associate
Director of the USC Trojan Marching Band and a faculty member in the
Thornton School of Music where he teaches arranging. An active arranger
and composer he has written over 3000 arrangements for many groups and
shows including Disneyland, Disney world, Epcot, the 1984 Los Angeles
Olympics, 5 Super Bowl Half times, 3 Democratic National Conventions, the
Pope's Visit to Los Angeles, Liberty Weekend (rededication of the Statue
of Liberty), Radio City Music Hall Christmas Spectacular. He received an
Emmy nomination in 1985 for his work in the TV special "Disneyland's 30th
Anniversary Special. He was initiated 21 July 2005, passed on 15 September
2005 and raised 10 November 2005.
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TREASURER
GEORGE WEINER
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none given
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SECRETARY
Joe Goldwine
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Brother Joe was born 05/20/1931 in California. He was Initiated on
06/18/80, Passed on 03/18/81, and Raised on 02/24/82 in Lodge no. 721.
He affiliated with Westchester Menorah no. 572 (now Southern California
no. 529) in 1993. He served the Lodge as Treasurer in 1997, and after
serving again as Treasurer for the first 3 months of 2003 he became our
Secretary in April of that year.
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CHAPLAIN
C. Mark Steiger
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Brother Mark was born 02/08/1956 in California. He was initiated on
05/20/1999, passed on 09/19/1999 and Raised on 12/09/1999 all in Burbank
Lodge No. 406. He affiliated with Southern California No. 529 on
09/01/2005. At Burbank Lodge he served as Senior Steward, Junior Deacon
and Marshall.
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SENIOR DEACON
John F. Drewery
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Brother Drewery was born in Roanoke,VA on August 12, 1944. He received BS
degree in Administration of Justice 1973 from The American University,
Washington,DC. Worked numerous positions in the Federal government,
including that of a police officer with the United States Park Police
for 5 years, an investigator with the U.S. Government Printing Office,
an EEO Complaint Adjudicator, US Naval Air Station. Recently retired as a
Security Officer with the Campus Police Dept of Santa Monica College.
“I am deeply interested in the spiritual teaching,which encompasses
healing and meditation, of Bro. Joel S. Goldsmith who passed in 1964.”
He enjoys swimming, jogging and staying fit and feeling “150%.”
He loves classical music, theater, and most performing arts along with
museums and art exhibits. He was initiated 11/18/2004, passed 04/28/2005
and raised 07/09/2005, all in Southern California Lodge.
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JUNIOR DEACON
Danny Rojas
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none given
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MARSHAL
Alan Quon
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None given
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SENIOR STEWARD
Eduardo J. Mendoza
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Brother Eduardo was born in December of 1982 in Los Angeles, attended
local schools. He graduated from USC in 2006 with a triple major and is
now working at USC as a PC Systems Analyst, which essentially means he
plays with and fixes computers all day. He was raised in February 2007
and is a proud Master Mason. Eduardo takes great pleasure in the
Fraternity’s brotherhood and friendship, and is highly devoted to
the ritual and the lessons which they impart. This is his first year as
an Officer of the Lodge.
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JUNIOR STEWARD
Walter Mueller
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Brother Walt was born on June 25, 1951, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He
was brought to Los Angeles by his parents in 1961. He was admitted to the
California Bar in 1983 and is a Deputy District Attorney for the County of
Los Angeles. He is a Past Master Counselor of the Canoga Park Chapter of
the Order of DeMolay. He was initated on August 30, 2007, passed on
October 25, 2007, and raised on December 15, 2007 by Southern California
Lodge Number 529.
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TILER
Michael Glaser
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Brother Mike was born 6/15/1948 in Los Angeles. He was Initiated on 01/13,
Passed on 7/25 and Raised on 11/28, all in 1972, in Loyalty Lodge, now
Southern California Lodge no. 529. He served the Lodge as Secretary in
1994 and 1995 and has been our Tiler since March of 2003. He is active in
Youth Orders, particularly DeMolay and Job's Daughters.
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ORGANIST
Melvin Fineburg
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Brother Mel was born 11/03/1923 in Missouri. He was Initiated on 07/23/1956,
Passed on 05/18/1957 and Raised on 11/25/1957, in Westgate Lodge No. 335, now
Southern California Lodge no. 529.
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ASSISTANT SECRETARY
Wor. J. Richard Pearce
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I was invited to visit by my friend Leon Leibowitz while visiting
him in his Jewelry Store here in Westchester. When he learned
my wife of 40 years had died, he strongly urged me to come to a stated
meeting and I have been coming ever since. I spent my early years
in Salt Lake City, Utah, where I was Master Counselor of DeMolay.
After graduating from the University of Utah I moved to Tracy California
where I was initiated, passed and raised in Mt. Oso lodge and served a term
as Jr. Steward. I moved to San Luis Obispo where I became a member
of King David’s Lodge. While there I was president of the High
Twelve International club and a ritual advisor to DeMolay for two
years. I have been a Deputy District Attorney for the county of
Los Angeles for the past 20 years. I was engaged in the private
practice of law for three years in Marina del Rey and before going
to law school I was an executive for the Boy Scouts of America.
have always been very active in community affairs. I was president
of the Marina del Rey Bar Association and have been in Kiwanis, Jaycees,
Rotary and Optimist, and Toastmaster clubs. My hobbies include
folksong-singing, guitar and fiddle playing, motor cycling, clowning,
amateur magic, ham radio and computers. My two children are
grown and married and my two grand children are spoiled by me!
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OFFICERS COACH
Wor. David Chernik
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A real Californian, Dave was born on July 21, 1952 in Santa Monica. A few
hours later a big earthquake rocked his cradle. This day was also
special because it was his grandfather’s (Bro. Caesar Carmona,
deceased) fiftieth birthday. “I always wanted to join the
Lodge. I knew Masonry was a great organization because people I loved and
respected were in the Lodge. Besides my grandfather, there was my father,
Harvey Chernik, P.M., and my uncles Leo Resnick, P.M., and Bros. Edward
Liss and Victor Liss. Upon Westchester and Menorah Lodges’
merger, I acquired another in-Lodge relative, cousin Joe Siprut,
P.M.” Dave grew up in Hawthorne, attended Hawthorne High School and
El Camino College. He joined the Air Force in 1971 and was a staff
sergeant in airborne communications repair with the SAC, spending a year
in Thailand. He was raised in January 1974 while on leave. After
his discharge it was back to school. A BS degree in chemistry from
Long Beach State was later followed by four years of night school at
Southwestern School of Law and admission to the State Bar in 1995. Wor.
Dave is the Environmental Project Manager for Playa Vista, which is
developing a model community and restoring the wetlands near Marina del
Rey. He has two children, Ben (21) and Natalie (19) who are in college
and a fantastic wife, Gloria.
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ASSIST. OFFICERS COACH
Wor. Marcelino Pantaleon
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Wor. Arcie Pantaleon, was born in Nueva Ecija, Philippines on April 26,
1952. Heimmigrated to the United States in 1984. He joined Acacia
Lodge #11 in the Philippines in 1978 and was Raised to the Sublime Degree
of Master Mason in Loyalty Lodge #529 in March 1991. He is a Member of the
Scottish Rite, York Rite, Al Malaikah Shrine and is an Associate member
of El Bekal. He is a Charter Member of Acacia Craftsmen and is a member
of the Motor Patrol. He was married to his Lady, Remy, in 1991.
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ASSIST. OFFICERS COACH
Wor. Rudi A. Toepfer
(no email)
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Wor. Rudi Toepfer, Cmdr., German Navy, Ret., was born, on June, 27 1917,
in Insterburg, East–Prussia, Germany. He graduated from the German Naval
Academy at Muerwik in 1939 and received his MS degree at the Naval–Tech,
Kiel in 1944. In W.W.II., (The big one), he served as a lieutenant on the
destroyer, “Erich Giese”, which was sunk in the battle of Narvik,
Norway, (north of the polar circle), when the English unsuccessfully tried
to occupy Norway. After submarine training he was commissioned as Chief
Engineering Officer on the “U–406” at the German Danzig
Shipyards (later
to become Lech Valesa′s place of employment as an electrician before he
became president of Poland). Wor. Rudi was assigned to the U-boat naval
base at St. Nazaire in German occupied France, from which he fought the
allied convoys for 3 years. For one year he was 1st Engineering Officer
on the pocket battleship “Luetzow” in northern Norway (Alta FJord).
During the last 4 months of the war he volunteered as an engineer
of a panzer brigade on the Russian Front where he was taken prisoner by
the Communists. He escaped after 10 days because “he did not like it
there.” Wor. Rudi saw the United States for the first time in 1942
from the conning tower of his submarine off the coast of Cape Hatteras.
Ten years later he was a resident of Buffalo, NY, working for Chevrolet
Aviation Engine for 6 years; those were 6 years too many. In 1959
he received a call to sunny Southern California from Hughes Aircraft
Co. where he worked for 30 years in their corporate offices and retired
on 8/8/88 at 8:08 in the morning (8 is his lucky number – he likes
the shape of that figure). Wor. Rudi received a degree in International
Business from UCLA, is a HAM–operator (WB6 MTY), has appeared on and
narrated several TV–programs (Battleline, Brute Force, U-Boats, etc.),
has given interviews with newspapers, magazines, radio, has given
numerous luncheon and dinner speeches, and is the author of a book
“The experiences of a German Navy Officer during W.W.II.” (Fullerton
University, Oral History Department). Wor. Rudi has traveled extensively
over the years: through the Suez Canal as a midshipman on a Navy training
cruiser in 1938, and through the Panama Canal on the luxury liner
“Rotterdam” 50 years later – vive la difference! He resides with his
wife (still his 1st one for more than 50 years) Dorothea (Oppeln),
a former German Navy RN, in a comfortable home in Westchester, L.A.
(they burned their mortgage more than 30 years ago, and are enjoying
proposition 13). They have one daughter, Elisabeth (born in Hamburg),
a C.Ph.T. He cherishes an almost 40 years membership with the Westchester
Lutheran Church, is a life member and performing actor of the Westchester
Playhouse, life member of the US Marine Corps Club of San Francisco,
a 32 degree Mason, Past Master in 1971, 1972 and 1988, an officer′s
coach, a Shriner, Altmeister der Loge Zu den 3 schwarzen Adlern in
Krefeld, Germany, an Elk (Westchester Lodge 2050), active member of
the Red Barons Club, associate member US Submarine Veterans W.W.II.,
International Sub.Vets. and Verband Deutscher U-Bootfahrer. He works
with computers and stained glass windows, is an active hiker and skier,
and is also in Law Enforcement by being the head of a household. (That's
all, folks).
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INSPECTOR,
366th MASONIC DISTRICT
Wor. Fred G. Davis
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Worshipful Davis was Born and raised in Los Angeles. He has been
Married 24 years to Anita, has Daughters Diane and Lori, Grandkids
Elsie, Nicholas, Lauren, Jonathon, and Caleb. His hobbies are
fishing and hiking, and he loves baseball, basketball, hockey, arena
football, lacrosse and soccer. He worked for ATT for 26 years and
is currently an operations manager in Bell. He has worked in Gardena,
Los Angeles, and Catalina Island operations. In the community he
is a Past President Gardena Chamber of Commerce, Big Brother in Big
Brothers of L.A. for 14 years, Chairman of Board Gardena Carson YMCA,
25 year member of Gardena Elks, Board Member South Bay Work Investment
Board, Board Member Gardena One Stop Center, Board Member Serra High
School, and American Red Cross. He worked in Louisiana from
September 2005 through December 2005 managing telephone restoral after
Hurricane Katrina. In Masonry he was Master of Gardena
Moneta Lodge #372 in 1991 and received the Hiram Award in 1992, is a
member of the LA Scottish Rite, Al Mailikah Shrine, Beach Cities and
Past Master Shrine Clubs, Sciots and Hi Twelve. He was the Inspector
367th District 1995 to 2003 and the Junior Grand Deacon 2005-2006.
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Assistant Tiler
Marc Glaser
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Brother Glaser was initiated 02/20/2003, passed 06/12/2003 and raised
09/11/2003, all in Southern California Lodge. He was born 03/02/1984 in
Los Angeles. He graduated from Hamilton High School in 2002. In 2002 also
Marc earned the rank of eagle scout and is currently serving as
assistant Scout Master for Troop #137 in Westwood. During high school
he began working at In & Out Burger he is currently 3rd manager at the
San Pedro store. Marc is the 4th generation Master Mason in the family,
and his father is currently Tiler of this lodge.
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Junior Past Master
Wor. Nicholas Mitchell
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Nick hails from London, England, where he was made a Mason in 1973 by his
father. His Mother Lodge is the Lodge of Tranquillity no. 185, English
Constitution. This Ancient lodge was founded in 1787, and Nick served as
its Master in 1983. He is also a Past First Principal of his Royal
Arch Chapter in London. In 1989 Nick moved to Southern California
and affiliated with Menorah Lodge. He served for a number of years
as Secretary of Westchester Masonic Building Association and wrote
its 50th anniversary history in 2002. He later served as Assistant
Secretary of Southern California Lodge. He has also emceed the
Annual Table Lodge for 5 years. Nick is a member of Los
Angeles Scottish Rite and Al Maliakah Shrine. He received the
Hiram Award in Southern California Lodge from Worshipful Dan Singer in
2001. Nick has two children and works as a Law Office
Manager in Los Angeles. His wife, Dorine, is related to two
other Past Masters of the Lodge: She is Elliot Schwartz’s sister-in-law
as well as being Larry Thompson’s cousin.
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