i AN OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF TIIE GRAND LODGE, FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS, OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Volume VIII
Spring 1991
Number 1
Daswin A. Brock is 137th Grand Master of Masons in the District of Columbia
Grand Master's Gods for 1991 lmprove our ritualistic proficiency Promote membership enhancement Foster membership involvement lmprove Masonic relations, internal and external Support and promote our youth, Masonic and non-Masonic lmprove Masonic communications Perfect Lodge administrative practices Support Grand Lodge charrty programs Update the history of Grand Lodge Modify the Grand Visitation schedule Activate the Worshipful Masters Association Insure uniform and dignified Memorial Services
Upon installation at the St. John's Day Communication, MWB Darwin A. Brock became the 137th Grand Master to serve the Grand Lodge, F.A.A.M., of D.C. Heisa 50-year Mason in both the SymbolicLodge and the Scottish Rite and a retired career officer of the U.S. Army. Born in Kansas Cityon May7,1918, MWB Brock received hiselementary education in the public schools of Missouri and Oklahoma. He worked his way through the School of the Ozarks at Pt. Lookout, h4issouri, a four-year high school for aspiring students of limited means. Prior to enlisting the Regular Army's 17th Infantry Regiment in 1940, MWB Brock completed studies at colleges located in Oklahoma and Idaho. After World War I1 he earned and received a B.S. Degree in business administration from the University of Oklahoma (1948) and an LLB Degree from the Georgetown University Law School (1954). He is a member of the District of Columbia Bar. H e is also a graduate of numerous basic and advanced Army Officer courses, including the Command and General Staff College regular 12-month course. MWB Brock was made a Master Mason in h4t. Moriah Lodge No. 39 in Caldwell, Idaho, on April 22,1940. In that same year, on November 23, h e was invested with the 32' of the ASSR of Freemasonry in the Valley of Lewiston, Idaho. H e later demitted from these bodies to affiliate with Fort Dupont Lodge No. 52 and Albert Pike Consistory in Washington, D.C. In 1982 MWB Brock served as Worshipful Master of Dawson Lodge No. 16 and of Fort Dupont Lodge (now Lrlfayette-Dupont Lodge No. 19) in 1983. He was President of the 1982 Worshipful Masters Association. In appreciation for his interest and attention to matters Masonic he has been elected to honorary membership in several other D.C. Lodges. Other Masonic bodies to which MWB Brock holds membership include Anacostia-Lafayette Chapter No. 5, Royal Arch Masons; Adonirim Council No. 2, Cryptic Masons of D.C.; Washington Commandery No. 1, Knights Templar; St. SimeonStylites ConclaveNo. 5 1, Red Cross 0fConstantine;Almas Temple, AA0.N.M.S.; the Knights of Mecca (Almas); Capitol Forest No. 104, TCL; the Royal Order of Scotland; Maryland Council No. 9, Knight Masons; the Masonic Veteran's Association; and the Past Master's Association of D.C.; Bethesda Chapter 445, National Sojourners; and the Kallipolis Grotto of D.C. Prior to entering the U.S. Army as a private, MWB Brock completed the Army's Citizen Military Training Camp's basic, red, and white summer courses for infantry officer trainees at Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas. Some 28 years later, after successful completion of a variety of assignments at platoon, company, battallion, group, and field levels, he retired in the rank ofcolonel. Among his decorations are the Legion ofMerit; the Bronze Star with cluster; the Army Commendation Medal; and the Purple Heart. He also holds the combat infantryman and expert rifle and pistol badges. MWB Brock was married in 1948 to Miss Lois Marie Chamberlain of Curryville, Missouri. H e and Mrs. Brockare the proud parentsof two daughters: Dr. Marilyn J. Lernos, M.D., of Houston, Texas, and Mrs. Tracey L. Conaway, a language teacher in Salisbury, Maryland.