Local Scholars Recognized

At the testimonial banquet honoring the Grand Master on June 10, 2006, the Chairman of the Grand Lodge Scholarship Committee, WB Timothy R. Bennett, assisted by the Grand Master and by WB William F. Harvey, presented a number of local scholars with scholarships as follows:

June graduates of local high schools who were so honored included:

Heidy G. Romero-Alvarez, Bell Multicultural High School

Roxanne F. Cromwell, Cardozo High School Pamela A. Massaquoi, Theodore Roosevelt High School

Guorui Deng, School Without Walls Jian Zheng, Bell Multicultural High School Jasmine O. Stith, Cardozo High School The scholarship program of the Grand Lodge of the District of Columbia evolved out of a recommendation made to the Grand Lodge by the then Grand Master in 1987, L. Robert Baker. Since then the program has assisted hundreds of D.C. high school graduates to matriculate at colleges and universities throughout the country.

2006 Stewart W. Miner Scholarship Recipient

Hope Rollins, Duke Ellington High School

2005 Stewart W. Miner Scholarship Recipient

Ye Wang, American University, Kogod School of Business Administration

Flag raised at the Headquarters Building for the first time. Participating were (L to R): Mansour Hatefi, Grand Secretary; Stewart W. Miner, Grand Secretary Emeritus; Todd C. Duehring, Assistant to the Grand Secretary; Dean S. Clatterbuck, Assistant to the Grand Secretary; and Maximilian G. Ullman, Chairman of the Universal Brotherhood Committee.