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Lodge Treasurer
Jim Maher
as Washington State University grad he is a Cougar, a fact the many
Lodge member don’t hold against him because he is an outstanding
treasurer and financial manager of the Lodge funds. He may have been born in "Mile High City ", Denver Colorado
on December 14,
1962, but he is really a Washingtonian to the core. He comes from a family with Masonic roots in the Bellingham area, his grandfather having served
as Master of Fairhaven Lodge №. 73.
He took his Masonic degrees in the small Renton
Lodge Tyee №. 115 over twenty years ago, January 11, 1989. Still a little wet behind the ears as a Mason he traveled to
the British Isles where he visited lodges including the Grand
Lodge of Scotland. Shortly
after his return he took a plural membership in Daylight Lodge. He was one of several members of his mother lodge called Tyee
No. 115, who proposed that it become a daytime lodge like Daylight.
He served two terms as Daylight's Master, first
in 1993-94 and again 1997-98. In
the summer of 1999 the Lodge's Treasurer VW Don Ward suffered a
stroke and died; Maher was appointed to fill the office and has since
been reelected yearly.
His expertise as a Chartered Financial Analyst [CFA] has proven to be
a valuable asset to the financial well being of Daylight Lodge. In 2001 his value in this field was also recognized by Grand
Lodge level and he was appointed as ad-hoc member of the Masonic
Retirement Center Board of Trustees, the following year he became a
full member and was also named to the Grand Lodge Finance Committee.
He continues to serve on both committees as well as the Long Range
Planning Committee. As
a member of the MRC Trustees, he has been an active member of the
sub-committee responsible for the re-development of the Center as the
Landmark on the Sound. He
is also Treasurer of St. John's Lodge No. 9
He is one of seven Daylighters who have held the
office of Deputy of the Grand Master; a position he held from 2006 to
2008. In his spare time he is a devoted father to a young daughter
who is a officer in the Masonic youth group Rainbow for Girls. Like
all such fathers Jim serves on the Kent Rainbow Assembly Advisory
Board as Chairman. He is
also active in his local church keeping their finances in shape; he
is Secretary of the Board of Trustees of the Seattle Youth Symphony
Orchestras serving along with Daylight's Honorary Past Master Most
Worshipful Sat Tashiro and Brother Dean Willard. The Seattle Youth
Symphony Orchestras has been a major part of Daylight Lodge's
community support for many years.
Email:
treasurer@daylightmasons.org
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