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Potentate
Illustrious Sir Warren Gray
Potentate 2012
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Warren was
raised a
Master Mason
in Warren
Lodge No. 10
in
Jacksonville,
OR in
September
1988. He
joined the
Scottish
Rite in
January 1989
and the
Hillah
Shrine
Center in
May of 1989.
Warren was
elected
Senior
Warden of
Warren Lodge
No. 10 in
1993. He is
a Past
Master of
Portland
Lodge No. 55
serving as
Worshipful
Master in
1999 and
again in
2000. He is
a life
member of
Warren Lodge
No. 10,
Portland
Lodge No.
55, and
Washington
Lodge No.
46. He was a
charter
member of
Rogue River
Lodge No.
226. He is a
charter
member of
Esoterika
Lodge 227.
Warren has
served the
Grand Lodge
in the
following
capacities:
He helped
re-write the
procedures
for the
Grand Lodge
Public
Education
Committee.
He was
appointed to
the Public
Education
Committee
under MWB
Aaron Harvey
in 1999. He
was
appointed
Grand
Standard
Bearer by
MWB John
Livie and
served on
the Public
Education
Committee,
Lodge
Management
Advisory
Committee,
Grand
Masters
Advisory
Committee,
and
Resolutions
Committee in
2000. In
2001 he was
appointed
District
Deputy of
the Grand
Master for
District No.
6 by MWB
David
Anderson,
also under
MWB Larry
Weaver and
MWB Vern
Beito. He
has been
chairman of
the Grand
Lodge Public
Education
Committee
from
2001-2010
and
continues to
be a member
of that
committee.
He has
chaired the
Grand Lodge
Resolutions
Committee
from
2003-2009.
Warren was
appointed
Grand Junior
Steward by
MWB Gareth
Duggan in
2005.
Warren
served the
Medford
Valley of
the Scottish
Rite on the
Executive
and Finance
Committees.
He was a
member of
the degree
team for
most of the
29 Scottish
Rite
degrees. He
joined the
Portland
Valley of
the Scottish
Rite in
1995. In
October 1999
he was
appointed a
Knight
Commander
Court of
Honor. He
was
appointed
Inspector
General
Honorary,
33° in
November
2005. He
served as
Master of
Multnomah
Council of
Kadosh of
the Portland
Valley from
2005-2007.
Warren was
Secretary
and later
Treasurer of
the Hillah
Shrine
Center
Ritualists.
Warren has
served as
Treasurer of
the Al Kader
Ritualists.
He is a
respected
member of
the Al Kader
Ritualists.
He has been
a member of
the Desert
Patrol
serving as
its
Lieutenant.
He was
appointed by
IS Bud James
as Financial
Ombudsman
and also by
IS Bob Cato
and IS Bill
Doherty. He
was
appointed to
the Divan by
IS Bob
Walliker as
Marshall and
by IS Mel
Hervey as
First
Ceremonial
Master.
Warren was
elected to
the Divan as
Oriental
Guide in
2007 and
each
succeeding
year elected
to a higher
office
culminating
in his
election as
Potentate in
December
2011. He has
chaired the
Al Kader
Children’s
Christmas
Party
Committee
twice. He
also served
on the Wild
Game Dinner
Committee.
His Lady
Donna has
enthusiastically
helped with
the Divan
Ladies
projects. He
was
appointed
Imperial
Outer Guard
Aide and
Imperial
Captain of
the Guard
Aide for the
Imperial
Sessions in
2010 and
2011.
Warren was
invited to
join Mazama
Teocalli 39
of the Order
of
Quetzalcoatl
in March of
1992 and has
been a
member of
the Order
ever since.
He was
Mazama
Teocalli
ritual
director. He
joined
Multnomah
Teocalli in
1994 after
the Teocalli
was
chartered.
He helped
write the
Grand Lodge
Legislation
recognizing
the Order of
Quetzalcoatl
as a
subordinate
body. He was
their
Camaxtli or
President in
1998. He is
an OKET
(Order of
Knights,
Eagles and
Tigers) with
the Order.
He was
elected
Regional
President of
the Pacific
NW
Quetzalcoatl
Association
in 2005. He
visited the
two
Teocallis in
Oregon, two
in
Washington,
one in Idaho
and British
Columbia and
two in
Alberta,
Canada in
2005. The
Supreme
Teocalli
honored him
as their
first ever
Regional
President of
the Year in
2005. In
2007 he was
appointed a
Supreme Aid
of the
Supreme
President of
the Order
and
reappointed
thru 2010.
Warren was a
member of
the Supreme
Teocalli
Ritual
Committee
thru October
2011.
Warren has a
passion for
Masonry and
the Shrine.
He has a
history of
distinguished
service. He
wants to
help
maintain the
foundation
and
continued
growth of Al
Kader. He is
committed to
the growth
of the Units
and Clubs of
Al Kader
Shrine. He
is a team
player
willing to
work
tirelessly
for the
membership.
He was
appointed Al
Kader
Membership
Chairman in
2010.
Warren has
served the
community in
the
following
capacities
as School
Board Budget
Committee
member and
Chairman in
Central
Point
Oregon. He
was elected
to the
Central
Point School
Board.
Warren was
the co-chair
of a
committee
working to
pass a
school levy
in Central
Point. He
also chaired
a committee
in the Bend-LaPine
School
District
working to
restore
funding for
Transportation.
Warren was
the Oregon
State
Purchasing
Association
Buyer of the
Year in
2007. He was
also a
runner up
for National
Buyer of the
Year for the
National
Institute of
Government
Purchasing
in 2007.
Warren has
been married
to his
lovely wife
and soul
mate Donna
for
forty-one
years. They
have two
grown
daughters
employed in
the medical
fields and
three
granddaughters
and a
grandson.
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