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GERALD C. DELANO
Deputy Grand Master, 1984
BIOGRAPHY
From TROWEL, Spring 1984, Page 15:
Hie appointment of Right Worshipful nM G. Delano of North Dartmouth as the Deputy Grand Master brings to Massachusetts Masonry the service of a man whose commitment to the Craft began twenty-five years ago.
A Past Master of Noquochoke Lodge 1964-65) of Westport, Brother Delano served nine years as its secretary and is now the Lodge Proxy to Grand Lodge. An affiliate with Abraham H. Howland Jr. Lodge of New Bedford, he is a Trustee of two of its funds.
A Past Master and Past Secretary of the 26th Lodge of Instruction, Brother Delano was a Grand Lodge Pursuivant (1968-69), has been a Committeeman of the Educational Department since 1970 and was the District Deputy of the New Bedford 30th District, 1973-74. He was presented the Dr. Joseph Warren Distinguished Service Medal in 1980, the year he was President of the Massachusetts Secretaries Association.
A member of York Rite and Scottish Rite Bodies, he is affiliated with Aleppo Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., the Shrine Club of Southeastern Massachusetts and Royal Order of Jesters.
The President and Treasurer of Joseph K. Delano Saw Mill, Inc., he is active in the Smith Mills Congregational Church; a Dartmouth Town Meeting Member for 33 years, Dartmouth Historical Society, the Wamsutta Club of New Bedford and the Dartmouth High School Alumni Association. He served with the U.S. Army Amphibious Forces, 1943-46.
Married to the former Agnes O. Broadland, the couple has two married sons and three grandchildren. Brother Delano is proud of his family roots that trace back to 1621 with the arrival in Plymouth of the French Huguenots. One of his forebears was among the original purchasers of the Town of Dartmouth.
