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CHARLES R. LAVALEE 1944-
District Grand Master (Panama), 1987-1989
BIOGRAPHY
From TROWEL, Summer 1987, Page 8:
Need something done? Give the job to a busy man, like R.W. Charles E. Lavallee who is serving his first year as District Grand Master of the Panama Canal Masonic District. Busy with Masonic responsibilities and as a capital program coordinator, Canal Improvements Division of the Panama Canal Commission, Bro. Lavallee has started a newsletter that has done much to renew Masonic interest among the members.
Produced with a new computer software, the newsletter includes a calendar of events and historic events, and highlights the many visitors to the Canal Zone. His appreciation for TROWEL resulted in a gift of $2,500 from the Masons there.
A native of Panama City where he was born 43 years ago, he is the husband of Judith Carole (Lambert) and they are parents of Judith Ann, 18, Jacqueline Marie, 15, and Jon Michael, 12. He is a graduate of Balboa High School and Georgia Tech, Atlanta, in the class of 1968. He has had extensive training as a budget analyst, financial manager, and administrative officer in the Office of the Comptroller, U.S. Army, Southern Command in the Canal Zone; also as administrative officer with the Panama Railroad. He is a member of the National Defense Transportation Association.
He has been active in the Boy Scouts of America, was a member and treasurer of the Gold Coast U.S. Bicentennial celebration, Cristobal, Canal Zone, 1975-76; a member of the budget and finance committee of the Canal Zone United Way, and secretary of the School Advisory Committee of Balboa High School. He was awarded the Gold Honorary Public Service Medal by the governor of the Canal Zone as a member of the Shrine Clown Unit of Abou Saad Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S. In June, 1985, he authored an article, Stretch Forth Your Hand!, that appeared in the June issue of the New Age Magazine. In November, 1986, he was inducted into the Hall of Fame at Georgia Tech as a student trainer. He is a member of the Lettermen's Club and the alumni of that school. A member of the Georgia Tech Yellow Jacket Club of Atlanta, he is also a member of Panama Canal Zone Lodge of Elks No. 1414.
Bro. Lavallee was Raised in Canal Zone Lodge in 1966 and was its Worshipful Master in 1972. He is an affiliate of other Lodges in the Canal Zone that are all chartered by the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts and serves as Treasurer of Ancon Lodge. He began as Junior Grand Steward in the District Grand Lodge in 1973 and was District Deputy Grand Master in 1979, the same year he was chairman of the Masonic Relief Association. He is chairman of the committee on records and by-laws.
Active in the Scottish Rite, Southern Jurisdiction, he received the 33rd Degree in 1979, and is Treasurer of Panama Canal Commandery No. 1, Knights Templar. He was Potentate of Abou Saad Temple, A.A.O.N.M.S., in 1980, Worthy Patron of Coral Chapter No. 3 of the Eastern Star (1974), and is a member of the Advisory Council of Pacific Chapter, Order of DeMolay.
An Honorary Life Member of several Lodges in different jurisdictions and 16 Shrine temples across America, he was presented the Joseph Warren Distinguished Service Medal in 1980. The President of the Southeastern Shrine Association selected the right man as Ambassador of Good Will in 1980. Bro. Lavallee has seen the political changes in the area since the Canal Zone ceased to exist under the Panama Canal Treaty that went into effect Oct. 1, 1979.
