26th Masonic District
Representing Florida's Space Coast
 
 
M:.W:. Robert P. Harry, The Most Worshipful Grand Master of Masons in Florida



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Grand Master of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of
Free and Accepted Masons of Florida

 

     M:.W:. Robert P. Harry, Jr. is a native Floridian, born November 28, 1944, in Daytona Beach, Florida. He attended local schools, graduating from Seabreeze High School. He attended college at the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee and graduated from the University of Florida. He is the father of two, Margaret Garcia Harry and Robert Fentress Harry and has two granddaughters, Alice Rose Harry and Grace Kathryn Taylor.

     M:.W:. Harry spent most of his working career in the outdoor advertising/billboard business. He grew up in that business and managed his family's company. He has been active in his state and national professional trade associations, rising to president in one and chairman of the board in the other. He has been a member of Rotary, the Chamber of Commerce, the council on Aging, United Way and has been involved in  other civic activities in the St. Augustine area.

     M:.W:. Harry was raised to the Sublime Degree of Master Mason in 1989 in Ashlar Lodge No. 98 in St. Augustine. He served his lodge as Worshipful Master in 1996 and is a Perpetual Member of that lodge. M:.W:. Harry was appointed District Instructor of the Thirteenth Masonic District in 1997 by M:.W:. Samuel E. Cowan and again in 1998 by M:.W:. Jacque A. Couture. In 2001, M:.W:. Harry was appointed District Deputy Grand Master of the Thirteenth Masonic District by M:.W:. Glenn W. Phillips, II. M:.W:. Harry is a member of the Jacksonville Scottish Rite Bodies and the St. Augustine York Rite Bodies, Gainesville Allied Masonic Degrees, Morocco Shrine and St. Augustine Shrine Club. He is also a member of the Thirteenth Masonic District Masonic Association, Zangi Grotto and is a Kentucky Colonel and Duke of Hazard from the Commonwealth of Kentucky. M:.W:. Harry is Grand Representative to Luxembourg. M:.W:. Harry holds a gold proficiency card and is a member of the Zone Three Blue Gold Club. M:.W:. Harry is an honorary member of a number of Florida lodges.

     M:.W:. Harry was elected by the Craft and installed Junior Grand Warden of the Grand Lodge of Florida at its 175th Grand Lodge communication held in Jacksonville, Florida in 2004, Senior Grand Warden in 2005 and Deputy Grand Master in 2006. In 2007, M:.W:. Harry was elected by the Craft and installed Grand Master of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of Florida on May 30th, 2007, at its 178th Grand Lodge communication held at the Rosen Plaza Hotel in Orlando, Florida.

     M:.W:. Harry enjoys his leisure time playing golf, walking on the beach, working in his yard, visiting friends and family and catering to his cats.

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