Senate Bill 2360

    Florida Senate - 1998        (NP)                      SR 2360

    By Senator Forman





    32-23-98

  1                    Senate Resolution No.     

  2         A resolution commending the Freemasons and

  3         Samuel E. Cowan, III, for their contributions

  4         to this state.

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  6         WHEREAS, Freemasonry began in medieval times and has

  7  been organized since the 18th century, and

  8         WHEREAS, Freemasonry was transplanted to the American

  9  colonies by English and Irish Masons during the early decades

10  of the 18th century, and, as early as 1734, Benjamin Franklin

11  was the Grand Master of Masons in Pennsylvania, and

12         WHEREAS, Samuel E. Cowan, III, currently serves as

13  Grand Master of Masons of Florida and is the leader of tens of

14  thousands of Florida Masons and hundreds of thousands of

15  Masons from across the country and around the world who

16  sojourn in this state, and

17         WHEREAS, Samuel E. Cowan, III, has also been recognized

18  for service to his community in several capacities outside of

19  Freemasonry, and

20         WHEREAS, Samuel E. Cowan, III, has served the Masonic

21  bodies since he was raised to the degree of Master Mason on

22  May 31, 1967, and

23         WHEREAS, Samuel E. Cowan, III, has served his fellow

24  man in various capacities within the Masonic bodies of this

25  state, including active membership in Woodstock Park Lodge No.

26  313, where he served as Worshipful Master in 1977;

27  Jacksonville York Rite Bodies and Scottish Rite Bodies;

28  Morocco Temple, A.A.O.N.M.S.; West Jax Shrine Club; Miami

29  Grotto; and Woodstock Park Chapter No. 270, O.E.S., and

30         WHEREAS, Samuel E. Cowan, III, has served the Grand

31  Lodge of Florida in several capacities before being elected

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    Florida Senate - 1998        (NP)                      SR 2360
    32-23-98




  1  Grand Master, including District Deputy Grand Master of the

  2  9th Masonic District, Junior Grand Warden, and member of the

  3  1998 Grand Masters' Conference Committee and National Masonic

  4  Renewal Committee, and

  5         WHEREAS, it is fitting and appropriate that the Florida

  6  Senate pause in its deliberations to honor the Freemasons and

  7  Samuel E. Cowan, III, for their contributions to this state,

  8  NOW, THEREFORE,

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10  Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:

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12         That the Florida Senate commends the Freemasons of

13  Florida and Samuel E. Cowan, III, for their contributions to

14  this state.

15         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution,

16  with the Seal of the Senate affixed, be presented to Samuel E.

17  Cowan, III, Grand Master of Masons of Florida, as a tangible

18  token of the sentiments of the Florida Senate.

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