Mt. Wor. Stewart Wilson Miner (Deceased)

Display Name

Mt. Wor. Stewart Wilson Miner

First Name

Stewart

Middle Name

Wilson

Last Name

Miner

Biography

Most Worshipful Brother Stewart Wilson Miner was born in Syracuse, NY, on October 7, 1921. Brother Miner earned a Bachelor of Education Degree at the New York State College for Teachers at Oswego, N.Y.; a Master of Arts Degree at Syracuse University; and a Master of Philosophy Degree at Columbia University in New York City. He served with the 12th Air Force as a B~25 pilot during World War II, and was a retiree of the U.S. Air Force and of the U.S. Civil Service (Central Intelligence Agency). Brother Miner was raised in 1957 in Cherrydale Lodge No. 42, serving as Worshipful Master in 1965. He went on to serve as Master of three other lodges including Justice-Columbia Lodge No.3 in the District of Columbia (1979). He served as Grand Master of Masons in Virginia 1974-75, following which he was elected in 1975 to the office of honorary Past Grand Master of Masons in the District of Columbia. Among his Masonic affiliations are the York Rite and Scottish Rite Bodies; Shriners; National Sojourners; Order of the Eastern Star; and the Tall Cedars of Lebanon. . He served as the Grand High Priest of the Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Virginia in 1985-1986. Brother Miner served as Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of D.C. from 1987 through 2004 and thereafter, from 2005 through 2010 as Grand Historian of the Grand Lodge of D.C. On retiring as Grand Secretary in 2004 he was elected to the office of Grand Secretary Emeritus. Brother Miner holds the Distinguished Service Award and the Valentine Reintzel Medal of the Grand Lodge of D.C. While he was Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of the D.C., Brother Miner served as secretary-treasurer of the Conference of Grand Secretaries from 1993 through 1997 and as president of that organization in the year 2000. Brother Miner was very active with Virginia Research Lodge, serving as Worshipful Master in 1997. He wrote numerous research papers and was made a fellow in 1990. He laid down his working tools on December 17, 2014 in Springfield, Virginia.