Ionic Composite Lodge No. 520

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Ionic Composite Lodge No. 520 F.& A.M.

Formation	1922 (1922)
Location	Los Angeles, California USA
Region	622nd Masonic District

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Ionic Composite Lodge No. 520 is a a masonic lodge in the 622nd Masonic District of the Grand Lodge of California, United States. The Lodge regularly meets on Mondays with the Stated Meeting scheduled for the first Monday of every month. The dinner preceding the meeting is open to non-masons.

History

Ionic Composite Lodge No. 520 is a result of consolidation of five masonic lodges: Ionic No. 520, Alexander Graham Bell No. 595, Benjamin Franklin No. 509, John Marshall No. 636, and Composite No. 639.

Timeline of consolidation: Ionic No. 520 was established in 1922. Composite No. 639 was established in 1926. On 08/01/1980 Benjamin Franklin No. 509 and Alexander Graham Bell No. 595 merged. On 01/01/1984 John Marshall No. 636 merged with Alexander Graham Bell-Benjamin Franklin No. 595 and created Tri No. 595. On 01/01/1992 Composite No. 639 merged with Tri No. 595 and created Composite No. 595. On 01/01/2000 Composite No. 595 merged with Ionic No. 520 and formed the Ionic Composite Lodge No. 520 as it exists today.

Masters

Name	Years	Grand Lodge Officer
Walter M. McSlay*	1922
Charles R. Craig*	1923
Harry A. Franklin*	1924
Erling N. Tandberg*	1924 / 1925
Allyn B. Rice*	1925
Albert Wager*	1927
Walter B. Rorick*	1927
Joseph R. Perry*	1927
George R. Schultz*	1928
Louis M. Bloch*	1928
Oliver J. Kauffman*	1928
Claude Lenz*	1929
James Keddie*	1929
Harris O. Hatlstad*	1929
Elijah M. Smuckler*	1930
Franklin B. Pollitt*	1930
Clarence W. Reed*	1930
Hugo Freed*	1931
Clarence R. Hiatt*	1931
Isadore Moore*	1932
Karl N. Eckers*	1932
Arthur T. Huntley*	1932
Will E. Holtz*	1933
William J. Murray*	1933
H. Jack Maierstein*	1934
Carl S. Shirley*	1934
Origene E. Senay*	1934
Jack Goldberg*	1935
Otto A. Schwennicke*	1935
Harold C. Roddan*	1936
R. Arnold Willis*	1936
H. David Cherman*	1937
Robert M. Dreibelbis*	1937
Jerome D. Rosenfield*	1938
Will J. Dankers Jr.*	1938
Atwill T. Morgan*	1938
Eli Gold*	1939
Parker B. Channell*	1939
David Goldstein*	1940
Ralph G. Ritchie*	1940
Clyde B. Austin*	1940
Maurice Levi*	1941
Arley C. Coleman*	1941
David Berniker*	1942
Willis L. Squires*	1942
Raymond J. King*	1942
Bernard Lebe*	1943
Melvin E. Tompkins*	1943
Arthur V. Joel*	1943
Isadore I. Smuckler*	1944
W. Frank Warren*	1944
Edmond Johnson*	1944
Hyman M. Dorshkind*	1945
J. Standley Parsdise*	1945
Edward King*	1946
Stephan A. Black*	1946
Tom Slack*	1946
Eugene M. Lewin*	1947
James G. Lyons*	1947
Lewis Wexler*	1947
Dewey K. Overton*	1948
Garnett S. Hancock*	1948
G. Elton Barnes*	1948
Louis L. Levi*	1949
Graham A. Backus*	1949
Nathan Schwartz*	1950
J. Frank Moore*	1950
Albert J. Buelow*	1950
Al Davis*	1951
Elwood F. Herrin*	1951
Glenn H. Harman*	1951 / 1967	Grand Bible Bearer 1969
David Zeidenfeld*	1952
Charles J. Kidd*	1952
Jack Lurie*	1952
Archie Jacobs*	1953
Fred Schunk*	1953
Harry C. Cherman*	1953
Robert A. Crigler*	1953	Grand Master 1969
Ralph Fenster*	1954
Peter Jan*	1954
Edwin A. Lippert*	1954
Robert B. Owen*	1955
Sam W. Fleishman*	1955
Irvine A. Gale*	1956
Robert Wilkins*	1956
Chester C. Davies*	1956
Arthur Dvorin*	1957
John H. Tillery*	1957
Samuel D. Robbins*	1958
Harry N. Moore*	1958
Jess L. Williams	1958
Bernard J. Aaronson*	1959
Jessee C. Jordan*	1959
Irving I. Levine*	1959
William G. Cairns*	1960
Ruthven E. Ogilvie*	1960
John Biren*	1960	Grand Pursuivant 1969
Lloyd A. Jacaway*	1961
Robert S. Rober*	1961
Richard L. Weiss	1961
Norman Crosby	1962
Ben J. Soskin*	1962
Roy E. McGinnis	1962 / 1967
Clarence E. Redman*	1962
Herbert B. Montogomery*	1963
Byron F. Smith*	1963
Robert A. Cross*	1964
Harold Strauss*	1964
Chester A. Nelson*	1964
Edward M. Silverman	1964
Lewis Miller*	1965
Ivan M. Wyrick*	1965
Jules Carlin*	1965
Melville H. Nahin*	1966	Grand Master, 1999
William G. Cairns*	1966
Irvin B. Puskin	1967
William P. Mendenhall*	1967 / 1972 / 1991
Richard S. Young*	1967
Leland T. Greenwood*	1968
George M. Warner*	1968
Lewis Miller*	1969
Herbert H. Jaffe*	1969
Emanuel M. Spiegelman*	1970
Exial O. Hall*	1970 / 1971
Chris S. Phillis*	1970
Michael C. Maroko	1971
Sam L. Quint*	1971
Frank D. Rosen*	1972
Harry Fong*	1972
Jules I. Levi	1972
Edgar L. Friedman	1973
Louis N. Collins*	1973
I. Joseph Schwartz*	1973
Joseph Harris*	1973
Edgar Friedman	1973	Grand Pursuivant 1999
William H. Miller	1973 / 2010
Morton Varis*	1974
Charles Rosner*	1974
R. Jerrold Freeman*	1974 / 2005
Martin Gussman*	1975
Alfred B. Crum*	1975
Jack L. Abrams*	1975
Benjamin E. Pynes Jr.	1975+
Paul Rowe*	1976
C. Hyman Miller*	1976
Paul Firestone	1977
Richard W. Sharpe	1977
Al Black*	1977
Harold Slone*	1977
Edgar W. Lee	1977+
Harold W. Wax	1978
Jack Revel	1978
Harry L. Zebrack*	1978
Peter Koustas	1979
Phillip Kaplan*	1979
Mark G. Gershon*	1979
Stanley I. Schway*	1980
Nathan Shaphran*	1980
Leonard M. Tiep	1980
Leonard Group*	1980
James Selimos	1980 / 1983
Issac Cohen*	1981
George Razsadin*	1981~
Bernhard D. Morse	1981 / 1989 / 2001
Morris Koretz*	1982
Barry Stone*	1982
Ja Richards	1983 / 1993
Leon Fisher*	1983
Sol Marco	1983 / 1985 / 1999
Bruce L. Shaphran	1984 / 2004~
Sidney Levine*	1984
Jerome Gould	1985
Ralph S. Dunn*	1985
Haskell Goodman*	1985 / 1997
Robert L. Sills	1986	Senior Grand Deacon, 2007
Norman E. Grattan*	1986
Ronald J. Stein	1987
Robert Edelman*	1987
Robert J. Alexander	1987
Timothy Slone	1988
Thomas Minahane*	1988 / 1989
Max Paster	1988
Edward E. Segal	1989
Robert M. Black	1990
Melville Conhaim*	1990
Ronald Koretz	1991	Grand Orator, 1997
John R. Berman	1991+
Harry G. Golden	1992
Howard Brandes	1992
Elonard Cohen	1993
Auri Spigelman	1994+
William Nemoy*	1994
Sarkis Babian	1995
I. Howard Steinore	1995
A. Jeffrey Gordon	1996
Evan A. Weiss	1996
William H. Park	1997
James Petersen	1997
Byron A. Smith*	1998
Lawrence Lebowsky	1999~
Michael J. Bear	1999 / 2002 / 2006
Joshua Marom	2000+
David Francis Philips	2003 / 1991~
Roy E. Steinfeld	2004 / 1995~
Bruno Samuel	2007
Don Wijesinghe	2008
Jeffrey L. Bear	2007/2013	Grand Sword Bearer 2017
Timothy Shiner	2011
Joseph Esshaghian	2012	Grand Orator 2015
Kerin Surents	2014/2015
Yuki Matsumoto	2016
Michael J. Bear	1999 / 2002 / 2006 / 2017 / 2018

Masons 4 Mitts

Ionic Composite Lodge is an active participant in the Masons 4 Mitts program.

Notable Members

• Norm Crosby since September 2005.
• Mel Blanc was a recipient of Vierling Kersey Award in 1962

The Lodge Building

Ionic Masonic Center
Ionic Masonic Center, Photographed from La Cienega Blvd.
Location	1122 South La Cienega Blvd. Los Angeles, California
Coordinates	34.0561493°N 118.3758501°W / 34.0561493; -118.3758501 ⧼validator-fatal-error⧽
Built	1950

Ionic Masonic Center is a two-story, 5,940 sq. ft. building located on a 14,277 sq. ft. lot. The building was completed in 1950. The first floor is designed to accommodate commercial tenants. The second floor is dedicated to masonic lodge meetings and rented for private events. The lodge room has original wooden handcrafted lodge furnishings used for ceremonial meetings.

The building accommodates two masonic lodges: Ionic Composite No. 520 and Beverly Hills Lodge No. 528.

See also

• List of notable Masonic buildings in California

External links

• Official website
• Grand Lodge of California
• California Freemason Magazine

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