Upcoming Events
June 15-17, 2009
80th MHEANA Conference
Utica, NY
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History
For many years, the Superintendents, as most of the executive officers were referred to at that time, met on occasions to share problems about their Homes and solicit hopeful solutions from their counterparts. They eventually agreed that they should have some form of national association of Masonic related organizations which would have periodic meetings whereby they could exchange views on how they could improve their Homes and be of assistance to one another.
They decided to form the Masonic Homes Executives Association and held their first official meeting in 1931 in the City of Nashville, Tennessee. At that initial meeting Lucien Connell of Tennessee was elected as the first president of the association. In later years Masonic Homes from Canada joined the association and “of North America” was added to the association’s title.
Meetings have continued annually with the exception of two years during the Second World War (1943 & 1945). The scope of the meetings has changed from one of largely fraternal fellowship to one of education with the emphasis shifting in the 1970’s to the offering of continuing education credits in order to help meet the ever expanding licensing requirements of our Administrators.
| DATE | MEETING SITE | PRESIDENT |
| 1931 | Nashville, Tennessee | |
| 1932 | St. Louis, Missouri | Lucien Connell (TN) |
| 1933 | Springfield, Missouri | W.W. Martin (MO) |
| 1934 | Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania | Thad G. Helm (PA) |
| 1935 | Forth Worth, Texas | Thomas Fletcher (TX) |
| 1936 | Franklin, Indiana | John Redhead (MS) |
| 1937 | Minneapolis, Minnesota | Clarence Deacon (NJ) |
| 1938 | LaGrange, Illinois | Edwin J. Price (OH) |
| 1939 | Forest Grove, Oregon | H.F. Allen (OK) |
| 1940 | Burlington, New Jersey | William F. Ecers (NE) |
| 1941 | Dousman, Wisconsin | Charles E. Wilson (MN) |
| 1942 | Wichita, Kansas | A.E. McCorvie (IL) |
| 1943 | No Meeting | |
| 1944 | LaGrange, Louisiana | H.C. Turner (VA) |
| 1945 | No Meeting | |
| 1946 | Sullivan, Illinois | Elmer P. Gay (IN) |
| 1947 | Richmond, Virginia | C.S. Woodward (TX) |
| 1948 | St. Louis, Missouri | Fred Auch (PA) |
| 1949 | Charlton, Massachusetts | George Bennette (NC) |
| 1950 | Decoto, California | Burleight Cartmell (OH) |
| 1951 | Macon, Georgia | James R. Eubanks (CA) |
| 1952 | Alma, Michigan | Frank O. Parker (MI) |
| 1953 | Plattsmouth, Nebraska | George Summers (LA) & Mark D. Ball (MA) |
| 1954 | Harrisburg, Pennsylvania | Virdon M. Liston (KS) |
| 1955 | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | Luther F. Morgan (KY) |
| 1956 | Louisville, Kentucky | Grady Gamrick (GA) |
| 1957 | Chicago, Illinois | Albert H. Ruwet (CT) |
| 1958 | Hartford, Connecticut | Robert M. Henry (CA) |
| 1958 | Parkersburg, West Virginia | Arthur E. Myers (PA) |
| 1960 | Los Angeles, California | Harvey S. Williams (TX) & Lewis C. Robertson (MO) |
| 1961 | Williamsburg, Virginia | A. Deleon Gray (NC) |
| 1962 | Fort Worth, Texas | William R. Baker, (PA) |
| 1963 | Atlantic City, New Jersey | Ivinis G. Wright (NJ) |
| 1964 | St. Louis, Missouri | C.V. Townsend (OK) |
| 1965 | Wilmington, Delaware | Fred W. Troy (VA) |
| 1966 | Durham, North Carolina | Norval H. Hodgson (MN) |
| 1967 | Seattle, Washington | Robert W. Davis (DE) |
| 1968 | Minneapolis, Minnesota | Stephen S. Wilson (KY) |
| 1969 | Baltimore, Maryland | Frank L. Smith (MD) |
| 1970 | St. Petersburg, Florida | Gail H. David (CA) |
| 1971 | Indianapolis, Indiana | Raymond F. Evers (NE) |
| 1972 | San Francisco, California | S. Allan Daugherty (KS) |
| 1973 | Atlantic City, New Jersey | Roy O. Turner, Jr. (IN) |
| 1974 | Utica, New York | Jack Hardy (FL) |
| 1975 | Los Angeles, California | William Brenizer (NY) |
| 1976 | Hershey, Pennsylvania | James C. Blaine (CA) |
| 1977 | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | H.T. Rogers (WI) |
| 1978 | Richmond, Virginia | William Filson (IL) |
| 1979 | Rolling Meadows, Illinois | Claude Husted (MD) |
| 1980 | Cherry Hill, New Jersey | James Hart (IL) |
| 1981 | Seattle, Washington | Joseph Becker (NJ) |
| 1982 | Minneapolis, Minnesota | J. Burton Brown (CA) |
| 1983 | Hunt Valley, Maryland | Carlisle Tiller (VA) |
| 1984 | Indianapolis, Indiana | Edwin Martini, Jr. (MN) |
| 1985 | Lansing, Michigan | Marvin S. Isley (IN) |
| 1986 | Bettendorf, Iowa | Lois Van Sickle (IA) |
| 1987 | San Jose, California | Jerry Lindenbaum (KS) |
| 1988 | Dayton, Ohio | Donna Mae Ketten (WA) |
| 1989 | Sturbridge, Massachusetts | Richard M. Dowe (MA) |
| 1990 | Richmond, Virginia | John Rose (CA) |
| 1991 | Hershey, Pennsylvania | James L. Parker (MA) |
| 1992 | Colorado Springs, Colorado | Joseph Murphy (PA) |
| 1993 | Utica, New York | Ben Harvey (NE) |
| 1994 | St. Petersburg, Florida | Charles O. Franck, Jr. (VA) |
| 1995 | Omaha, Nebraska | Tommy L. Jones (VA) |
| 1996 | Wichita, Kansas | Thomas A. Ross (IL) |
| 1997 | Bloomington, Minnesota | Rev. David R. Grissom (NC) |
| 1998 | San Ramon, California | Sally Bowers (KY) |
| 1999 | Savannah, Georgia | Sally Bowers (KY) |
| 2000 | Louisville, Kentucky | Judy Domenico (CO) |
| 2001 | Greensboro, North Carolina | John Snipes (GA) |
| 2002 | Wallingford, Connecticut | Joseph Kuyoth (OH) |
| 2003 | Richmond, Virginia | William Luley (NY) |
| 2004 | Mt. Pleasant, Michigan | William Luley (NY) |
| 2005 | New York, New York | Mark Strautman (WI) |
| 2006 | Lake Geneva, Wisconsin | Marion Taggart (DE) |
| 2007 | Pasadena, California | Jane Ipsen (WA) |
| 2008 | Columbus, Ohio | Robert Fallon (CA) |
| 2009 | Utica, New York | Cindy Bosley (MI) |