Queens Masonic Association
The Queens Masonic Association, the charitable organization of the Queens Masonic District was incorporated on February 8, 1928. The first President was Brother Thomas J. Towers who served from 1924-1925.
Through the charitable donations made by the Brothers of the District during our Spring and Fall appeal we have been able to help those organizations in need.
Each other year a Brother of the District is awarded the M\W\Charles W. Froessel Distinguished Service Award. The recipient of the award is chosen by the President and approved by the Board for either his work in the QMA, the District, or Masonry in itself. In 1970, Brother William R. Knapp was the first recipient of this award.
Every other year the outgoing District Deputy Grand Master and Grand Lodge Staff Officer are honored for their two years of service to Grand Lodge and the District.
Brothers of any Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of any jurisdiction recognized by the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of the State of New York shall be eligible for membership if they are currently a member of a Queens Lodge.
There are Committees that help the QMA operate properly. The Standing Committees of the Association are Activities; Projects; Social Welfare; Blood Donor Program; Audit; Budget; Nominating; and Scholarship.
2023 – 2024 EXECUTIVE BOARD
Joseph J. Saglimbene – President
Ramon Mojica – 1st Vice-President
Victor K. Han – 2nd Vice-President
Marino Cesarini – Treasurer
Daniel V. Gaglio – Secretary
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Gregory Noulas – Chairman
Gene Langworty
Andrew Kruzykowski
Alan Schneider
Robert Servidio
Alan Schneider
M\W\CHARLES W. FROESSEL AWARD
William R. Knapp* - 1970 Charles E. Rome* - 1971
Charles W. Froessel* - 1972 Herman Weiss* - 1973
Walter Thompsen* - 1974 Arthur R. Kaufer* - 1975
Louis J. Schaffner* - 1976 Lawrence J. Hammel, Sr.* - 1977
Theodore J. Serviss* - 1978 James Williams* - 1979
Roger C. Kipp* - 1980 T. George Abernathy* - 1981
Robert H. Stahl* -1982 George W. Mihan, Jr.* - 1983
Ernest Leonardi* - 1984 Arthur G, Ury, Jr.* - 1985
Fred A. Ellis* - 1986 Ben Werkman* - 1987
Fred Tewes* - 1988 Bernard J. Manford - 1989
William V. Quackenbush* - 1990 Maurice M. Berger - 1991
Albert O. Klipfel - 1992 Lawrence J. Hammel, Jr. - 1993
Leon Polansky* - 1994 Jerome Rosenthal - 1995
George M. Lee, Jr.* - 1996 Edward Bellemare* - 1997
Edward W. Middendorf, Sr. - 1998 Everett Klein* - 1999
Stewart C. McCloud* - 2000 Donald J. Kaiser - 2001
Eugene Schmidt* - 2002 Marino Cesarini - 2003
George D. Blasch - 2004 Robert Olmo, Jr. - 2005
Richard T. Schulz - 2006 Gordon W. Bennett* - 2007
Robert Servidio- 2008 Paul K. Gibbon* - 2009
Roland Grebinger - 2010 James Maskiell - 2011
Joseph Sheehan - 2012 Raymond Smith - 2013
James Tweedie - 2014 Howard E. Bonsaing - 2015
Richard Primiano - 2016 Jamshed Ghadiali - 2017
Gregory Noulas - 2018
PAST PRESIDENTS
Thomas J. Towers* - 1924-25 Edward Carman* - 1926-27
Moses Symington* - 1928-29 Charles W. Froessel* - 1930
Charles H. Lavington* - 1931 Sidney Nordinger* - 1932
Clarence L. Clark*- 1933 Arthur G. Peacock* - 1934
John W. Clancy* - 1935 Garrett Van Siclen* - 1936
Herman Weiss* - 1937 Stephen H. Howell* - 1938
Joseph A. Neumann* - 1939 William Ruckstuhl* - 1940
William F. Angus* - 1941 Roger C. Kipp* - 1942
Rex T. Taylor* - 1943 Gilbert Woodworth* - 1944
William R. Knapp* - 1945 Charles Brynych* - 1946
Clifton R. Lovejoy- 1947 Theodore Berkman* - 1948
Michael J. Pecora* - 1949 Theodore J. Serviss* - 1950
A. Ralph Wexler*- 1951 Robert H. Stahl* - 1952
John Wetherington* - 1953 Carl J. Luchatz* - 1954
Warren Barrington* - 1955 Winfield L. Hunt* - 1956
Albert G. Pfluger* - 1957 Arvo E. Lainen* - 1958
Frank H. Madge* - 1959 Walter Thompsen* - 1960
Arthur R. Kaufer*- 1961 John Hartmann* - 1962
Morris Fierson* - 1963 Henry W. Schober* - 1964
Lawrence J. Hammel, Sr.* - 1965 Henry J. Falkenheim* - 1966
T. George Abernathy* - 1967 David W. Armet* - 1968
John Neil* - 1969 John Distler* - 1970
Edwin J. Weiss - 1971 George W. Wandell* - 1972
Bernard J. Manford - 1973 Walter A. Hochreiter* - 1974
Ben Werkman* - 1975 Anthony J. Presutti* - 1976
Arthur G. Ury, Jr.* - 1977 Fred Tewes* - 1978
John P. Sochran - 1979 Dr. Sidney Diamond* - 1980
Maurice M. Berger - 1981 Fred A. Ellis* - 1982
George A. Hughes* - 1983 James S. Leete* - 1984
Lawrence J. Hammel, Jr. - 1985 Edward J. Berenger, Jr.* - 1986
George Flandorffer, Jr.* - 1987 Edward C. Crisp* - 1988
George Leslie Colvin - 1989 George M. Lee, Jr.* - 1990
Fred E. Muckle - 1991 George D. Steinhage - 1992
Robert Olmo, Jr. - 1993 Richard T. Schulz - 1994
Henry L. Schlesinger - 1995 William Dorman* - 1996
James Maskiell - 1997 Ernest G. Mueller* - 1998
Kenneth Wagner - 1999 Stewart C. McCloud II - 2000
Dave Shenkoff - 2001 Tom Glikis - 2002
Robert Servidio - 2003 Paul K. Gibbon - 2004
Christos Papadopoulos - 2005 Ramon A. Miller, Sr. - 2006
Joseph J. Saglimbene - 2007 George A. Wacob - 2008
Edward Baktis - 2009 Jamshed Ghadiali - 2010-11
Joseph Cialone - 2012 Joseph J. Saglimbene - 2013
Russell Strine-2014 Thomas Nazario* - 2015
Joseph J. Saglimbene - 2016-18 Richard Araya - 2019
Deceased*