Members
There are 33 MCSA organizations located across North America.
History
For many years, “the Superintendents,” as most of the executive officers were referred to at the time, met to share problems about their homes and solicit hopeful solutions from their counterparts. They eventually agreed to form a national association of Masonic-related organizations which would meet periodically to exchange views and be of assistance to one another.
They formed the Masonic Homes Executives Association and their first official meeting was in 1931 in Nashville, Tennessee. At that initial meeting, Lucien Connell of Tennessee was elected as the first president of the Masonic Homes Executives 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 World War II (1943 & 1945). Over time, the scope of the meetings changed from one of largely fraternal fellowship, to a focus on education, which included continuing education credits to help meet administrators’ expanding licensing requirements.
| DATE | MEETING SITE | PRESIDENT / STATE |
| 1931 | Nashville, TN | None |
| 1932 | St. Louis, MO | Lucien Connell (TN) |
| 1933 | Springfield, MO | W.W. Martin (MO) |
| 1934 | Elizabethtown, PA | Thad G. Helm (PA) |
| 1935 | Forth Worth, TX | Thomas Fletcher (TX) |
| 1936 | Franklin, IN | John Redhead (MS) |
| 1937 | Minneapolis, MN | Clarence Deacon (NJ) |
| 1938 | LaGrange, IL | Edwin J. Price (OH) |
| 1939 | Forest Grove, OR | H.F. Allen (OK) |
| 1940 | Burlington, NJ | William F. Ecers (NE) |
| 1941 | Dousman, WI | Charles E. Wilson (MN) |
| 1942 | Wichita, KS | A.E. McCorvie (IL) |
| 1943 | No Meeting | None |
| 1944 | LaGrange, IL | H.C. Turner (VA) |
| 1945 | No Meeting | None |
| 1946 | Sullivan, IL | Elmer P. Gay (IN) |
| 1947 | Richmond, VA | C.S. Woodward (TX) |
| 1948 | St. Louis, MO | Fred Auch (PA) |
| 1949 | Charlton, MA | George Bennette (NC) |
| 1950 | Decoto, CA | Burleight Cartmell (OH) |
| 1951 | Macon, GA | James R. Eubanks (CA) |
| 1952 | Alma, MI | Frank O. Parker (MI) |
| 1953 | Plattsmouth, NE | George Summers (LA) & Mark D. Ball (MA) |
| 1954 | Harrisburg, PA | Virdon M. Liston (KS) |
| 1955 | Oklahoma City, OK | Luther F. Morgan (KY) |
| 1956 | Louisville, KY | Grady Gamrick (GA) |
| 1957 | Chicago, IL | Albert H. Ruwet (CT) |
| 1958 | Hartford, CT | Robert M. Henry (CA) |
| 1959 | Parkersburg, WV | Arthur E. Myers (PA) |
| 1960 | Los Angeles, CA | Harvey S. Williams (TX) & Lewis C. Robertson (MO) |
| 1961 | Williamsburg, VA | A. Deleon Gray (NC) |
| 1962 | Fort Worth, TX | William R. Baker, (PA) |
| 1963 | Atlantic City, NJ | Ivinis G. Wright (NJ) |
| 1964 | St. Louis, MO | C.V. Townsend (OK) |
| 1965 | Wilmington, DE | Fred W. Troy (VA) |
| 1966 | Durham, NC | Norval H. Hodgson (MN) |
| 1967 | Seattle, WA | Robert W. Davis (DE) |
| 1968 | Minneapolis, MN | Stephen S. Wilson (KY) |
| 1969 | Baltimore, MD | Frank L. Smith (MD) |
| 1970 | St. Petersburg, FL | Gail H. David (CA) |
| 1971 | Indianapolis, IN | Raymond F. Evers (NE) |
| 1972 | San Francisco, CA | S. Allan Daugherty (KS) |
| 1973 | Atlantic City, NJ | Roy O. Turner, Jr. (IN) |
| 1974 | Utica, NY | Jack Hardy (FL) |
| 1975 | Los Angeles, CA | William Brenizer (NY) |
| 1976 | Hershey, PA | James C. Blaine (CA) |
| 1977 | Milwaukee, WI | H.T. Rogers (WI) |
| 1978 | Richmond, VA | William Filson (IL) |
| 1979 | Rolling Meadows, IL | Claude Husted (MD) |
| 1980 | Cherry Hill, NJ | James Hart (IL) |
| 1981 | Seattle, WA | Joseph Becker (NJ) |
| 1982 | Minneapolis, MN | J. Burton Brown (CA) |
| 1983 | Hunt Valley, MD | Carlisle Tiller (VA) |
| 1984 | Indianapolis, IN | Edwin Martini, Jr. (MN) |
| 1985 | Lansing, MI | Marvin S. Isley (IN) |
| 1986 | Bettendorf, IA | Lois Van Sickle (IA) |
| 1987 | San Jose, CA | Jerry Lindenbaum (KS) |
| 1988 | Dayton, OH | Donna Mae Ketten (WA) |
| 1989 | Sturbridge, MA | Richard M. Dowe (MA) |
| 1990 | Richmond, VA | John Rose (CA) |
| 1991 | Hershey, PA | James L. Parker (MA) |
| 1992 | Colorado Springs, CO | Joseph Murphy (PA) |
| 1993 | Utica, NY | Ben Harvey (NE) |
| 1994 | St. Petersburg, FL | Charles O. Franck, Jr. (VA) |
| 1995 | Omaha, NE | Tommy L. Jones (VA) |
| 1996 | Wichita, KS | Thomas A. Ross (IL) |
| 1997 | Bloomington, MN | Rev. David R. Grissom (NC) |
| 1998 | San Ramon, CA | Sally Bowers (KY) |
| 1999 | Savannah, GA | Sally Bowers (KY) |
| 2000 | Louisville, KY | Judy Domenico (CO) |
| 2001 | Greensboro, NC | John Snipes (GA) |
| 2002 | Wallingford, CT | Joseph Kuyoth (OH) |
| 2003 | Richmond, VA | William Luley (NY) |
| 2004 | Mt. Pleasant, MI | William Luley (NY) |
| 2005 | New York, NY | Mark Strautman (WI) |
| 2006 | Lake Geneva, WI | Marion Taggart (DE) |
| 2007 | Pasadena, CA | Jane Ipsen (WA) |
| 2008 | Columbus, OH | Robert Fallon (CA) |
| 2009 | Utica, NY | Cindy Bosley (MI) |
| 2010 | Elizabethtown, PA | Stephen McPherson (CT) |
| 2011 | Denver, CO | Gary Marsh (KY) |
| 2012 | Louisville, KY | Doug Policastro (NJ) |
| 2013 | New Haven, CT | Paula O’Neill (MD) |
| 2014 | Greensboro, NC | Mark Kolada |
Committees
Board of Directors
The newly elected MCSA Board of Directors were installed at the 2015 MCSA Conference held in Greensboro, NC.
News & Events
June 10-13, 2018
MCSA Annual Conference
This conference will feature the following educational tracks: Board, Human Resources, Outreach, and Youth Services.
