Philippines:
¨  Initiated Entered Apprentice September 9, 1961; passed as Fellowcraft September 16, 1961; raised October 14, 1961;  all in Mainam Lodge No. 49 (Naic, Cavite)
¨  Worshipful Master of Mainam Lodge No. 49 (1966)
¨  Grand Lodge Inspector: Tagaytay Lodge No. 165 (1967-1969) and Bagong Ilaw Lodge No. 97 (1970-1971)
¨  32 Degree, Luzon Bodies Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry in the Philippines (1963)
¨  Held positions as Most Wise Master of the Chapter of Rose Croix, Commander of Liberty Council of Kadosh, and Master of Kadosh of the Equality Consistory
¨  Invested with the rank and decoration of a Knight Commander of the Court of Honor (KCCH) in February, 1970

White Plains, New York:
¨  Affiliated with White Plains Lodge No. 473 (1980)
¨  Worshipful Master, White Plains Lodge No. 473 (1988 and 1989)
¨  District Deputy Grand Master for the 2^nd Westchester-Putnam District (2000-2002); appointed on May 1, 2000, by the New York State Grand Master, MW Carl J. Smith
¨  Joined the Valley of White Plains, Scottish Rite of Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction (1980)
¨  Held positions as Thrice Potent Master of the Lodge of Perfection, Sovereign Prince of the Council of Princes of  Jerusalem, Most Wise Master of the Chapter of Rose Croix, and Commander-in-Chief of the Consistory. He was a Trustee, Hospitalier, Secretary, and is currently the Treasurer of the Valley
¨  In 1987, the Council of Deliberation, the highest governing body of the Scottish Rite of Freemasonry in the state of New York, bestowed on him the Meritorious Service Award (MSA), the equivalent of the KCCH in the Southern Masonic Jurisdiction
¨  In September 1996, the Supreme Council unanimously elected him to receive the Rite's highest honor and then, on September 23, 1997, coroneted him a 33^rd Degree Mason

Note: RW Quesada possesses the rare distinction of receiving two Red Hats, KCCH and MSA, from both the Southern and Northern Masonic Jurisdiction of the Scottish Rite of Freemasonry.

Family:
¨  Born in 1932, in Santa Cruz, Laguna; resided in Naic, Cavite, and Makati, Rizal.
¨  Married for 39 years to the former Lolita Villacorta; BBA, University of the East; CPA.; worked for the United Nations Development Programme, retired in 1996
¨  Three sons: Renwick, Radford, and Russwyn; two grandsons by  Renwick (Kyle and Colin).
¨  Immigrated to the United States in August 1979

Training/Profession:
¨  Graduated in 1953 from Mapua Institute of Technology with a degree in Civil Engineering; took additional training in Project Management at Ateneo University, Manila; finished a program in Construction Management at New York University.
¨  Worked 25 years for a construction management company in the Philippines and 20 years for a New York State agency and retired in December 1998.

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