Twice, in November and December, Grand Masters of Grand Lodges in United States and in Germany bestowed high honors upon Thomas W. Jackson, the R.W. Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, and awarded him prestigious medals.

During the Triennial Convention of the United Grand Lodges of Germany on Nov. 2 in Berlin, M.W. Grand Master Rainer J. Schicke presented Bro. Jackson with the Grand Order of Merit, the highest ranking distinction of service to Masonry by that Grand Lodge. Bestowing it is a privilege that rests with the Grand Master of the United Grand Lodges of Germany.

On Dec. 23, during the Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge of the District of Columbia, M.W. Grand Master Robert F. Drechsler presented Bro. Jackson with the Valentine Reintzel medal. It is a most distinguished award of the Grand Lodge of D.C.

THE GRAND ORDER OF MERIT was presented to Bro. Jackson in recognition of "Your manifold personal examples of promoting the cause of Craft Freemasonry .... Even more inspiring was, and is, you personal reaching out over the ocean to Craft Masonry in Europe in your own special ways, ... encouraging us to make our world a better place to live."

THE VALENTINE REINTZEL MEDAL was presented "In recognition of the contribution that Thomas W. Jackson is making to Freemasonry in Pennsylvania, elsewhere in the United States, and, in fact, throughout the world."