Thomas W. Jackson, R.W. Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, was elected as the first Executive Secretary of the World Conference of Grand Lodges at its third annual meeting held in New York City, May 1-3. The World Conference is composed of grand lodges worldwide and represented by their grand masters and grand secretaries. James L. Ernette, R.W. Grand Master, and Bro. Jackson attended from Pennsylvania.

Elsewhere the National Grand Lodge of France created Bro. Jackson a Past Senior Grand Warden. This is only the sixth time in the history of that Grand Lodge that the honor has been conferred. While attending the Grand Lodge of the Ivory Coast in Abidjan in April, he was created an Honorary Member and Honorary Past Grand Director of Ceremonies. On May 4, he received the Joseph Hayden Drummond Medal from the Grand Lodge of Maine. The medal is the highest honor that the Grand Lodge of Maine awards for the contribution of time, thought, and services to Masonry beyond the line of duty.