John Staples
� Seeking Freemasonry; Academia & the Ancient Craft
FREEMASONRY'S CONNECTION to the academic world is a unique
story
and one that continues to inspire. When students and
professors at Oxford
formed a lodge in 1819, they sparked a movement that has
spread to more
than a hundred universities, including Cambridge, Toronto,
Harvard, Texas,
and UCLA. Seeking Freemasonry: Academia and the Ancient
Craft
describes this remarkable evolution, and covers related
topics such as
libraries and museums, research lodges, and scholastic
conferences. It
offers a vital account of how Masonry is thriving in our
time.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
JOHN STAPLES served for 20 years as the editor of Mariner
magazine,
published by the Maine Maritime Academy. He has been honored
for his work as a writer and editor by Freedoms Foundation
at
Valley Forge, the Navy League, and the Council for the
Advancement
and Support of Education. A Boston University graduate and a
U.S. Marine Corps veteran, he is a fourth generation
Freemason and a
permanent member of the Grand Lodge of New Hampshire.
