A delegation of members from Shakespeare Lodge traveled to Alexandria, VA, to
visit Andrew Jackson Lodge on Saturday, March 15th, 2008 to present MW Edmund
Cohen, Grand Master of Virginia, with an Honorary Shakespeare Lodge Membership
in front of the brethren of two Lodges bonded for 15 years across the Mason-
Dixon Line.
About MW Edmund Cohen: MW Cohen was born in The Bronx, New York. He is a Phi
Beta Kappa graduate of the City College of New York, and did graduate work in
international relations at Columbia University. He received his Law degree from
American University and is a member of the bar in both the Commonwealth of
Virginia and the District of Columbia. He was a senior executive in the Central
Intelligence Agency and is now retired after a 40-year career. He was made a
Master Mason in Henry Lodge No. 57 on December 7, 1976.
