Deputy Grand Master
RW Robert L. Hogan, Jr.
Robert Leslie Hogan Jr., a fourth-generation Mason, was born on December 30th, 1959 in West Islip, NY. He spent the first 22 years of his life on Long Island—mainly in Bay Shore. After graduating from the NY State Police Academy in April 1983, he relocated to Dutchess County, NY where he has spent the bulk of his time since. He is married to Dr. Dina DiOrio-Hogan.
Brother Robert retired from NY State Police as an Investigator on the Bronx Criminal Squad. Prior to that assignment most of his service was in the Uniform Force as a Sergeant at Troop “K” Headquarters. (Dates served with NY State Police were October 18th, 1982 through May 20th, 2015.) Brother Hogan currently owns a Private Investigation firm. The concentration of the practice is background investigations for property management companies, health care facilities and a few out-of-state Grand Lodges.
Brother Hogan has been active in the Methodist Church in Pleasant Valley, New York, serving as the Chairman of the Board of Trustees and Chairman of the Administrative Board. He is also a Certified Lay Speaker in the United Methodist Church.
Raised to the Sublime Degree of Master Mason by his father on June 19th, 1991, Brother Hogan joined several Lodges and served in various Lodge positions, eventually becoming Master of Shekomeko Lodge No. 458, Dover Lodge No. 666 and Warren Lodge No. 32 (the last chartered Moon Lodge in the New York Jurisdiction) Brother Hogan served on several District Committees, eventually being asked to serve as the Dutchess District Deputy Grand Master for the 2014-2016 term under MW William J. Thomas. Brother Hogan has been appointed to several Grand Lodge Committees, serving as Chairman for two of them: the Deputy Grand Master’s Advisory Committee and the Grand Lodge Committee on Law Enforcement. In October of 2021 Brother Hogan was elected Senior Grand Warden of the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons in the State of New York.
Becoming a Scottish Rite Mason in 2009, Brother Bob is a proud member of the Valley of the Hudson, A.A.S.R. where he is currently the Commander in Chief of the Chancellor Robert R Livingston Consistory. Brother Bob is also a member of the Knights of St. Andrew, Chartering the Chapter in the Valley of the Hudson and becoming its first Chieftain. Brother Bob received the Scottish Rite Meritorious Service Award in 2022, and last August (2023), in Louisville Kentucky, was Coroneted an Honorary Member of the Supreme Council, receiving the 33°.
Brother Hogan is a member of Poughkeepsie Chapter No. 172 Royal Arch Masons, Poughkeepsie Commandery No. 43 Knights Templar, Westchester Commandery No. No. 42 Knights Templar and King Solomon Council No. 31 Cryptic Masons. A member of many Invitational Bodies and Lodges, Brother Hogan also serves on the Board of Directors for two charitable foundations—one in the Mid-Hudson District and the other combines the talents of four Scottish Rite Valleys in the Capital/Mid-Hudson Region.
Brother Hogan received the DeMolay Honorary Legion of Honor in 2015, the Jacob Morton Award for Community Service in 2020, the Grand Master’s Award of Appreciation in 2017 and 2020 and the Chancellor Robert R Livingston Medal in 2018. He was recently awarded the Wendell K. Walker Builder of Men Medal at the 2024 Annual Communication.
Grand Master
MW Steven Adam Rubin
MW Steven Adam Rubin is a former Assistant District Attorney in New York City, where he prosecuted homicides and violent crimes for nearly five (5) years in the Bronx County District Attorney’s Office. Admitted to the Bar in 1989, Bro. Steve obtained his Juris Doctorate in 1988 from Albany Law School of Union University where he served as Associate Editor of “The Issue” from 1987-1988, as well as serving as President of the Freshmen Class, Vice-President of the Student Bar Association his Sophomore Year, and President of the Student Bar Association his Senior Year. He is a Magna Cum Laude graduate of the State University of New York at Albany, having received his BA Degree in 1985. While at SUNY Albany Bro. Steve served on the University Senate and Judicial Board.
Bro. Rubin has been a practicing attorney for over thirty-five (35) years and is Principal in Steven Adam Rubin & Associates pllc, a litigation law firm with Offices in Masonic Hall, NYC.
A Master Mason for over twenty-six (26) years, Bro. Steve has served as a Grand Line Officer for over eighteen years. In 2021 Bro. Steve was elected Deputy Grand Master. He served in that capacity until his election to Grand Master.
From 2006 until 2015, Bro. Steve served as Proctor of the Grand Lodge, a position likened to the District Attorney of Grand Lodge; from 2015-2018 he served as Judge Advocate, Masonic and Legal Adviser, to the Grand Master, before being elected in 2018 to the Office of Grand Treasurer, in which capacity he served until his election as Deputy Grand Master in 2021.
A three-time Past Master, he is a member of Goldenrule Clermont McKinley Lodge No. 486 in the First Manhattan Masonic District, Old Town Lodge No. 908, in the Suffolk Masonic District and Warren Lodge No. 32 (The Last Moon Lodge) in the Mid-Hudson Masonic District. He has served as Excellent High Priest of Zerubbabel Chapter No. 147, Royal Arch Masons, and Judge Advocate of the Grand Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, from 2015 to 2024; Bro. Steve is also a proud member of the Valley of New York City, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite for the Northern Jurisdiction; Mecca Shrine; Adelphic Council No. 7, Cryptic Masons and Azim Grotto No. 7.
Bro. Steve is the co-founder and Publisher of Craftsmen Online, a pod cast and Masonic social media platform, started during the early days of the pandemic in 2020, to support New York Masonry and enhance the Education, Leadership and Membership Experience.
While raised in Ulster County, Bro. Steve currently resides in Manhattan with his wife of thirty-three (33) years. They have two children, Talat, an Investment Banker and Pasha, a member of Bro. Steve’s Mother Lodge and lawyer in Bro. Steve’s law office.
Bro. Steve is a recipient of the Charles H. Johnson and Chancellor Robert R Livingston Medals of Grand Lodge; and the Ezra Ames Meritorious Service Award, Royal Arch Masons.