LDF Receives Gift from Henry A. Dove, 330 Masonic Charitable Foundation President

Press Release
October 20, 1977

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  • Press Releases, Volume 6. LDF Receives Gift from Henry A. Dove, 330 Masonic Charitable Foundation President, 1977. 100b135d-bb92-ee11-be37-00224827e97b. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/e8973338-8a99-4058-ad0f-bde0c5a616f3/ldf-receives-gift-from-henry-a-dove-330-masonic-charitable-foundation-president. Accessed May 14, 2025.

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In addition to Mr. Dove, Dr. John W. Davis, vice-chairman 

of the Foundation's Advisory Committee and educational consultant 

ted in the presentation for the Legal Defense Fund, partic 

ceremony held in the Board Room of the Avery 

at Lincoln Center in New York City. 

Members of the Advisory Committee, in addition to Dr. 

Davis, are: Dr. Charles H. Wesley, chairman, of Washington, 

D.C.; Judge Robert H. Campbell, Washington, D.C.; Dr. Milton 

K. Curry, Jdr., Dallas, Texas; and Dr. Luther H. Foster, 

Tuskegee, Ala. 

Members of the Foundation's Board of Directors, representing 

26,000 members of the Scottish Rite Masons of the Southern 

Jurisdiction, are: Henry A.Dove, president, Washington, 

D.C.; Rev. Edward A. Hailes, vice-president, Washington, 

surer, Washington, D.C.; D.C.; James A. Mingo, Secretary-Tr 

R.T. Butler, Recording Secretary, Tuskegee, Ala.; X.L. Neal, 

Chaplain, Atlanta, Ga.; Leroy R. Bolden, Savanah, Ga.; Frank 

G. Allen, Los Angeles, Calif.; R.D- Nesbitt, Sr., Montgomery, 

Ala; and Jno G. Lewis, Jr., Baton Rouge, La. 

Lieutenant Grand Commander, I.H. Clayborn of Dallas, 

Dr. Davis additionaly presented a memorial plaque to 

Mrs. B.W. Harris as an expression of the Legal Defense Fund's 

ation for her late husband's work in Africa and appre 

his support of the Fund. 

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