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Pythian Foundation Trustees

Archie Block Archie Block
Sir Archie Block is the Chairman of the Pythian Foundation Trustees. He is a Past Supreme Chancellor and a Past Grand Chancellor of the Domain of Massachusetts.
Besides being a Life Member of Canton Lodge #6 of Sharon Massachusetts, he has been a member of the DOKK for over 50 years serving as their chairman of Law for many years. His Supreme Lodge activities have included extensive work for the Special Olympics. Sandra and Archie have five children, eleven grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Archie relaxes in his spare time by completing large jigsaw puzzles.
No Photo Harris Breit
Harris Breit has served the Supreme Lodge as Supreme Chancellor.
After moving to Tucson Arizona from New York, where he was a member of Rex Lodge,
He became active in the Arizona Grand lodge where he went thru the ranks and served as Grand Chancellor. His term as a trustee runs thru 2010.
Nat Alters Nat Alters
Sir Nat Alters is a Past Grand Chancellor and Past Supreme Representative of the Domain of New York. He is a life member of Genesis Lodge #64, one of the largest subordinate lodges in the Supreme Domain with over 1000 members. He is the former chairman of the board of directors of the Samaritan Foundation of New York. As a Vice President –Investments of Oppenheimer & Co. Inc Nat serves as an investment advisor to the Foundation as well as the Associated Health Foundation of New York, The Pythian Camp, and the Morris Smoller Social Service Foundation. He was instrumental in restructuring the investment portfolio of the foundation.
Florence and Nat enjoy traveling to California to visit their two children and 4 grandchildren.
Earl Harrell Earl Harrell
Earl Harrell is a Past Grand Chancellor and Supreme Representative from the Domain of Virginia. He is active in raising funds for charities throughout the Norfolk Virginia area where he is a Life Member of Beach Lodge #169.
Earl is a retired Customs Official with the United States Treasury Department. He enjoys playing golf in his spare time.
The Harrell family is a complete Pythian Family. His mother was a MEC of the Pythian Sisters Temple in Norfolk; His father was a member of Beach Lodge. His son Lee is a Past Supreme Representative and his son Scott is a Past Chancellor. Earl’s wife Sharon is the present District Deputy Grand Chief of the Pythian Sisters.
Stephen Vickness Stephen Vickness
Sir Stephen Vickness is a Past Supreme Chancellor and chairman of the Supreme Lodge Good of the Order committee. He is a Past Grand Chancellor of the Domain of Florida, where he is a Life Member of  Plantation-Roosevelt Lodge # 177. Steve serves as the Parliamentarian of the Grand Lodge of Florida and is the President of the Past Grand Chancellors Association. The Special Olympics became a major part of the Supreme Lodge program under Steve’s leadership. Sheila and Steve have five children and two grandchildren (with one on the way). He has been an executive in the mattress industry for over forty years and in his spare time enjoys tending to his saltwater aquarium and listening to his large collection of old music records.