Author of the Famous American Freemasons Series
Todd E. Creason is the father of two daughters, Jaclyn (age 19) and Kathryn (age 2), and lives with his wife, Valerie, near his hometown.
He is currently the Senior Warden of Ogden Lodge No. 754, in Ogden, Illinois. He became a Master Mason in 2005, and shortly after, began researching and writing the Famous American Freemasons series. The first book in the series was released in 2007.
He is a 32° Scottish Rite Mason and belongs to the Ancient & Accepted Scottish Rite Valley of Danville, Illinois. He is a member of Champaign Chapter 50 R.A.M, and the Urbana Commandery No. 16, Knights Templar. He also the member of several research organizations, including the Illinois Lodge of Research, the Philalethes Society, and the Scottish Rite Research Society.
He works at the University of Illinois as the Business Manager for the Offices of Technology Management Urbana-Champaign and Chicago.
Besides writing, his hobbies include reading, studying history, and fishing. An accomplished piano player, he performed in local bands for more than twenty years, playing everything from rock & roll, to country and blues.
Famous American Freemasons: Volume II was released in July 2009. He also plans on releasing a collection of quotes A Freemason Said That? Great Quotes of Famous Freemasons in Fall of 2009.
Todd was recently presented with the 2009 Mason of the Year Award by the Ancient & Accepted Scottish Rite Valley of Danville.
About my Co-Author on Volume IIJames L. Tungate, 33° is an Active Member of the Supreme Council, Thirty-third Degree, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite for the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction, and serves as Executive Producer of its Thirty-Third Degree, as well as a writer for the Ritualistic Matters Committee and Chairman of the Jurisprudence Committee. He is the representative to the Supreme Council for France. He is the former Worshipful Master of Milford Lodge No. 168, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, and current Treasurer of Watseka Lodge No. 446. He serves the Grand Lodge of Illinois as its Chairman of Legislation.
Mr. Tungate graduated with Honors from Illinois Wesleyan University and earned M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Northwestern University, and Juris Doctor degree from the University of Illinois College of Law as a Harnow Scholar. He has taught at Northwestern University and was Chairman of Communications for Loyola University, New Orleans, before establishing a private law practice in Illinois with his wife, Susan Sumner Tungate. He has also taught law in the gifted child program at Purdue University. He was one of the founders of, and continues teaching in, the People’s Law School, a project sponsored by the Illinois State Bar Association to educate the general public about everyday issues of law. He also serves the Illinois Bar as an elected Representative to its General Assembly. He is the President of the Iroquois County Bar Association. He is a member of the United States Supreme Court Bar as well as a member of the Illinois Supreme Court Committee on Fitness and Character.
Mr. Tungate and his wife, now Circuit Court Judge Susan Tungate, reside in central Illinois. They have two sons, Edward and James, who are also life members of their father’s Masonic Lodge and Scottish Rite Valley, where their grandfather and great-grandfather were also members.
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