Who is "Don" Burbidge?
McDonald L. "Don" Burbidge
was raised a Mason on November 19, 1974, and is
currently a member of Union Kilwinning Lodge No. 4, Charleston, SC (Lodge
Historian), the Scottish Rite Bodies of Charleston, S.C., and the Scottish Rite
Research Society. On February 14, 1976, he received the 32°; on October 19,
1981, he was invested a K.C.C.H.; and on October 30, 1999 he was presented the
33°. Ill. Burbidge was strongly involved with the year 2001 celebration of the
200th anniversary of the founding of the Scottish Rite in Charleston and has had
several articles and photographs published in the Scottish Rite Journal since
1999. He is currently the "Orient Historian for the Charleston Scottish Rite
Center" and has been the photographer of the Valley since 1976. He and his wife,
Kathryn, have two children, a daughter named Kelley Floyd and Brad.
Visit his informative History WebPages about Charleston,
The Scottish Rite, and FreeMasonry