Harold Van Buren Voorhis

Harold Van Buren Voorhis (January 3, 1894 – May 23, 1983) was a chemist, noted Masonic author, and executive at Macoy Publishers and Masonic Supply Company.

Harold was born January 3, 1894, to Thomas Voorhis, Jr. (1864-1941)[1] and Mary Peck Bates (1868-1962)[2] at Rector Place, Red Bank, New Jersey.

He attended Cooper Union College from 1912–13 and Columbia University Teachers Extension from 1913–16.

He worked as a chemist at Bull & Roberts, in New York, NY from 1912–20, and returned there later for a succession of positions starting in 1943: secretary-treasurer (1943–59); assistant to the president (1962); and consultant (1963–67).

He was Worshipful Master of Mystic Brotherhood Lodge 21, F. & A. M. of Red Bank, NJ in 1937, and served in many other capacities in many other Masonic groups.