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BIOGRAPHICAL PROFILE
Malcolm Westbrooks

Born April 24, 1951, to J.B. and Florida Vidalia (Adams) Westbrooks in. Oakland,
California, Malcolm attended Oakland Public Schools and graduated from Fremont High School in 1969. While attending Fremont, he was the 178-pound wrestling champion and a star linebacker on their football team. He was instrumental in the formation of the first Black Student Union and African-American Studies Program in Oakland Unified School District history. He is an alumnus of Merritt College where he starred in football in 1970- 1971.
He is married to Alice E. Westbrooks, Past Grand District Deputy and Past Matron of Regina Chapter No. 67 O.E.S.P.H.R.A. She retired in February 2006 after serving as the Interim Director of Radiology at Highland General Hospital in Oakland California.  She is presently serving as an instructor in the Merritt Community College Radiology Program.  They have two adult children: Robert and Sheila.
He was employed by the City of Oakland’s Office of General Services (O.G.S.) on July 24, 1972 and was promoted to the position of Supervisor in 1988.  He transferred to the Port of Oakland in July 1995 where he was an Airport Operations Coordinator Landside. He has served on the United Public Employees Local 790 Contract Negotiating Team, and as President of the Office of General Services Supervisors' Association. Malcolm has also chaired the Office of General Services and Airport Landside Operations Combined Charities Committees, served on the City of Oakland's Recycling Committee and in 2005 was voted by his employees as The Most Valuable Coordinator. He recently completed a project proposal the install life saving, Automatic External Heart Defibrillators at the Oakland International Airport and was appointed the Project Coordinator.  He retired from the Port of Oakland on April 25, 2006 after thirty four years of service.
He has worked with the On-Trac Program for Special Education Students, the Assets Senior Employment Program in the areas of job training and job skills development and hold certificates in Environmental Hazardous Waste Management and The Federal Aviation Administration’s Civil Aviation Security 70012 training. He is a former member of the City of Oakland's Emergency Response Team participating in both the 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake and the 1992 East Bay Fire Storm disaster relief efforts. He is a member of The Oakland International Airports Emergency Response Team and has owned and operated NOR - CAL Building and Property Services since 1990.  In February 2006 he received his commission from The Secretary of States office and now serves the public as a Notary Public and Certified Loan Signing Agent
Motivated by an insatiable desire to serve mankind and satisfy a natural curiosity.  That he developed through contacts with his grandfather, a Prince Hall Mason) and having been exposed to masonry growing up in the neighborhood of the Masonic Cooperative Hall in Oakland, California.  Malcolm petitioned for membership in East Gate Lodge No. 44 in 1979. He served in various stations and was elected Worshipful Master in 1989. He was honored as Master Mason of the Year in 1987 and Past Master of the Year in 1993. He is a member of the Board of Trustees and is Chairman of the Property Development Committee. In 1998 he was again elected to and served a second term in the office of Worshipful Master.
Malcolm has been instrumental in the negotiations, involvement of East Gate #44 property, representation, management and community support for the pending development of the MW Prince Hall Arms Senior Citizen Housing Project and Community Center in Berkeley California and serves as its boards Vice President. He is also active in the Grand Lodge. He has served as Chairman North of the Youth Committee' (Knights of Pythagoras), a member of the Civic Affairs/Public Relations and Publicity Committee, Assistant Grand Orator, and Property Manager North. He currently serves as RW Grand Orator and has received national acclaim for his stirring addresses annually in the Lodge of Sorrow ceremonies.  He also chaired the elegant and momentous 1992 Honorarium for Most Worshipful Grand Master Harold D. Mure and was the author and director of the film documentary “The Making of a Leader: The Life and Times of Most Worshipful Grand Master Harold D. Mure.
Malcolm was elevated to the degree of Sublime Prince of the Royal Secret in Victoria Consistory No 25 in December 1984.  He served as 1^st Lieutenant Commander of the Council of Kodash from 1995 to 2000.  He has served as a member of the Hospitalier Committee and Serves the Council of Deliberation as a member of the Research and Education Committee.
In October 1998 in Dallas Texas Malcolm received the highest honor in Freemasonry when was elevated to the Degree of Grand Inspector General of the 33^rd and Last Degree of Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry of the Southern Jurisdiction of the United States of America Prince Hall Affiliation.  He represented California and Hawaii as Class President and was defeated in a bid for National Class President.
He was created a Noble of the Mystic Shrine in September 1984 and served as Chairman of the Regional Gala Day Parade in 1989.  Malcolm has also chaired the Christmas Basket Give Away and the Kiddy’s Christmas Party.  He served as Master of Ceremonies for the Potentates/Commandress Balls in both 1984 and 1989 and as Chairman of the Talent and Scholarship Pageants Budget and Finance Committee in 1997.  In August 1998 in New Orleans Louisiana he was inducted into the Legion of Honor of the Ancient Egyptian Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine of North and South America Inc.  In June 2002 at Victoria Consistory No. Twenty Five’s Annual Founders Day Banquet he was honored for his outstanding service to humanity.
In addition to the aforementioned Prince Hall bodies.  Malcolm is also Past Worthy Patron of Regina Chapter No. 67, has served as Grand Liaison O.E.S., a Past President of the Grand Pilgrimage Club and a charter member of Martin Luther King Jr. Council No.3 Knights of Pythagoras Youth Council.
His community involvement extends beyond the Masonic fraternity. In 1981 he became a member of St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church in Berkeley, California, where he served as a member of the Male Chorus, the St. Paul Richard Allen Men's Society, the St. Paul Homeless Feeding Program, and, in 1997, was elected to St. Paul's Trustee Board.  In June 2003 he became affiliated with Imani Community Baptist Church in Oakland California.  Where he serves as a member of the Political Action Committee, the Imani Prayer Warriors and President of The Imani Men’s Ministry.  
Malcolm is a member of the Durant Manor Home Owners' Association and the Elmhurst Pride Committee. He has participated with Friends of Parks and Recreation, Volunteers for Oakland, the Senior Companion Program and the Mayor's Hunger Relief Program, and has chaired fund-raisers to benefit the Oakland High Schools' Athletic League. He served on the 1994 Mayor Elihu M. Harris Re-election Committee, the Northern California Minority Business Opportunity Committee, and is a member of the Oakland Chapter of the NAACP.
Malcolm is an avid hunter, fisherman, and professional dog trainer and breeder.  He is a jazz enthusiast with a very diverse collection.  His passion for speech writing and literature is leading him in the direction of writing his first novel that will depict his family history.  He plans on beginning this project as he approaches his retirement to his family’s home state of Texas.  He has dedicated himself to the service of mankind-in general-and his community especially.