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A community leader who, at the age of 28, already had a successful business career as a restaurateur behind him, Land met Louis G. Lower in
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Humanities. He received the Grand Cross of the Southern Jurisdiction of the Supreme Council of Scottish Rite 33° in 1955. He was the president of the Kansas City School Board, a Director of the Columbia National Bank, and a trustee of the
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take a vow to honor Land's memory every year on
November 8 by breaking bread with a fellow Chevalier, an active DeMolay, or a young man in his teens. DeMolay International also endows a scholarship in Land's name.
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Bodies. Married Miss Nell M. Swiezewski on September 15, 1913, at Budd Park
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