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DeMolay of the MonthJustin Nobles - August 2003
GDO: Justin, congratulations on your selection as GDO's August DeMolay of the Month. We want our web site visitors to learn a little more about you and your DeMolay career. How did you find out about and get involved with DeMolay? Justin: That's a long one. I'll give you the Reader's Digest version: My family has been very active with the Masonic family. Just to put it all into context, my grandfather belongs to a lodge in Southern California and my grandmother is a Past Worthy Mason from her Eastern Star Chapter in Southern California. My aunt is a Job's Daughter and is a Past DeMolay Chapter Princess. Finally, my father is a Senior DeMolay from Orange County, California. I've been around the Masonic family all of my life, thus, I have heard of DeMolay all of my life. It wasn't, however, until I started travelling down the wrong path of life that I was kinda "forced" into this glorious Order. But anyone can "join" and not be involved. My true "involvement" came after my first Conclave, after seeing all of the old state officers. There was just an aura to them. I remember thinking, "That's what I want to do." To be honest, I really cannot see myself how I was one of the older state officers. It blows my mind how much of an impact my actions have on the younger DeMolays. It's hard to believe.
Justin: There are so many facets to DeMolay that it makes it extremely difficult to pick just one think I like best. But, if I were held at gunpoint and asked just to choose one, I'd have to say the comradery that we all have for one another. I met some of my best and most loyal friends that I would not have met if it hadn't been for DeMolay. It's also not too often that a 19 year old has good friends that are 12 or 13 years old. You don't find that nowadays. GDO: You were recently named the Georgia DeMolay of the Year. It's quite an honor; congratulations. Tell us about how you felt when your name was called at the Conclave Grand Banquet. Justin: To be honest, everyone wishes that their name is called when they announce the award. But I was truthfully suprised. There were several people that deserved the award, and I really didn't know if I'd get it. I remember my first couple of Conclaves seeing the award winners, and again, I was like, "Man, I wish I could get that award." It's just now sinking in. GDO: A lot of hard work went in to this past year for you. Tell us a bit about what you've done at the Chapter, State, and Regional level this year.
GDO: The Region III Conference is coming up very soon. As Region III Coordinator, you're very much involved in the planning of this seven state event. What's in store for the weekend? Justin: It's going to be a "BLAST." We have a lot in store for the weekend. First of all, it's being held in Pensacola, Florida which is just a beautiful city, and I'm looking forward to that. There's going to be business meetings, which are a part of DeMolay. However, we're just looking to have fun as well. It's going to be a truly enjoyable weekend, and I'm looking forward to the comradery and brotherhood and fellowship that's in store for the weekend.
Justin: Well, I hope to become more active on the state level... behind the scenes, though. I've been asked by our Director of Education, Dad Griggers, to be apart of a committee to redevelop several more Georgia Leader's Academies. I don't know what I can and cannot tell you about them. What I can say, though, is that they are going to be a crucial tool to really help Georgia DeMolay boom, and I'm looking forward into being apart of their development. GDO: You're attending Georgia State University. What's your major, and what would you like to do when you get your degree? Justin: Officially my major is Political Science. However, I want to focus my major toward the legal aspect of Poli-Sci, so I'm hoping to get accepted into a new degree program that most colleges offer called an Interdisciplinary Degree. Basically, it's a degree that takes several different majors and rolls them into one. The one I'm interested in is called an Interdisciplinary Degree with a focus on Law and Society. It's a degree with Poli Sci, History, and English all rolled into one. I'm looking forward to it. Eventually, I hope to attend law school and use the degree to go behind the scenes of politics. Not to be on the front line, but to be a consultant or analyst of some sort. I enjoy politics, and it's definitely something I'm interested in focusing my career in.
Justin: Like I mentioned before, I enjoy Politics. If my television isn't tuned into CSPAN, it usually has a movie of some sort playing on it. I am a HUGE fan of movies and books. I enjoy spending time with my friends, all of whom are in DeMolay, and enjoying the company of my family. You may not be able to tell yet, but you will later, I have just gotten into the habit of working out and I'm really enjoying that. GDO: Thank you for your time, Justin, and congratulations again on your selection as GDO's DeMolay of the Month and as the Georgia DeMolay of the Year! Justin: Thank you, and "I want to thank all of you little people I had to step on to get where I am." No, in all seriousness, I really appreciate this honor that I have been given, and I hope that in some small way my work in DeMolay has inspired the younger DeMolays, just as the older DeMolays have inspired me to become what I am. |
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