A NATIVE OF DENISON, ANDREW RANDELL GRADUATED FROM PRINCETON UNIVERSITY AND THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS. HE OPENED A LAW PRACTICE IN SHERMAN AND WAS ACTIVE IN CIVIC AND CHURCH AFFAIRS. HE AND HIS WIFE VERA (HARRISON) HAD TWO DAUGHTERS. IT WAS IN FREEMASONRY THAT HE MARKED HIS GREATEST ACHIEVEMENTS, SERVING AS GRAND MASTER OF THE GRAND LODGE OF TEXAS; AS EXECUTIVE SECRETARY OF THE MASONIC SERVICE ASSOCIATION OF THE U.S., LEADING NATIONAL DISASTER RELIEF EFFORTS; AS A DIRECTOR OF THE DALLAS MASONIC HOME; AND AS AN ADVOCATE FOR MASONIC EDUCATION PROGRAMS, PUBLICATIONS AND IDEALS.