Awards

IU Indianapolis Spirit of Philanthropy Award - 1999

About Cryptic Masons Medical Research Foundation

The Cryptic Masons Medical Research Foundation, (CMMRF), was incorporated in the state of Oklahoma, March 6, 1986. The driving force behind the new corporation was General Grand Master Ben Mandlebaum, of the General Grand Council of Cryptic Masons International. Past Most Illustrious Grand Master, Marion K. Crum was named the first Executive Secretary of the Foundation. He faithfully served in that position for twenty-seven years, retiring in October 2012. The Foundation funds research at ICVBM, which is located at the Indiana University School of Medicine in Indianapolis, Indiana.