- 1982-05-14 —
Amoz Gibson, (b. 3 Aug 1918 Washington), a member of the Universal House of Justice from 1963 until 1982, passed away in Haifa. He was buried in the Bahá'í Cemetery in Haifa. [BW18:669; VV52]
- His diagnose was acute lymphoblastic leukemia. See Bahá'í Chronicles for a brief biography.
- For his obituary see BW18:665–9.
- Find a grave.
- Elected to the Universal House of Justice to replace him was Mr. Glenford Mitchell. He was born in Jamaica and held a Masters degree in journalism from Columbia University. An author, he had worked as a magazine editor and managing editor and taught English and journalism at Howard University. He served as chief executive officer of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States from 1968 until his election to the Universal House of Justice.
[BWNS208]
- 1993-04-29 —
The seventh Bahá'í International Convention at the World Centre. Those elected to the Universal House of Justice were: Mr. Ali Nakhjavani, Mr. Glenford Mitchell, Mr. Adib Taherzadeh, Mr. Ian Semple, Mr. Peter Khan, Mr. Hushmand Fatheazam, Mr. Hooper Dunbar, Mr. Farzam Arbab and Mr. Douglas Martin. [BINS295, BW93-4p51-58]
- Hugh Chance and David Ruhe announced their retirement. Mr. Chance had served since 1963 and Dr. Ruhe since 1968. [BINS295, BS93-4p57]
- For a report of the Convention see BW93–4:51–8.
- For pictures see BW93–4:52, 53, 54, 57.
- Dr. Farzam Arbab, born in Iran, obtained his doctorate in physics at the University of California, Berkeley. He was the representative for the Rockefeller Foundation in Colombia (1974 to 1983) and the president of the FUNDAEC development foundation there. He was a member of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Colombia and a Continental Counsellor before being appointed to the International Teaching Centre.
- Mr. Douglas Martin, born in Canada, held degrees in business administration and in history, and was an author and editor. He was a member of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Canada, serving as its chief executive officer from 1965 to 1985 when he was appointed Director-General of the Office of Public Information at the Bahá'í World Centre. [BWNS208]
- 2003-04-29 —
The ninth election of the Universal House of Justice by postal ballot by 1,544 electors from 178 countries. Chosen were Hartmut Grossmann and Firaydoun Javaheri to replace retiring members Mr. Nakhjavani, 83, and Mr. Fatheazam, 79 and re-elected were Farzam Arbab, Kiser Barnes, Hooper Dunbar, Peter Khan, Douglas Martin, Glenford Mitchell and Ian Semple. [One Country Vol.15 Issue1, BWNS207]
- Mr. Grossmann, born in Germany, had academic qualifications in the German and English languages. He served on the National Spiritual Assemblies of the Bahá'ís of Germany (1963 to 1969) and Finland (1977 to 1980). He was a university academic in Finland. Mr. Grossmann was appointed a Continental Counsellor in 1980, advising Bahá'í communities throughout Europe in their growth and development. He had been serving in the International Teaching Centre prior to his election.
- Dr. Javaheri, who was born in Iran, had a doctorate in agronomy. He lived for 27 years in Africa -- Gambia then Zambia -- where he was Chief Technical Adviser for the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations. He served the Bahá'í communities there in the area of social and economic development. He was appointed a Continental Counsellor in 1995 after serving for 19 years as a member of its Auxiliary Board. He, like Mr Grossmann, had been serving in the International Teaching Centre prior to his election. [BWNS208]
- 2008-04-23 — The retirement of Universal House of Justice members Mr. Hartmut Grossmann and Mr. Glenford E. Mitchell. Mr. Grossmann had served from 2003 and Mr. Mitchell had first been elected in 1982. [BWNS622]
- 2026-02-07 — The passing of Glenford E. Mitchell (b. 3 March 1935 in Jamaica) in Decatur, GA, USA.
As a young man Mr Mitchell moved from Jamaica to North Carolina to attend university and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in business education from Shaw University in 1960. He then completed a master's degree in journalism at Columbia University in New York graduating in 1962. He was later awarded an honourary Doctor of Letters by the National College of Education in Evanston, Illinois, in 1980. He worked in publishing and was appointed as an instructor in English and journalism at Howard University in Washington D.C.
In 1967 he became the managing editor of the Bahá’í World Order Magazine and in 1968 he was elected to the National Spiritual Assembly of the United States as Secretary, an office he held for fourteen years.
In 1982 he was elected to the Universal House of Justice and served until his retirement in 2008 when he returned to the United States.
Publications
1962 - The Angry Black South: outhern Negroes Tell Their Own Story, (co-editor with William H. Peace III) published in 1962 by Corinth Books, New York
1972 - The Literature of Interpretation: Notes on the English Writings of Shoghi Effendi, article published in World Order, 7:2, pages 12-37 and available on Bahá'í Library Online.
1997 - Shoghi Effendi: Guide for a New Millennium
2009 - Bahá'í Administration, article published in The Bahá'í Encyclopedia. [Bahaipedia; BWNS1854]
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