Communities ¦ Institutions ¦ Pioneer/travel teacher ¦ Service activities ¦ Events ¦ Bibliography
Bahá'í
communities and groups
Palo Alto, California
(1942-1954); Monterey-Carmel
J.D., California (1954-1960); Stanford, California (1960-1964); Goleta,
California (1964-1969); Washington, D.C. (1969-1970); Alexandria,
Virginia
(1970-1974); Nouméa, New Caledonia (1974-1976); Mont-Dore,
New Caledonia
(1976-1981); Nouméa, New Caledonia (1981-1985); Pentrez,
Finistère,
France (1985-1986); St. Pierre d'Albigny, Savoie, France (1986-1987);
St.
Jean de la Porte, Savoie, France (1987-1989); Nairobi, Kenya
(1989-1991);
Geneva, Switzerland (1991-1993); Vernier, Switzerland (1993 to date)
Participation
in Bahá'í institutions
Bahá'í
Club of Stanford
University (1960-1964); Bahá'í College Bureau (of
NSA of
USA) (1961-1964); UCSB Bahá'í Club (1964-1969);
LSA of Goleta,
California (1965-1969); California Victory Committee (1967-1968);
Central
California State Goals Committee (1968-1969); Southern California
Summer
School Committee (1968-1969); LSA of Washington, D.C. (1969-1970);
Maryland
& DC State Goals Committee (1969-1970); LSA of Alexandria,
Virginia
(1970-1974); LSA of Nouméa, New Caledonia (1974-1976); NSA
of South-West
Pacific (Treasurer) (1975-1976); Auxiliary Board Member for Protection
(New Caledonia, Vanuatu, French Polynesia, Cook Islands) (1976-1985);
National
Public Relations Committee (France) (1987-1989); National Public
Relations
Committee (Kenya) (1987-1988); LSA of Nairobi, Kenya (1989-1991); LSA
of
Vernier, Switzerland (1993 to date); International Goals Committee,
Switzerland
(2003-2006).
Activities
as a pioneer or international travel teacher
(partial list)
Pioneer: New Caledonia
(1974-1985); France
(1985-1989); Kenya (1989-1991); Switzerland (1991 to date)
Travel teaching: Hawaii,
Japan, South
Korea, Taiwan (1966); Sweden, Norway, Finland (1972); Panama, British
Honduras
(1972, 1973,1974); South Pacific (almost all the countries), Australia,
New Zealand (frequent visits 1974-1985); Philippines (1981); Belgium
(1987);
Greece (1993); Czech Republic (1994); Hungary, Romania, Turkey (1996);
Kazakhstan, Ghana (1997); France, Belgium (1999); Hungary (1999, 2000);
Madagascar (2001); Luxemburg, Bulgaria (2002, 2006, 2007); Madagascar,
Turkey,
Belgium,
United Kingdom (2003); Fiji, Greece (2004); Mauritius (2005); Macedonia
(2006); Finland (2006); New Caledonia (2007).
Other
Bahá'í service activities
Representative of the
Bahá'í International Community to the
United Nations Conference on the Human Environment (Stockholm, 1972)
Consultant to the
Bahá'í International Community Office of
Environment
Speaker at major public meetings:
Canberra Conference (1982), and dedication
of the House of Worship in Samoa (1984)
Radio and television broadcasts:
France, Greece, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Samoa,
Spain, Switzerland, etc.
Teacher
at Bahá'í summer schools and institutes: Belgium,
Bulgaria, California, Cyprus,
Finland, France, Italy, Kazakhstan, Maceddonia, New Caledonia, Sweden,
etc.
Participant/speaker in interfaith
activities: World Summit on Religions
and Conservation (Windsor Castle, United Kingdom, 1995), Klingenthal
Symposia,
France (1995-2001); Symposium on Religion, Science and Environment II:
Black Sea in Crisis (1997); Official Working Group "creation" of Pax
Christi
(France, 1998-2000); Commission on Peace, Ecology and Sustainable
Development,
Research Centre on Peace, Catholique Institute of Paris (1999-2000);
World
Parliament of Religions, Barcelona (2004); UNESCOcat Expert Workshop on
Faith-based Organizations and Education for Sustainability, Barcelona
(2007); Colloquium on Respect for the Creation, Ganagobie Monastery,
France (2007).
President, International Environment
Forum (Bahá'í-inspired
organization) (1996 to date). http://www.bcca.org/ief
Honorary Member, European
Bahá'í Business Forum, and member
of Governing Board since 2001. http://www.ebbf.org
Global faculty, and steering
committee, Department of Social and Economic
Development, Landegg International University (1998-2004)
Instructor, The Wilmette Institute (2005-present)
Editorial
Board, Bahá'í
Studies Review (2003-present); Editorial Board, La Pensée Bahá'íe
(2007-present).
Participation
in significant Baha'i events
Dedication of
Bahá'í House
of Worship, Wilmette, and Conference launching Ten-year Crusade,
Chicago,
1953
Pilgrimage to
Bahá'í World
Centre, Israel, 1960
Bahá'í
World Congress, London,
1963
Oceanic Conference, Palermo,
and Commemoration
of Bahá'u'lláh's arrival in the Holy Land, Haifa,
1967
Intercontinental Conference,
Sapporo,
Japan, 1972
Dedication of
Bahá'í House
of Worship, Panama, 1972
Intercontinental Conference,
Auckland,
New Zealand, 1977
Intercontinental Conference,
Merida, Mexico,
1977
Intercontinental Conference,
Canberra,
Australia, 1982
Dedication of
Bahá'í House
of Worship, Samoa, 1984
Bahá'í
World Congress, New
York, 1992
Centenary of the
Bahá'í
Faith in France, Paris, 1998
Centenary of the
Bahá'í
Faith in Switzerland, Interlaken, 2003
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