Eunice Braun
Eunice Braun | |
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| Born | 1915 |
| Died | August 24, 2007 Glenview, Illinois, USA |
| ABM | Americas 1972 - 1986 |
Eunice L. Braun, born Hockspeier,[1] (1915 - August 24, 2007) was a Bahá’í author who served as the head of the Bahá’í Publishing Trust, as an editor for Bahá’í News, and as an Auxiliary Board member.
Background[edit]
Braun served on the Editorial Committee of Bahá’í News from 1951 to 1970, serving as a member and being appointed as Managing Editor and International News Editor.[2] She also served as head of the Bahá’í Publishing Trust of the United States from 1952 to 1971. When she announced her resignation from the position at the 1971 National Convention Firuz Kazemzadeh noted her business acumen, giving the example that she managed to secure funds for the building for Bahá’í Publications, and that she had managed to keep published Bahá’í literature inexpensive and attractive.[3] She represented the Bahá’í Publishing Trust of the United States at the Bahá’í Continental Conference of Africa in Liberia in 1971.[4]
In 1972 Eunice was appointed as an Auxiliary Board Member at the US National Convention.[5] In 1975 she taught the history of the Faith at the Alaskan Bahá’í Summer School in Juneau.[6] She spoke at a training conference in Texas in 1976 and at the 1976 US National Convention.[7][8] She served as an Auxiliary Board member until 1986.[9][10]
Eunice passed away in Glenview in 2007. She was survived by her nieces and nephews, who were children of her brother Lloyd Hockspeier,[11] and also by her husband of 70 years,[12] Leonard, who passed in 2009 at the age of 99.[13]
Publications[edit]
- 1959 - Know Your Bahá’í Literature: A Study Course
- 1963 - Dawn of World Peace: Commemorating the Public Declaration of Bahá’u’lláh, Founder of the Bahá’í Faith, April 21-May 2, 1963
- 1967 - Bahá’u’lláh, His Call to the Nations: A Summons to World Order
- 1978 - From Strength to Strength: The First Half Century of the Formative Age of the Bahá’í Era
- 1982 - A Crown of Beauty, with Hugh Chance
- 1984 - March of the Institutions
- 1986 - A Reader's Guide: The Development of Bahá’í Literature in English
- 1993 - From Vision to Victory
References[edit]
- Eunice Braun Goodreads page
- Publications listed in Collins, W. P. (1990). Bibliography of English-Language Works on the Babi and Bahá'í Faiths 1844-1985. Oxford, UK: George Ronald. ISBN 0-85398-315-1., p 64
Notes[edit]
- ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23746020/eunice-l.-braun
- ↑ Baha'i News (1970). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 471, Pg(s) 19. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1971). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 484, Pg(s) 7. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1971). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 481, Pg(s) 4. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1972). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 495, Pg(s) 14. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1975). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 536, Pg(s) 8. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1976). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 541, Pg(s) 20. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1976). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 543, Pg(s) 14. View as PDF.
- ↑ The American Bahá’í (1986). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. Volume 17, Issue 12, pg(s) 2. View as PDF.
- ↑ Baha'i News (1985). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 646, Pg(s) 17. View as PDF.
- ↑ https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2007-08-26-0708280393-story.html
- ↑ http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2007-08-26/news/0708280393_1_baha-i-faith-aunt-of-many-nieces-death-notice
- ↑ https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/name/leonard-braun-obituary?pid=123757595
