Farhang Javid
Farhang Javid | |
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| Born | January 11, 1924 Iran |
| Died | September 1, 2021 Mukilteo, Washington, USA |
| NSA member | France 1958 - 1959 |
Farhang Javid (January 11, 1924 - September 1, 2021) was a Persian Bahá’í who pioneered to the United States and France where he was an active member of the Bahá’í community.
Biography[edit]
Javid was born into a Bahá’í family in Iran in 1924.[1] He had a brother, Hushang, and two sisters Javidukht and Samin.[2] He moved to the United States from Tehran in 1943 alongside nine fellow Bahá’í youth, including Firuz Kazemzadeh, Amín Banání, and Shidan Fat'he-Aazam, to pursue tertiary studies.[3][4] In 1947 he graduated from the University of Illinois with a masters degree.[1] While in America he became a U.S. citizen and in 1949 he married Kathleen Boland and they went on to have three sons.[3][2] Professionally he established himself as a successful businessman.[5]
Javid was an active member of the Bahá’í community in America serving on several national Bahá’í committees and attending the Intercontinental Conference in Chicago in 1953. He pioneered to France in 1957 to support the Ten Year Crusade, was elected to the inaugural National Spiritual Assembly of France in 1958, and served the French Bahá’í community until returning to the United States in the early 1960's.[2][3]
After returning to America Javid became the President of the Winchester Manufacturing Company in his professional career,[6] and remained an active Bahá’í attending the First Bahá’í World Congress in London, England, in 1963 and making his first pilgrimage to the Holy Land in 1966. He also attended the First Oceanic Bahá’í Conference held in Palermo, Sicily, in 1968 and visited Akka again the same year.[3]
As of the 1980's Javid was serving on the International Goals Committee and the National Business and Professional Committee of the National Spiritual Assembly of the United States,[7][8] and also as Chairman of the New Era Foundation.[9]
Javid passed away in Mukilteo in Snohomish County, Washington, in 2021.[2]
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References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 http://www.fjavid.com/catfjavid.htm
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Farhang Javid at findagrave.com
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-sitka-sentinel-bahai-farhang-javi/1600925/
- ↑ The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (1945). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States and Canada. Wilmette, Ill. Volume 9 (1940-1944), Pg(s) 97. View as PDF.
- ↑ https://www.newspapers.com/article/hartford-courant-bahai-farhang-javid-t/25830711/
- ↑ https://www.newspapers.com/article/hartford-courant-bahai-farhang-javid-t/25830711/
- ↑ The American Bahá’í (1983). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. Volume 14, Issue 5, pg(s) 20. View as PDF.
- ↑ The American Bahá’í (1982). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. Volume 13, Issue 12, pg(s) 13. View as PDF.
- ↑ The American Bahá’í (1988). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. Volume 19, Issue 8, pg(s) 8. View as PDF.
