Keith Thorpe

Dr. Wayne Keith Thorpe was an American Bahá’í who pioneered to Trinidad & Tobago where he served as an Auxiliary Board member.

Background

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Thorpe was an active Bahá’í youth and he was living in Hamburg, New York, and participating in Bahá’í activities as of 1958.[1] In 1964 he married Charyl Ioas in Teanack, New Jersey.[2]

In 1966 Thorpe helped lead a youth conference held in Fort Wayne, Indiana.[3] In 1967 he graduated from the Indiana School of Medicine,[4] and as of 1969 he was completing an internship at UCLA Medical school in Santa Monica.[5]

As of 1977 Thorpe and Charyl were serving on the Local Spiritual Assembly of Chula Vista, California when it was formed.[6] Thorpe and Charyl pioneered to Trinidad in 1977,[7] and as of 1978 he had been appointed as an Auxiliary Board member and that year he spoke at the second Tobago Bahá’í summer school.[8]

References

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  1. ↑ Baha'i Youth Bulletin, June 114,p 11
  2. ↑ US Supplement, No. 81, p 3
  3. ↑ Baha'i News (1966). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 425, Pg(s) 17. View as PDF.
  4. ↑ https://doctor.webmd.com/doctor/wayne-thorpe-70cf31f9-4de8-4421-a250-ef2ebda68738-overview
  5. ↑ Baha'i News (1969). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 462, Pg(s) 19. View as PDF.
  6. ↑ The American Bahá’í (1977). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. Volume 8, Issue 4, pg(s) 3. View as PDF.
  7. ↑ The American Bahá’í (1981). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. Volume 12, Issue 4, pg(s) 14. View as PDF.
  8. ↑ Baha'i News (1978). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 565, Pg(s) 16. View as PDF.
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