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[edit]

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[edit]

  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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