Nathan Rutstein

Nathan Rutstein
Born	November 5, 1930 New York City, New York
Died	May 22, 2006 Northampton, Massachusetts
ABM	Americas 1977 - 1985
Works •  Media

Nathan Rutstein (November 5, 1930 - May 22, 2006) was an author, lecturer, college educator, and former network journalist. He has written numerous books about life, spirituality, racism, education, and the oneness of humanity. He is also one of the founders of the Institute for the Healing of Racism in the United States, lecturing at scores of colleges, universities and government institutions on the subject.

Biography

Rutstein was born in New York City and raised in Mount Vernon. He studied at DePauw University in Indiana and graduated with a degree in history in 1953. He was drafted into the military after graduating and stationed in Okinawa where he became a Baháʼí. After his military service he worked as a journalist working in newspaper and radio and then television reporting in the 1960's. In the 1970's he began working in education and in 1973 he founded the telecommunications department of the Springfield Technical Community College.

In later years he helped co-found Institutes for the Healing of Racism and traveled across North America extensively to speak and conduct workshops and also produced ten television documentaries on combating racism. In 1997 he was elected to the first Regional Bahá’í Council for the Northeastern Region of the United States. He passed away in 2006 survived by his wife, Carol, children David, Dale, Tod, Valerie and ten grandchildren.

Publications

• 1982 - He Loved and Served: The Story of Curtis Kelsey
• 1984 - Teaching the Bahá'i Faith
• 1986 - To a Seeker
• 1987 - Corinne True
• 1988 - To Be One
• 1993 - Healing Racism in America
• 1994 - Education on Trial
• 1994 - The Invisible Hand: Shaping the New World Order
• 1999 - To Serve Humanity
• 2002 - Seeking Faith
• 2007 - A Way Out of the Trap
• 2008 - From a Gnat to an Eagle, edited by Carol Rutstein.

Talks

• 1984 - Shoghi Effendi: Master Builder of a World Civilization
• 1985 - A Growing Groundswell
• 2005 - Interview on "A Bahá’í Perspective: Radio Show & Podcast"