Richard Suhm
Richard Suhm | |
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| Born | April 17, 1926 USA |
| Died | September 7, 1996 Dallas, Texas, USA |
Richard Theodore Suhm[1] (April 17, 1926 - September 7, 1996) was an American Bahá’í who was named a Knight of Bahá’u’lláh for pioneering to Morocco.
Biography[edit]
Suhm was born in the United States in 1926. His parents became Bahá’ís in 1931 and were among the first Bahá’í families in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In his youth he enrolled in the University of Wisconsin but was drafted into the military serving as an army medical technician in the Philippines and Korea.[2]
After completing his military service Suhm returned to his studies and graduated from the University of Wisconsin with an economics and finance degree in 1951 and he began working for the Standard Register Company. In 1952 he married fellow Bahá’í Mary Kelsey and they pioneered to Whitefish Bay to help establish a Local Spiritual Assembly.[2] The Suhm's went on to have three children together.[3]
In 1953 the Suhm's attended the Wilmette Intercontinental Teaching Conference and were inspired to pioneer.[4] In 1954 they pioneered to Tangier, Morocco, with their three month old son and they helped establish and served on the Local Spiritual Assembly,[2] and Suhm secured work with an American investment bank.[4] Mary contracted polio and the Suhm's returned to the United States for her health on the advice of Shoghi Effendi in 1956.[4]
The Suhm's settled in Hackensack, New Jersey. After helping establish the Local Spiritual Assembly of Hackensack they pioneered to Ramapo, New York, where they also helped establish an Assembly.[3] In 1976 Suhm and Mary divorced,[5] and after their separation he pioneered to Texas settling in Dallas. Suhm was appointed to the Board of Directors of the Dallas Chapter of the United Nations Association in 1992 and he served on the body for the rest of his life.[3] Suhm passed away in 1996.[2]
References[edit]
- ↑ Richard Theodore Suhm at FindaGrave.com
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (1998). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 25 (1996-1997), Pg(s) 310. View as PDF.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (1998). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 25 (1996-1997), Pg(s) 311. View as PDF.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Redman, E. The Knights of Bahá’u’lláh, George Ronald Press: London, 2017, p 29
- ↑ The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (2004). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 31 (2002-2003), Pg(s) 275. View as PDF.
