Samuel McClellan

Samuel McClellan
Born	May 16, 1920 Chicago, Illinois, USA
Died	January 5, 1998 Danville, Kentucky, USA
ABM	Americas 1977 - 1995
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Dr. Samuel Goodman McClellan (May 16, 1920 - January 5, 1998) was an American Bahá’í who served as an Auxiliary Board member.

Biography

McClellan was born in Chicago in 1920 to John and Julian McClellan. In the 1940's he served in the U.S. Navy in the Second World War as a Lieutenant. He studied at Harvard University completing a bachelor's degree, a medical degree, and a master's degree in public health and he became a member of the American Psychiatric Association and American Public Health Association.

In his professional career McClellan worked at the Martha Mae Elliot Family Health Center in Boston as director of its mental health unit, at the Loyal Massachusetts Child Guidance Center as its director and as a psychiatrist, at Harvard University as a research fellow and faculty member, and at the Comprehensive Care Center of Danville as medical director holding this position until his retirement in 1979.

McClellan was an active Bahá’í as of the 1950's speaking on the religion at a public meeting at Yale University in 1958. As of 1970 he was serving on the Local Spiritual Assembly of Cambridge, Massachusetts, and in 1977 he was appointed an Auxiliary Board member. He traveled the United States extensively in his role as Board member visiting Bahá’í communities across the country until completing his service in 1995.

McClellan settled in Danville, Boyle County, Kentucky, in later life where he was an active member of the Bahá’í community and also served on the local Library Board, and was an active member of Concerned Citizens for Human Relations, the United Nations Association, and the Danville Rotary Club. He passed away in Danville in 1998.