Marion Carpenter Yazdi

Marion Carpenter Yazdi
Born	Marion Bernice Carpenter 2 October 1902(1902-10-02) Marcellus, Cass County, Michigan
Died	2 February 1996(1996-02-02) (aged 93) Natick, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Residence	Santa Paula, Ventura County, California
Nationality	American
Citizenship	U.S.A.
Occupation	writer
Known for	writer, first Bahá'í student at the University of California at Berkeley, and at Stanford University.
Spouse	Ali M. Yazdi
Parents	Crowell E. Carpenter Elizabeth

Marion Bernice (née Carpenter) Yazdi, born October 9, 1902 at Marcellus, Cass County, Michigan^[1], died February 2, 1996 at Natick, Middlesex County, Massachusetts^[2] or at Wellesley, Norfolk County, Massachusetts^[3], was the first Bahá'í student at the University of California at Berkeley, and at Stanford University.^[4] She was a daughter of Crowell E. and Elizabeth Carpenter, natives of Michigan and Ohio, respectively, who moved from Schoolcraft, Kalamazoo County, Michigan to Santa Paula, Ventura County, California between the 1910 and 1920 censuses.^[5]

She married in 1926 to Ali M. Yazdi (1899-1978), a native of Persia (Iran) who immigrated to the United States in 1920.^[6] He was a civil engineer^[7], and a noted Bahá'í writer and lecturer^[8] who served in the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States and as chairman of the Local Spiritual Assembly of Berkeley, California for 30 years.^[9] His life and service were commemorated by Marion in her 1982 book, Youth in the Vanguard: Memoirs and Letters Collected by the First Bahá'í Student at Berkeley and at Stanford University.^[10]

References

1. ^ Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, New York, 1897-1957; National Archives Microfilm Publication T715; Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
2. ^ State of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Death Index, 1970-2003. Boston, MA, USA: Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Health Services, 2005.
3. ^ Social Security Death Index, Master File. Social Security Administration.
4. ^ Yazdi, Marion Carpenter. 1982. Youth in the vanguard: memoirs and letters collected by the first Bahá'í student at Berkeley and at Stanford University. Wilmette, Ill.: Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 1982.
5. ^ U.S. Bureau of the Census. Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910, NARA microfilm publication T62; Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C., and Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920; NARA microfilm publication T625. Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
6. ^ U.S. Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, T626; California, Alameda County, Berkeley, Enumeration District No. 1-203, Sheet 12A, Lines 37-38.
7. ^ U.S. Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, T626; California, Alameda County, Berkeley, Enumeration District No. 1-203, Sheet 12A, Lines 37-38.
8. ^ Yazdi, Ali M. 1986. "Memories of 'Abdu'l-Bahá", published in The Bahá'í World 1979-1983, Vol. XVIII, Haifa: Baha'i World Center, 1986, ISBN 0-85398-234-1, pp. 907-11
9. ^ Memories of 'Abdu'l-Bahá by Ali M. Yazdi, Bahá'í Library Online, http://bahai-library.com/yazdi_bw18_memories_abdulbaha, accessed 14 Dec 2010.
10. ^ Memories of 'Abdu'l-Bahá by Ali M. Yazdi, Bahá'í Library Online, http://bahai-library.com/yazdi_bw18_memories_abdulbaha, accessed 14 Dec 2010.

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Name	Yazdi, Marion Carpenter
Alternative names	Marion Bernice Carpenter
Short description	write
Date of birth	October 9, 1902
Place of birth	Marcellus, Cass County, Michigan
Date of death	February 2, 1996
Place of death	Natick, Middlesex County, Massachusetts