Glenford Eckleton Mitchell

Glenford Eckleton Mitchell (born March 3, 1935 in Jamaica) is currently serving as a member of the Universal House of Justice, the supreme governing body of the Bahá'í Faith. He was elected in 1982, and is the current officeholder that has served the longest.

Biography

Mitchell is educated with a Bachelor's degree in business education from Shaw University in 1960, and a Master's degree in journalism from Columbia University n 1962. He then started working as assistant editorial director of Maryknoll Publications and executive secretary of the Maryknoll Book Club in New York. He later served as assistant editor of "Africa Report" magazine (1963-67) and as managing editor of "World Order Magazine" (1967-82). He was an instructor in English and journalism at Howard University (1966-67). In 1968 Mitchell was elected to the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States, and the same year becoming its secretary. In 1980 he concluded a Doctor of Philosophy degree from the National College of Education in Evanston, Illinois. In 1982 he was elected to the Universal House of Justice. In 2005 he became the longest sitting of the nine current members when Ian Semple withdrew. [cite web |url=http://news.bahai.org/story/208 |title=Two new members join Universal House of Justice |author=Bahá'í World News Service |date=2003-05-07]

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