Hooper Dunbar
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| Born | Hooper Cameron Dunbar March 30, 1937 Los Angeles, California, United States |
| NSA member | Nicaragua, 1961 - 1963 |
| Counsellor | Americas, 1968 - 1973 |
| ITC member | 1973 - 1988 |
| UHJ member | 1988 - 2010 |
| Spouse(s) | Maralynn Dunbar |
Hooper Cameron Dunbar (b. March 30, 1937) is a retired member of the Universal House of Justice, the supreme governing body of the Bahá’í Faith. On January 6th, 2010 it was announced that he would retire following a by-election to replace him. He retired along with Dr. Peter Khan[1].
Mr. Dunbar was born in Los Angeles, California, United States. He worked as an actor on stage and screen, making films with Columbia, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Twentieth Century-Fox studios, and was a member of the Screen Actors' Guild of America. In 1958, he left Hollywood to take up residence in Central and South America, where he taught arts and English as a second language, and set up a graphic design business. However, his primary interest during those years was volunteer work as a teacher and lecturer for the Bahá’í Faith.
Mr. Dunbar served as a member of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of Nicaragua from its inception in 1961 to 1963, when he represented that Assembly at the first International Convention in Haifa, Israel. Subsequently, he was appointed as an Auxiliary Board for the Protection of the Faith in the Americas and served from 1963 to 1968, and then as a Counsellor for the Protection and Propagation of the Faith from 1968 1973, also for the America. He took up residence in Israel in 1973 when he was named as one of the founding members of the International Teaching Centre. Mr. Dunbar served as a member of that institution for fifteen years, until he was elected to the Universal House of Justice in 1988.
Throughout his service at the World Centre Mr. Dunbar held a Thursday evening study class for the youth volunteering there. The class ran consistently for over 30 years.
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- ↑ "By-election announced for two members of Universal House of Justice". Bahá’í World Centre. 6 January 2010. http://news.bahai.org/story/746. Retrieved 6 January 2010.
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- "Members of the Universal House of Justice". Beliefnet. 2002-09-13. http://www.beliefnet.com/boards/message_list.asp?boardID=35421&discussionID=182130. Retrieved 2008-09-05.
- "Bahá’í World Centre". UK Bahá’í Journal. 2003-05-07. http://www.bahaijournal.org.uk/BJ200307/bwc.htm. Retrieved 2008-09-05.
- "Presenters". Changing times. 2007. http://archive.changing-times.org/ct2007-presenters.html. Retrieved 2008-09-12.
- "Two members of Universal House of Justice leaving after decades of service". Bahá’í World News Service. 22 March 2010. http://news.bahai.org/story/763. Retrieved 23 March 2010.
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