Although this convention also had delegates from
Hong Kong and Macau, those in the photograph are from Taiwan, Korea and
Japan.
First row: Miss Mayumi Taniguchi of Tokyo; Mrs. Rezvanieh Katirai of
Nishinomiya; Mrs. Ayako Ogi; Mrs. Joy Earl and Mrs. Barbara Sims of
Tokyo.
Middle row: Dr. David Earl, who, with his brilliant wife Joy, were among
the very early American pioneers to Japan; Mr. Rouhollah Mumtazi, who six years
later was to become the first counsellor in Japan; Mr. S.A. Suleimani, who, with
his wife, were the first pioneers to Taiwan, 1954, Mr. Tadasu Miyazawa of
Akashi, Mr. Masamichi Yamada and Mr. Kiyoshi Nonoda of Osaka; and Dr. Ikuo
Mizuno, who served faithfully on the national spiritual assembly and was
appointed to the Auxiliary Board in 1975. Next is John McHenry III, pioneer to
Korea, who was the first counsellor appointed in Korea in 1969; and Mr. Hassan
Naderi, early Persian pioneer to Japan who donated his house in Osaka to the
national assembly in 1958 to be used as a Bahá'í Center. Back row: Mr.
Mitsusaburo Kawata of Kobe; Mr. Kota Nakahama of Akashi; Mr. Yoshizo Fujisawa
of Nagasaki; Mr. Masazo Odani of Kyoto, Mr. Hiroyasu Takano; Mr. William Smits
of Korea and Mr. Abbas Katirai.
Mrs. Ogi and Mrs. Akiko Schreiber (mentioned elsewhere) were the first
Japanese Bahá'ís to go to Korea. Mrs. Ogi visited in the mid-1960s. Mrs. Schreiber lived there with her husband Eugene in
1966/67.
