August 24. On this date in 2007, Eunice L. Braun, a Bahá'í author who served as the head of the Bahá'í Publishing Trust, as an editor for Bahá'í News, and as an Auxiliary Board member, died in Glenview, Illinois.

 

August 24. On this date in 2007, Eunice L. Braun, a Bahá'í author who served as the head of the Bahá'í Publishing Trust, as an editor for Bahá'í News, and as an Auxiliary Board member, died in Glenview, Illinois.

Born as Eunice L. Hockspeier in 1915, she served on the Editorial Committee of Bahá'í News from 1951 to 1970, serving as a member and being appointed as Managing Editor and International News Editor. She also served as head of the Bahá'í Publishing Trust of the United States from 1952 to 1971. When she announced her resignation from the position at the 1971 National Convention Firuz Kazemzadeh noted her business acumen, giving the example that she managed to secure funds for the building for Bahá'í Publications, and that she had managed to keep published Bahá'í literature inexpensive and attractive. She represented the Bahá'í Publishing Trust of the United States at the Bahá'í Continental Conference of Africa in Liberia in 1971.

In 1972 Eunice was appointed as an Auxiliary BoardMember at the US National Convention. In 1975 she taught the history of the Faith at the Alaskan Bahá'í Summer School in Juneau. She spoke at a training conference in Texas in 1976 and at the 1976 US National Convention. She served as an Auxiliary Boardmember until at least the mid 1980's.

Eunice died in Glenview, Illinois on August, 24, 2007. She was survived by her nieces and nephews, who were children of her brother Lloyd Hockspeier, and also by her husband of 70 years, Leonard, who died in 2009 at the age of 99.