1983
Dr. Alain Locke can possessed intellectual brilliance whereas the beloved Hand of the Cause—Louis Gregory—possessed spiritual brilliance.
Locke’s life was a demonstration of the high academic standards a Baha'i could achive. ‘Adu'l-Baha has written: “I desire distinction for you; I desire that the Baha'is contribute to the useful arts of civilization.” Also He emphasized the importance of science and all things related to it. Dr. Locke earned a doctrorate in Philosophy from Harvard and won a prestigious Rhodes Scholarship to do postgraduate work at Oxford.
Dr. Locke used his God-given gifts to become a high achiver in education thereby overcoming a significant racial barrier and setting an example for other Baha’is.