Robert W. Olson

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Robert W. Olson (October 25, 1920 [1] - April 16, 2013 in Hendersonville, North Carolina[2] ) was an American Seventh-day Adventist leader who was director of the Ellen G. White Estate from 1978 to 1990.

Biography

Olson was the first staff member who was not a direct descendant of Ellen G. White to run her estate and the first staff member to hold a Ph.D. He had a wide variety of pastoral and administrative posts before joining the White Estate in the early 1970s. His leadership was characterized by a new openness to her writings (including the release of the controversial "Z file"[3]) and the release and publication of Ellen White's published writings on CD-ROM.

Publications

  • "101 Questions on the Sanctuary and on Ellen White" (PDF) (Washington, D.C.: Ellen G. White Estate, March 1981). Also appeared as a supplement to the Australasian Record of June 8, 1981)
  • "The 'Shut Door' Documents" compilation, with occasional commentary. White Estate, 1982
  • The Crisis Ahead: A Compilation From The Writings Of Ellen G. White, 1974 Published by College Bookstore, Angwin, California

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Robert W. Olson". genealogybank. Retrieved 13 October 2013. 
  2. ↑ "Robert W. Olson, 92, Former White Estate Director, Dies". Adventist Review. 18 April 2013. Retrieved 13 October 2013. 
  3. ↑ See "Chapter 42: Criticism Involving Relationships With Other People" in Messenger of the Lord by Herbert Douglass

Offline resources

  • Brief biography, a DVD extra in Prophetic Inspiration: The Holy Spirit at Work
Preceded by
Arthur L. White		 Secretary of the Ellen G. White Estate
1978–1990 		Succeeded by
Paul A. Gordon
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