Robert W. Olson Explained
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
Offline resources
- Brief biography, a DVD extra in Prophetic Inspiration: The Holy Spirit at Work
Notes and References
- Web site: Robert W. Olson. genealogybank. 13 October 2013.
- News: Robert W. Olson, 92, Former White Estate Director, Dies. 13 October 2013. Adventist Review. 18 April 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20131017083341/http://www.adventistreview.org/article/6244/archives/issue-2013-1511/11cn-robert-w-olson-92-former-white-estate-director-dies. 17 October 2013.
- See "Chapter 42: Criticism Involving Relationships With Other People" in Messenger of the Lord by Herbert Douglass