Robert W. Olson

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| death_place = Hendersonville, North Carolina

| occupation = Seventh-day Adventist
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Robert W. Olson (October 25, 1920{{cite web|title=Robert W. Olson|url=http://www.genealogybank.com/gbnk/ssdi/doc/ssdi/v1:145CAEB85D147540|publisher=genealogybank|accessdate=13 October 2013}} – April 16, 2013 in Hendersonville, North Carolina{{cite news|title=Robert W. Olson, 92, Former White Estate Director, Dies|url=http://www.adventistreview.org/article/6244/archives/issue-2013-1511/11cn-robert-w-olson-92-former-white-estate-director-dies|accessdate=13 October 2013|newspaper=Adventist Review|date=18 April 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=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|archivedate=17 October 2013}}) 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"See "[http://www.whiteestate.org/books/mol/Chapt42.html#Areas%20of%20Concern%20Involving%20the%20Files%20of%20Ellen%20White%92s%20Writings Chapter 42: Criticism Involving Relationships With Other People]" in Messenger of the Lord by Herbert Douglass) and the release and publication of Ellen White's published writings on CD-ROM.

Publications

"[http://maranathamedia.com.au/start/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_view&gid=1065 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)
"[http://www.whiteestate.org/issues/shutdoor.html 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