This collection showcases entries by Avondale affiliated staff from the Encyclopedia of Seventh-day Adventists
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Heckman, William Henry (1869–1938)
Milton Hook
W.H. Heckman was president of six conferences and two union conferences in the United States during more than 30 years of administrative leadership.
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Hickox, Arthur Swain (1862–1930)
Milton Hook
Arthur Swain Hickox was an Australian evangelist in the 1890s.
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Home Commission and Home and School Association
Milton Hook
In the 1880s the importance of parental influence with respect to the development of moral values became an important topic in Adventist circles. Pacific Press published several volumes titled Sabbath Readings for the Home Circle: Moral and Religious Lessons. They were written as educational story books for young Christian couples to read to their children. The church periodical, Advent Review and Sabbath Herald, initiated a regular section titled “The Home,” written by various authors.
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Horton, Sanford Byerly (1858–1927)
Milton Hook
Sanford B. Horton devoted 20 years to leading Adventist advocacy for religious liberty at the conference, union conference, and General Conference levels, and was the first president of the Louisiana Conference.
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Huang Zijing (1877–1938)
Milton Hook
Zijing Huang1 (黃子敬) was a Chinese scholar and ordained minister who served in his homeland province of Sichuan, and later at the denominational training school in the province of Jiangsu. He was murdered by Japanese invasion forces in 1938.
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Hughes, Cassius Boone (1859–1921) and Ella (Evans) (1864–1962)
Milton Hook
Cassius Boone Hughes was a missionary and educator in North America, Australia and Jamaica.
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Irwin, Charles Walter (1868–1934)
Milton Hook
Charles W. Irwin was a professor and educational administrator who gave leadership to the early development of three schools that would become major Adventist institutions of higher learning: the Southern Industrial School (later Southern Adventist University), the Avondale School for Christian Workers (later Avondale University College), and Pacific Union College.
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Judd, Warren Douglas (1944–2015)
Milton Hook
Warren Judd, a media specialist noted for innovation, was vice president, then chief executive officer of the Adventist Media Center, and was responsible for audiovisual operations at several General Conference sessions.
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Kellogg, Merritt Gardiner (1832–1921)
Milton Hook
Merritt G. Kellogg, physician and pioneer medical missionary in California and the South Pacific, figured prominently in founding the institutions known today as Adventist Health St. Helena and Sydney Adventist Hospital.
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Kern, Milton Earl (1875–1961)
Milton Hook
Milton Kern was affectionately known as “Mr. Missionary Volunteer” because of his leadership among the youth of the Seventh-day Adventist Church and his pioneering efforts to forge the Young People’s and Missionary Volunteer Department at the General Conference level. He also trained and served as an educator in addition to his final working years as a general field secretary on behalf of the General Conference.
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Lacey, Herbert Camden (1871–1950) and Lillian (Yarnell) (1873–1965)
Milton Hook
Herbert Camden and Lillian Lacey were teachers in Australia in the years of the Australian Mission when there were no Seventh-day Adventist educational institutions yet established. Herbert was also a minister and church administrator.
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Landa, Paul Joseph (1941–1997)
Milton Hook
Paul Joseph Landa was a religion and history professor in North America.
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Laweloa, Jope (1896–1972)
Milton Hook
Jope Laweloa was a Fijian missionary to Vanuatu and pastor in Fiji.
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Lindsey, John (c. 1821–1881)
Milton Hook
John Lindsey, an early convert to Sabbatarian Adventism, evangelized in the American Midwest during the 1850s and, after the death of his wife Esther, engaged in joint evangelistic ministry with his second wife, Sarah, in Pennsylvania and New York, during the 1860s and 1870s.
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Lindsey, Sarah A. Hallock (1832–1914)
Milton Hook
Sarah A. Hallock Lindsey was a licensed Seventh-day Adventist minister who engaged in evangelistic and pastoral ministry with her husband, John Lindsey, in northern Pennsylvania and southern New York state during the late 1860s and in the 1870s.
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Loveless, William Alfred (1928–2014)
Milton Hook
William Loveless was an exceptionally gifted church pastor and innovative educator who served at length in the two largest Seventh-day Adventist communities, Sligo Church near the General Conference headquarters on the East Coast of America in addition to Loma Linda University Church on the West Coast with its diverse medical and educational fraternity.
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Lukens, Morris J. (1871–1933)
Milton Hook
Morris Lukens served as a conference and union conference president in the United States and Australia during the early decades of the 20th century.
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Machlan, Benjamin Franklin (1865–1928)
Milton Hook
Benjamin Franklin Machlan was a teacher, academy principal, and college president of several institutions.
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Marsh, Joseph Melville (1855–1892)
Milton Hook
Joseph M. Marsh was captain of the Pitcairn on its first missionary voyage to the South Pacific, 1890-1892.
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Meyers, Harold James (1896–1959)
Milton Hook
Harold James Meyers was a pastor, missionary, and administrator in Australia, Fiji, and New Zealand
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Miller, Esta Leroy (1885-1912)
Milton Hook
Esta Miller was a younger brother of Dr. Harry Miller, a pioneer missionary to China. He was counted among the early Seventh-day Adventists who learned the Mandarin language and was instrumental in winning the initial Chinese converts prior to his premature death at twenty-six years of age.
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Miller, Graham Roy Kofod (1926–1976)
Milton Hook
Graham Roy Kofod Miller was a missionary to Kiribati and Youth director in local conferences and Australasian Division.
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Mitchell, Thomas Alfred (1897–1965)
Milton Hook
Thomas Alfred Mitchell was a Publishing Department secretary and Home Missions secretary for Australasian Union Conference, and Signs Publishing Co. manager.
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Moala, Henele Foti (1921–1984)
Milton Hook
Henele Foti Moala was a teacher in Tonga, Gilbert and Ellice Islands, and American Samoa, and a minister in Tonga and New Zealand.
