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C. Warren Becker
No full textHead and shoulders portrait of C. Warren Becker. Becker attended school in St. Maries, and following graduation from high school, rejected a scholarship to the Sherwood Music School. Becker instead attended Walla Walla College, where he earned a bachelor's degree in 1951 and his doctor of musical arts degree in organ performance and pedagogy in 1963 at the Eastman School of Music. He was married to Sophie Louise Andross on Mary 31, 1945 and together had three children. Becker started his teaching career in 1945 at Pacific Union College teaching piano and music theory. From 1956-1959, he chaired the music department at Pacific Union College. In 1959, he joined the music department at Andrews University and began a tenure that would last for 36 years. In 1970, Becker earned the “Teacher of the Year” award, and in 1982, he was presented with the John Nevins Andrews Medallion. Becker also co-authored the five-volume series, Music Literature Outlines, an important music reference work. Becker retired in 1997 and moved his family to California. He died on November 23, 2004
Three Pioneers of the Seventh-day Adventist Church
No full textStephen Nelson Haskell was an evangelist, missionary, and editor who became one of the pioneers of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the South Pacific. John Norton Loughborough was an early Seventh-day Adventist minister and George Ide Butler was a Seventh-day Adventist minister, administrator, and author. All three men are considered pioneers of the Seventh-day Adventist Church
William Henry Branson
No full textHead and shoulders portrait of William Henry Branson. Most of Branson was an administrator in North America and overseas. He was an author and General Conference president (1950-1954)
B. Michael Blaine, PhD.
No full textHead and shoulders portrait of B. Michael Blaine, PhD. Dr. Blaine was director of the Southern California Conference. Blaine became and employee of the Adventist denomination in 1958, when he completed his seminary education at the Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary at Potomac University. He transfered to the Southern California Conference in 1965. In 1984, Blaine founded the Near East Institute. The Institute, located behind the old Voice of Prophecy building in Glendale, was a storehouse of ancient artifacts, pictures, and references. Blaine also authored an entire set of Bible study guides for Muslims. At the time of his death (May 31, 1997), Blaine left his wife, Joyce and three children
John Nevins Andrews
No full textHead and shoulders portrait of John Nevins Andrews. Andrews was a Seventh-day Adventist minister, the first official Seventh-day Adventist missionary, writer, editor and scholar. In 1850, he began itinerant pastoral ministry in New England, and he was ordained in 1853. Andrews played a pivotal role in the establishment of Adventist theology. Among his more memorable achievements in Adventist prophetic interpretation was developing the connection between the two-horned beast of Revelation as the United States of America
Clarence Creager Crisler
No full textHead and shoulders portrait of Clarence Creager Crisler. Crisler was born on May 25, 1877 in Brooklyn, Iowa to Levi Hatten and Sarah Jane Crisler. He completed his education at Battle Creek College in 1897 and was married to Carolyn Hathaway (1905) with whom he had a daughter. In 1911, Carolyn died from a heart attack. Crisler married Minnie Hawkins in 1917. Minnie accompanied him as a missionary to China. In 1901, Crisler became the private secretary to Ellen G. White and remained with her until her death in 1915
Myron J. Cornell
No full textPhotographic reproduction of a head and shoulders portrait of Myron J. Cornell. Cornell was born in Cataraugus County, New York on November 21, 1829. In 1835 his family came to Michigan and built a home in the woods of Livingston County, Michigan. In 1858 he was married to Cornelia A. Lyon and three years after their wedding, they moved to Battle Creek. In 1861, Cornell was ordained a deacon and held this office up until his death. He is considered one of the oldest deacons in the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Cornell had two daughters at the time of his death on December 28, 1920
Issac and Claris Burton
No full textIssac Barry Burton and Claris Tarr were married in 1900 and together had three children. The Burton's conducted extensive mission work in Africa and were pioneer missionaries to the Solusi Mission
Mabel Estelle Coulston
No full textPhotographic reproduction of a head and shoulders portrait of Mabel Estelle Coulston. Mable was born in Battle Creek, Michigan on August 05, 1880. She was baptized at the age of fifteen and was associated with Battle Creek Church. She married L. C. Coulston in 1905 and three children were born from this marriage. She died on October 16, 1818. [Item note] Hand written note appears on top of photograph. "Mother of Dr. Elmer Coulston (1905-1934) 1st wife of Mr. L. C. Coulston - BC [Battle Creek]
Dudley Marvin Canright
No full textFormal portrait of former Seventh-day Adventist pastor, Dudley Marvin Canright. In the summer of 1859, Canright attended a camp meeting and was soon baptized as a member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Dudley briefly served as secretary to Elder White, who encouraged him to enter the ministry. For 5 years, after converting his family to Adventism, Dudley served as an evangelist for the Seventh-day Adventist Church, traveling and preaching across the mid-western United States. In 1865, at the age of 24, Dudley Canright was ordained by James White and J. N. [John Norton] Loughborough, in a service held at Battle Creek. In 1867, he married Lucretia Cranson, a 19-year-old orphan, raised by Ellen G. White. Three children were born from this union, but only two survived. Lucretia died in 1879 from tuberculosis and Canright was remarried two years later to Lucy Hadden. They couple had four children and three of them survived infancy. Canright worked for the church for 22 years, until 1887, when he and his wife, Lucy, decided to join the Baptist Church due to doubts regarding Ellen G. White's "gift of prophecy." He died May 12, 1919