Gilbert M. Valentine, PhD, is professor and chair of the Department of Administration and Leadership at La Sierra University in Riverside, California.-á He has both taught and served in senior administration in Adventist higher education in Pakistan, England, Thailand, and Australia, as well as in his home country, New Zealand. He has written extensively in the area of Adventist History.-á His previous publications include W.W. Prescott: Forgotten Giant of Adventism's Second Generation (2005) and The Struggle for the Prophetic Heritage (2006).