# Adlyn White

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{{Short description|Jamaican educator and Christian minister (1929–2017)}}
{{Infobox person
| honorific_prefix = [The Reverend](/source/The_Reverend)
| name             = Dr Adlyn White
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| birth_date       = 1929
| birth_place      = Jamaica
| death_date       = 24 January 2017 (aged 87)
| death_place      = Jamaica
| education        = [University of the West Indies](/source/University_of_the_West_Indies)<br/>[St. John's University](/source/St._John's_University_(New_York_City))<br/>[United Theological College of the West Indies](/source/United_Theological_College_of_the_West_Indies)
| known_for        = First woman ordained by the [United Church in Jamaica and the Cayman Islands](/source/United_Church_in_Jamaica_and_the_Cayman_Islands) 
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'''Adlyn White''' (1929 – 24 January 2017) was a [Jamaica](/source/Jamaica)n educator and Christian minister who was the first woman to be ordained by the [United Church in Jamaica and the Cayman Islands](/source/United_Church_in_Jamaica_and_the_Cayman_Islands). She was also the first woman to head the church, serving as its [moderator of synod](/source/Moderator_of_the_General_Assembly) from 1991 to 1993.

==Biography==
White held degrees from the [University of the West Indies](/source/University_of_the_West_Indies) and [St. John's University, New York](/source/St._John's_University_(New_York_City)), including a [Ph.D.](/source/Ph.D.) in educational administration.<ref name=uc>[http://ucjci.com/assets/ucjci-update-2.4-janaury-25.pdf REV. DR. ADLYN WHITE PASSES.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201034005/http://ucjci.com/assets/ucjci-update-2.4-janaury-25.pdf |date=2017-12-01 }}, United Church in Jamaica and the Cayman Islands, 25 January 2017. Retrieved 28 November 2017.</ref> She originally worked as a schoolteacher, teaching English, Latin, and religious education at the Morris Knibb Preparatory School in [Kingston](/source/Kingston%2C_Jamaica). She later taught at Public School 118 in [Queens, New York](/source/Queens%2C_New_York), for a brief period.<ref>{{cite book|first1=David B.|last1=Baker|date=2012|title=The Oxford Handbook of the History of Psychology: Global Perspectives|publisher=Oxford University Press|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=I5FoAgAAQBAJ|page=69|isbn=978-0-19-971065-2 }}</ref> White received her theological training at the [United Theological College of the West Indies](/source/United_Theological_College_of_the_West_Indies), and in 1959 became a [deaconess](/source/deaconess) in the Presbyterian Church in Jamaica; her denomination merged into the new United Church in 1965. In 1969, she became a lecturer at the Church Teachers' College in [Mandeville](/source/Mandeville%2C_Jamaica).<ref name=uc/>

White was ordained as a minister in June 1973, the first woman to fill that role in the United Church.<ref name=gle>[https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20170129/religion-culture-woman-distinction-former-head-united-church-dr-adlyn-white A Woman Of Distinction - Former Head Of United Church Dr Adlyn White Dies], ''[Jamaica Gleaner](/source/Jamaica_Gleaner)'', 29 January 2017. Retrieved 28 November 2017.</ref> She served as the church's Director of Women's Work, and was eventually made vice-principal of the teachers' college. She was acting principal on two occasions (1987–1988 and 1990–1991), and retired in 1995.<ref name=uc/> White was elected moderator of the synod in 1991 and served until 1993, the first woman to head the church.<ref name=gle/> She was simultaneously president of the Institute for Theological and Leadership Development, the predecessor of the [International University of the Caribbean](/source/International_University_of_the_Caribbean).<ref name=uc/> White also served on the board of [Knox College](/source/Knox_College%2C_Jamaica), as a member of the University Council of Jamaica, and as an adviser to the Ministry of Education.<ref name=gle/>

==Death==
White died from complications of a brain tumour in January 2017, aged 87.<ref>[https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20170124/former-united-church-head-rev-dr-adlyn-white-dies Former United Church Head Rev Dr Adlyn White Dies], ''Jamaica Gleaner'', 24 January 2017. Retrieved 28 November 2017.</ref>

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Category:20th-century Jamaican women
Category:Jamaican Protestants
Category:Jamaican clergy
Category:Women Christian clergy
Category:University of the West Indies alumni
Category:St. John's University (New York City) alumni
Category:Alumni of the United Theological College, Jamaica

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