| Archibald W. Truman | |
| Birth Date: | 13 March 1884 |
| Birth Place: | Mulvane, Kansas |
| Death Date: | 20 April 1977 |
| Death Place: | Loma Linda, California |
| Occupation: | Physician |
Archibald William Truman (13 March 1884 – 20 April 1977) was an American physician, Seventh-day Adventist and vegetarianism activist.
Truman was born in Mulvane, Kansas, he had 11 siblings.[1] Truman was educated at Keene Industrial Academy and Battle Creek College, 1900–1904. He graduated in medicine at the University of Colorado in 1908.[2] He married Daisy Ethel Nary a nurse in September 1908 and they had five children.[1] His cousin was President Harry S. Truman.[3] Truman advocated lacto-ovo vegetarianism, he authored Ten Reasons for a Fleshless Diet, in 1917.
Truman was a faculty member at the College of Medical Evangelists for the first decade of the college's history, 1909–1919 and was a physician and medical director at sanatoriums in Canada, China, and the United States.[1] From 1911, he taught physiology at Loma Linda University.[4] He was medical director of Glendale Sanitarium in southern California during 1923–1924 and 1941–1946. He served as General Conference medical secretary for 14 years until 1936.[1]
He was the editor of Life and Health magazine, 1933–1935. He served as General Conference medical secretary 1922–1923 and 1928–1936 and was medical secretary of the China division, 1939–1941.[1] Truman died on 20 April 1977 at the age of 93.[1] [5]