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Leonard R. Brand

Leonard Brand is a Seventh-day Adventist young earth creationist, biologist, paleontologist, and author. He is the chair professor of Loma Linda University Department of Earth and Biological Sciences.As a Creationist, he teaches interventionism, a view of history that holds that there is intelligent intervention in history. His desire for respectful dialogue has been welcomed by advocates on both sides of the creation–evolution controversy. He challenges his fellow creationists to use caution when making scientific claims.As a research scientist, his findings are published in various peer-reviewed journals. His most widely debated research was regarding fossil tracks at the Grand Canyon. He has a PhD in biology from Cornell University, received in 1970 when working for LLU La Sierra campus.