Herbert Fletcher University (HFU) is an online distance learning educational institution of the Inter-American Division (IAD) of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. The institution offers all programs/courses using the online method.

HFU is established to provide educational solutions based on the philosophical principles and values of the Seventh-day Adventist (SDA) educational system. HFU begins its educational activities facing the challenge of providing mechanisms, innovative strategies, and tools adapted to the new paradigm of virtual learning, but without the constraints of a schedule or classroom.

Biography of Dr. Herbert Fletcher

Dr. Herbert Fletcher was born in Black River, Jamaica on December 2, 1929. He earned a Bachelors degree in Religion in 1959 from Washington Missionary College now Washington Adventist University, a Master of Arts degree in Bible and Systematic Theology from Andrews University in 1960, an Honorary Doctorate degree from Northern Caribbean University in 2004.

Dr. Herbert Fletcher began his more than 44 years of church service as a Teacher and District Pastor in West Jamaica. He served as Youth Director and Education Director at the West Indies Union and later served as President of the then West Indies College, now Northern Caribbean University in Mandeville, Jamaica. He continued on to serve as Director of Education at the Inter-American Division from 1981 until his retirement in 1995. Dr. Herbert Fletcher was indeed a true Christian leader and fine educator!

Dr. Fletcher passed to his rest on November 4, 2009 in Miami, Florida where he awaits the Second Coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. He is survived by his wife Olive, children Herbert and Barbara, and five grandchildren.