Richard H. Bube

Richard H. Bube (August 10, 1927 – June 9, 2018) was an American scientist.

Academic career Bube received his B.S. in physics from Brown University in 1946 and his M.A. (1948) and Ph.D. (1950) in physics from Princeton University.

He was a researcher at RCA Laboratories in Princeton, New Jersey, from 1948 to 1962. Thereafter he taught at Stanford University where he was an associate professor from 1962 to 1964, when he became professor of materials science and electrical engineering. until his death on June 9, 2018.

For over twenty years he also conducted an undergraduate seminar at Stanford University on "Issues in Science and Christianity", until it was cancelled in 1988.

Professional affiliations Bube is a member of: emeritus fellow from 2009 )

Defense of theistic evolution In the 1970s, whilst he was editor of the Journal of the American Scientific Affiliation Bube defended the viewpoint of theistic evolution in that journal.

Personal life Bube was born in Providence, Rhode Island, to Edward Neser Bube and Ella Elvira (Baltteim) Bube. He married Betty Jane Meeker on October 9, 1948, and they had four children: Mark Timothy, Kenneth Paul, Sharon Elizabeth and Meryl Lee. He married Mary Anne Harman September 9, 2000. He died on June 9, 2018, at the age of 90.

Theology

His views on religion have been discussed by theologian Stanley J. Grenz.