Harry M. Buck, 88, of Chambersburg, passed away Sunday, July 4, 2010, in the Penn Hall Nursing Center in Chambersburg.
Born November 18, 1921, in Enola, Pennsylvania, he was son of the late Harry M. Buck, Sr. and Edith (Ackerly) Buck.
He will be sorely missed by family and friends, and by generations of his students.
He is survived by his wife of 67 years, Esther Gingrich Buck, two sons, David Buck and his wife Pem Davidson Buck of Upton, Kentucky, and L. Paul Buck and his wife Janet Blaustein Buck of Watertown, Massachusetts, four grandchildren, Rachel Shonti Pradeep and her husband Rajan S. Pradeep of Chambersburg, Naomi Buck Palagi and her husband Jason Martin Palagi of Griffith, Indiana, Lisa Emily Buck of Seattle, Washington, and Jamie Alison Buck of Watertown, Massachusetts, and by four great-grandchildren, Janakhi Estel Pradeep and Lakshmi Rose Pradeep of Chambersburg and Nicolas Tazio Palagi and Callista Analuca Palagi of Griffith.
He graduated from Albright College with an A.B. in 1942, from United Theological Seminary with an M.Div. in 1945, and from the University of Chicago Divinity School with a Ph.D. in 1954. He also did additional graduate work at Lutheran Theological Seminary from 1944-46 and Pennsylvania State University from 1946-48, as well as post-doctoral work at the University of Pennsylvania in 1965, Madras University from 1965-66, and Carleton College in 1968.
He was an ordained minister of the United Methodist Church, and served as pastor in Baltimore, MD, from 1942-46, and in State College, PA, from 1946-49.
He was a Professor of Religion at Wellesley College in Wellesley, MA from 1951-59, and at Wilson College in Chambersburg, PA, from 1959 until he retired. He continued teaching part-time for several years after retirement. He also taught as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Pennsylvania in 1967, at Shippensburg University in 1972, at Gettysburg College from 1977-1980, at the New School for Social Research in New York City from 1979-82, at Goucher College in Baltimore, and at numerous other colleges and universities for varying lengths of time. He received the Christian and Mary Linback Award for Distinguished Teaching in 1967. He organized the annual Orr Forums on Religion at Wilson College beginning in 1973.
He was a founder of the American Academy of Religion in 1958 and served as its first Executive Director and Treasurer from 1958-1972.
He authored People of the Lord, an Old Testament textbook, and numerous other books and articles.
He was Publisher and Editor of Anima Books, and of the journal Anima, giving voice to many new authors, ideas, and currents in the contemporary study of religion. He served for decades as the Managing Editor of the Journal of the American Academy of Religion.
He was a member of the Board of Directors of the American Teilhard de Chardin Association for the Future of Man. He was active, either as founder or as a member, of many other academic societies, including the Society for South India Studies, the Conference on Religion in South India, the International Association for Buddhist Studies, the International Association of Historians of Religion, the Society for Values in Higher Education, the Society of Biblical Literature, the Association for Asian Studies, the Studiorum Novi Testamentum Societas, the University of Pittsburgh's Regional Committee for International Education, the International Congress of Learned Societies in the Field of Religion, and the International Greek New Testament Project.
He presented papers at the annual meetings of many professional organizations including the American Academy of Religion at various places, the East-West Philosophers' Conference in Hawai'i, and the First International Conference-Seminar on Tamil Studies in Malaysia.
A memorial service will be held at a later date.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Franklin County Legal Services, 80 North 2nd Street, Chambersburg, PA 17201.
Arrangements by Auer Cremation Services of PA, Inc., Harrisburg.
Born November 18, 1921, in Enola, Pennsylvania, he was son of the late Harry M. Buck, Sr. and Edith (Ackerly) Buck.
He will be sorely missed by family and friends, and by generations of his students.
He is survived by his wife of 67 years, Esther Gingrich Buck, two sons, David Buck and his wife Pem Davidson Buck of Upton, Kentucky, and L. Paul Buck and his wife Janet Blaustein Buck of Watertown, Massachusetts, four grandchildren, Rachel Shonti Pradeep and her husband Rajan S. Pradeep of Chambersburg, Naomi Buck Palagi and her husband Jason Martin Palagi of Griffith, Indiana, Lisa Emily Buck of Seattle, Washington, and Jamie Alison Buck of Watertown, Massachusetts, and by four great-grandchildren, Janakhi Estel Pradeep and Lakshmi Rose Pradeep of Chambersburg and Nicolas Tazio Palagi and Callista Analuca Palagi of Griffith.
He graduated from Albright College with an A.B. in 1942, from United Theological Seminary with an M.Div. in 1945, and from the University of Chicago Divinity School with a Ph.D. in 1954. He also did additional graduate work at Lutheran Theological Seminary from 1944-46 and Pennsylvania State University from 1946-48, as well as post-doctoral work at the University of Pennsylvania in 1965, Madras University from 1965-66, and Carleton College in 1968.
He was an ordained minister of the United Methodist Church, and served as pastor in Baltimore, MD, from 1942-46, and in State College, PA, from 1946-49.
He was a Professor of Religion at Wellesley College in Wellesley, MA from 1951-59, and at Wilson College in Chambersburg, PA, from 1959 until he retired. He continued teaching part-time for several years after retirement. He also taught as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Pennsylvania in 1967, at Shippensburg University in 1972, at Gettysburg College from 1977-1980, at the New School for Social Research in New York City from 1979-82, at Goucher College in Baltimore, and at numerous other colleges and universities for varying lengths of time. He received the Christian and Mary Linback Award for Distinguished Teaching in 1967. He organized the annual Orr Forums on Religion at Wilson College beginning in 1973.
He was a founder of the American Academy of Religion in 1958 and served as its first Executive Director and Treasurer from 1958-1972.
He authored People of the Lord, an Old Testament textbook, and numerous other books and articles.
He was Publisher and Editor of Anima Books, and of the journal Anima, giving voice to many new authors, ideas, and currents in the contemporary study of religion. He served for decades as the Managing Editor of the Journal of the American Academy of Religion.
He was a member of the Board of Directors of the American Teilhard de Chardin Association for the Future of Man. He was active, either as founder or as a member, of many other academic societies, including the Society for South India Studies, the Conference on Religion in South India, the International Association for Buddhist Studies, the International Association of Historians of Religion, the Society for Values in Higher Education, the Society of Biblical Literature, the Association for Asian Studies, the Studiorum Novi Testamentum Societas, the University of Pittsburgh's Regional Committee for International Education, the International Congress of Learned Societies in the Field of Religion, and the International Greek New Testament Project.
He presented papers at the annual meetings of many professional organizations including the American Academy of Religion at various places, the East-West Philosophers' Conference in Hawai'i, and the First International Conference-Seminar on Tamil Studies in Malaysia.
A memorial service will be held at a later date.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Franklin County Legal Services, 80 North 2nd Street, Chambersburg, PA 17201.
Arrangements by Auer Cremation Services of PA, Inc., Harrisburg.
Harry M. Buck, 88, of Chambersburg, passed away Sunday, July 4, 2010, in the Penn Hall Nursing Center in Chambersburg.
Born November 18, 1921, in Enola, Pennsylvania, he was son of the late Harry M. Buck, Sr. and Edith (Ackerly) Buck.
He will be sorely missed by family and friends, and by generations of his students.
He is survived by his wife of 67 years, Esther Gingrich Buck, two sons, David Buck and his wife Pem Davidson Buck of Upton, Kentucky, and L. Paul Buck and his wife Janet Blaustein Buck of Watertown, Massachusetts, four grandchildren, Rachel Shonti Pradeep and her husband Rajan S. Pradeep of Chambersburg, Naomi Buck Palagi and her husband Jason Martin Palagi of Griffith, Indiana, Lisa Emily Buck of Seattle, Washington, and Jamie Alison Buck of Watertown, Massachusetts, and by four great-grandchildren, Janakhi Estel Pradeep and Lakshmi Rose Pradeep of Chambersburg and Nicolas Tazio Palagi and Callista Analuca Palagi of Griffith.
He graduated from Albright College with an A.B. in 1942, from United Theological Seminary with an M.Div. in 1945, and from the University of Chicago Divinity School with a Ph.D. in 1954. He also did additional graduate work at Lutheran Theological Seminary from 1944-46 and Pennsylvania State University from 1946-48, as well as post-doctoral work at the University of Pennsylvania in 1965, Madras University from 1965-66, and Carleton College in 1968.
He was an ordained minister of the United Methodist Church, and served as pastor in Baltimore, MD, from 1942-46, and in State College, PA, from 1946-49.
He was a Professor of Religion at Wellesley College in Wellesley, MA from 1951-59, and at Wilson College in Chambersburg, PA, from 1959 until he retired. He continued teaching part-time for several years after retirement. He also taught as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Pennsylvania in 1967, at Shippensburg University in 1972, at Gettysburg College from 1977-1980, at the New School for Social Research in New York City from 1979-82, at Goucher College in Baltimore, and at numerous other colleges and universities for varying lengths of time. He received the Christian and Mary Linback Award for Distinguished Teaching in 1967. He organized the annual Orr Forums on Religion at Wilson College beginning in 1973.
He was a founder of the American Academy of Religion in 1958 and served as its first Executive Director and Treasurer from 1958-1972.
He authored People of the Lord, an Old Testament textbook, and numerous other books and articles.
He was Publisher and Editor of Anima Books, and of the journal Anima, giving voice to many new authors, ideas, and currents in the contemporary study of religion. He served for decades as the Managing Editor of the Journal of the American Academy of Religion.
He was a member of the Board of Directors of the American Teilhard de Chardin Association for the Future of Man. He was active, either as founder or as a member, of many other academic societies, including the Society for South India Studies, the Conference on Religion in South India, the International Association for Buddhist Studies, the International Association of Historians of Religion, the Society for Values in Higher Education, the Society of Biblical Literature, the Association for Asian Studies, the Studiorum Novi Testamentum Societas, the University of Pittsburgh's Regional Committee for International Education, the International Congress of Learned Societies in the Field of Religion, and the International Greek New Testament Project.
He presented papers at the annual meetings of many professional organizations including the American Academy of Religion at various places, the East-West Philosophers' Conference in Hawai'i, and the First International Conference-Seminar on Tamil Studies in Malaysia.
A memorial service will be held at a later date.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Franklin County Legal Services, 80 North 2nd Street, Chambersburg, PA 17201.
Arrangements by Auer Cremation Services of PA, Inc., Harrisburg.
Born November 18, 1921, in Enola, Pennsylvania, he was son of the late Harry M. Buck, Sr. and Edith (Ackerly) Buck.
He will be sorely missed by family and friends, and by generations of his students.
He is survived by his wife of 67 years, Esther Gingrich Buck, two sons, David Buck and his wife Pem Davidson Buck of Upton, Kentucky, and L. Paul Buck and his wife Janet Blaustein Buck of Watertown, Massachusetts, four grandchildren, Rachel Shonti Pradeep and her husband Rajan S. Pradeep of Chambersburg, Naomi Buck Palagi and her husband Jason Martin Palagi of Griffith, Indiana, Lisa Emily Buck of Seattle, Washington, and Jamie Alison Buck of Watertown, Massachusetts, and by four great-grandchildren, Janakhi Estel Pradeep and Lakshmi Rose Pradeep of Chambersburg and Nicolas Tazio Palagi and Callista Analuca Palagi of Griffith.
He graduated from Albright College with an A.B. in 1942, from United Theological Seminary with an M.Div. in 1945, and from the University of Chicago Divinity School with a Ph.D. in 1954. He also did additional graduate work at Lutheran Theological Seminary from 1944-46 and Pennsylvania State University from 1946-48, as well as post-doctoral work at the University of Pennsylvania in 1965, Madras University from 1965-66, and Carleton College in 1968.
He was an ordained minister of the United Methodist Church, and served as pastor in Baltimore, MD, from 1942-46, and in State College, PA, from 1946-49.
He was a Professor of Religion at Wellesley College in Wellesley, MA from 1951-59, and at Wilson College in Chambersburg, PA, from 1959 until he retired. He continued teaching part-time for several years after retirement. He also taught as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Pennsylvania in 1967, at Shippensburg University in 1972, at Gettysburg College from 1977-1980, at the New School for Social Research in New York City from 1979-82, at Goucher College in Baltimore, and at numerous other colleges and universities for varying lengths of time. He received the Christian and Mary Linback Award for Distinguished Teaching in 1967. He organized the annual Orr Forums on Religion at Wilson College beginning in 1973.
He was a founder of the American Academy of Religion in 1958 and served as its first Executive Director and Treasurer from 1958-1972.
He authored People of the Lord, an Old Testament textbook, and numerous other books and articles.
He was Publisher and Editor of Anima Books, and of the journal Anima, giving voice to many new authors, ideas, and currents in the contemporary study of religion. He served for decades as the Managing Editor of the Journal of the American Academy of Religion.
He was a member of the Board of Directors of the American Teilhard de Chardin Association for the Future of Man. He was active, either as founder or as a member, of many other academic societies, including the Society for South India Studies, the Conference on Religion in South India, the International Association for Buddhist Studies, the International Association of Historians of Religion, the Society for Values in Higher Education, the Society of Biblical Literature, the Association for Asian Studies, the Studiorum Novi Testamentum Societas, the University of Pittsburgh's Regional Committee for International Education, the International Congress of Learned Societies in the Field of Religion, and the International Greek New Testament Project.
He presented papers at the annual meetings of many professional organizations including the American Academy of Religion at various places, the East-West Philosophers' Conference in Hawai'i, and the First International Conference-Seminar on Tamil Studies in Malaysia.
A memorial service will be held at a later date.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Franklin County Legal Services, 80 North 2nd Street, Chambersburg, PA 17201.
Arrangements by Auer Cremation Services of PA, Inc., Harrisburg.
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