Background
Brubaker, Lauren Edgar was born on October 8, 1914 in Birmingham, Alabama, United States. Son of Lauren Edgar and Nora (Drake) Brubaker.
Brubaker, Lauren Edgar was born on October 8, 1914 in Birmingham, Alabama, United States. Son of Lauren Edgar and Nora (Drake) Brubaker.
AB, Birmingham Southern College, 1935. Master of Divinity, Princeton Theological Seminary, 1938. Postdoctoral, Princeton Theological Seminary, 1947.
Master of Sacred Theology, Union Theological Seminary, New York City, 1942. Doctor of Theology, Union Theological Seminary, New York City, 1944.
Assistant pastor in, Parkersburg, West Virginia, 1938-1941;
graduate assistant, Union Theological Seminary, 1941-1943;
chaplain, United States Army, 1943-1946;
graduate instructor, Princeton Theological Seminary, 1946-1947;
professor philosophy and religion, chaplain, Parsons College, Fairfield, Iowa., 1947-1949. Associate professor of University South Carolina., Columbia, 1949-1958, professor, 1958-1979, Distinguished professor, 1979-1980, Distinguished professor emeritus, since 1980, university chaplain, 1949-1994,department chairman religious studies, 1949-1980. Adjunct Professor Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary.
Moderator University Forum on South Carolina. Ednl. television, 1965-1973.
Director South Carolina Council Human Relations, 1966-1969. Executive committeman Columbia and Richland County Democratic party, 1950-1960. Served to major Army of the United States, 1943-1946.
Member American Association of University Professors (past officer), Institute Religion (director 1960-1963), South Carolina Academy Religion (founder 1968, president 1968), American Academy Religion (president 1959), Presbyterian Education Association South, Columbia Ministers Association (president 1972), Association College and University Religious Affairs (board directors 1985-1986), Columbia Forum International Affairs (president 1971), Columbia Council for International (board directors, president 1986, 87), National Association College and University Chaplains, Society Biblical Literature (past officer), Christian Jewish Congress South Carolina (secretary 1982-1990), Columbia CROP WALK (treasurer 1983-1998), Common Cause of South Carolina (director 1988-2000, secretary 1989-1996), Executive Club Columbia (president 1960-1961), Kiwanis (president 1986-1987), Omicron Delta Kappa (faculty adviser 1968-1971), Pi Gamma Mu, Phi Kappa Phi, Tau Kappa Alpha.
Married Leonte Saye, June 6, 1944. Children: Lauren Eugene, Edward Saye. Married Patricia Barnett, July 23, 1994.