Fr. Ronald Anderson Dies at 57
15 June 2007 |
A funeral Mass was celebrated on Monday, June 11, in St. Mary’s Chapel for Assoc. Prof. Ronald Anderson, SJ (Philosophy), who died this past weekend. A scholar whose research interests combined facets of religion and science, Fr. Anderson was 57. Fr. Anderson joined the Boston College faculty as an assistant professor in 1987, after serving as a lecturer during the spring of 1985. He was promoted to associate professor in 1993. At BC, he taught such courses as Philosophy of Physics: An Introduction to its Themes, Science and Religion: Shifting Boundaries, Changing Contexts and God and Science: Developing Spiritualities for the 21st Century. He published articles in Physical Review, Journal of Physics and Studies in the History and Philosophy of Science, among other publications, and contributed to such volumes as Jesuit Postmodern: Scholarship, Vocation, and Identity in the 21st Century.