Donald Lopez

Donald Lopez (Col ’74, Grad ’77, Grad ’82) published a book, The Scientific Buddha: His Short and Happy Life, with Yale University Press. The book, which tells the story of the Scientific Buddha, “born” in Europe in the 1800s but commonly confused with the Buddha born in India, 2,500 years ago, is based on the Terry Lectures, which Mr. Lopez delivered at Yale in 2008. Previous Terry lecturers include John Dewey, Carl Jung, Paul Tillich and Stephen Jay Gould. Mr. Lopez is the Arthur E. Link Distinguished University Professor of Buddhist and Tibetan Studies at the University of Michigan. A leading scholar of Buddhism, he is the author or editor of more than 20 books.