Dr. William D. “Bill” Wubben, a resident of The Pines at Davidson since 1988, died Friday, May 2, 2008. He taught economics at Davidson College from 1960 to 1963 before joining the faculty at UNC Charlotte in 1964. He chaired the UNCC Department of Economics from 1971 to 1976 and retired in 1988. A memorial service for Dr. Wubben will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. at Advent Lutheran Church in Charlotte. Read a full obituary in The Charlotte Observer.
As a volunteer at the Pines I visited Dr. Wubben for almost three years and the more I got to know him the more I came to repect and admire him. Though poor in vison and limited to his motorized chair he still manage to get around and look after himself very well. He enjoyed talking about all the changes going on in our community and was always very thankful for my visits. He was one of the first residents to move into the Pines and he was quite an original. May God bless him.