Divisions Reuben Richard Figuhr was the 15th president of the Seventh-day Adventist Church General Conference.

He was born in Superior, Wisconsin, United States October 20, 1896.

Reuben Richard Figuhr was born of Prussian descent on October 20, 1896, in Wisconsin.

[1] He became embroiled in a controversy over the publishing of Questions on Doctrine which became the centerpiece event of his administration.

At times he was frustrated by how far Le Roy Edwin Froom and M. L. Andreasen were going into the debate over the book.