In 1981, Taube became a founding member of the World Cultural Council.  As of 1997, Taube had over 600 publications, and had worked with over 250 students.  He published a book, Electron Transfer Reactions of Complex Ions in Solution (Current Chemical Concepts) in 1970.  His students have had faculty positions at many prestigious universities, including Cornell, Rutgers, Georgetown and Georgia Tech.  Together with graduate student Carol Creutz, he is the namesake of the Creutz-Taube complex, a metal complex with the formula Ru(NH)](CHN).   His research contributions have been honored in several ways, including a symposium at the 1982 annual American Chemical Society meeting.  The annual series Progress in Inorganic Chemistry dedicated its 30th volume to Taube, entitled "An Appreciation of Henry Taube."  Luther College in Regina, Saskatchewan offers an annual scholarship to an entering science student in honor of Taube and his science teacher, Paul Liefeld.  A seminar series was created in honor of his work at Stanford.  Taube gave the inaugural lecture in the series.
Colleagues remember Taube as a dedicated scientist, Jim Collman of Stanford said "Henry was a scientist's scientist and a dominant figure in the field of inorganic chemistry."  Harry Gray, a professor at California Institute of Technology said, "He was in a class by himself, a role model and leader whom we all admired and loved."  Former student Peter Ford remembers that Taube "made chemistry not only challenging and stimulating, but a lot of fun as well."