RICHARD R. JACKSON

RICHARD JACKSON Obituary

JACKSON, RICHARD R. Richard R. Jackson was born in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, on December 1, 1927 and moved to San Diego at the age of ten. His life was dedicated to teaching in Bishop and San Diego, playing, coaching, and supporting basketball, fishing in British Columbia and Alaska, and enjoying friends a family. Having met Constance Karge while attending Occidental College, they married June 17, 1950. Dick and his extended family enjoyed many years in the Sierras and on vacation travels. Dick Jackson passed away March 7, 2012, at Village Square Rehabilitation. Dick is survived by his sister Shirley Kelly, wife Connie, daughters Christine and Carolyn, five grandchildren, and one great-granddaughter. Services will be held at 10 a.m., Saturday, March 10th at El Cajon Mortuary with a celebration of life immediately following at the Smoketree Condo pool area, 5685 Lake Murray Blvd. in La Mesa. The family suggests donations to San Diego High School Foundation or Hospice.

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Published by San Diego Union-Tribune on Mar. 9, 2012.

Memories and Condolences
for RICHARD JACKSON

10 Entries

March 21, 2012

I am so sorry for the great loss of your husband,
father, grandfather, great grandfather, brother, uncle,
and friend to many young people as well as being my "cuz".

Dick will be long remembered for his
many contributions to the San Diego Schools.

Irene Larson in Mpls., Mn

Cassidy Hammerstedt

March 21, 2012

I love you Great Grandpa Jackson. You will always be in our hearts and memories. You were a great person and the one who i was closest with in the family.
I miss you.

Andrea Jankovich

March 17, 2012

As a beginning teacher in 1970, I couldn't have asked for a better principal to work for at Hale Junior High School. Dick was so welcoming and friendly, but more importantly, he was an inspirational instructional leader and manager. I worked for 8 principals during my 33 years of teaching in San Diego Unified and Dick ranks at the top of the list. Schools don't have principals like Dick anymore. One of a kind. Priceless and irreplaceable.
My sympathy and condolences to his family.

March 13, 2012

So sorry to hear of Mr. Jackson's passing. One of my fondest memories at Crawford was when he chose me as his dance partner during a rainy day gym class. I still remember "floating" around the dance floor. He was always a gentleman. Until we meet again. May he rest in peace.

Suzy Ellison-Logan
Class of 1960

Thomas Bente

March 13, 2012

Dick Jackson was a visionary and an innovator throughout his career with the San Diego Unified School District both as a teacher and as an administrator. As Assistant Superintendent, he streamlined core curriculum changes. He mentored scores of teachers and administrators. He was a perfectionist in every aspect of his life. He was a rare intellect and a leader in our educational community. He will be sorely missed by the numerous individuals who knew and respected him. His thinking and leadership style were always "outside of the box." I will deeply miss this kind and compassionate man.

March 10, 2012

I am very sorry to hear of Dick's passing. He was instrumental in getting me interested in mathematics, to the point that I majored in mathematics at San Diego State. He took the time to set up a special Statistics class, before the normal school day started, for interested stidents. I suspect he ran this class on his own time. He was an inspiration and will be missed by the many that he helped.
Fred Dickson

Carmen (Pugh) Anderson

March 9, 2012

I first met Mr. Jackson (as I will always remember him) when I was in 6th grade, he came to visit the incoming 7th graders to Hale Junior High. He was a respected, kind and compassionate gentleman, someone I always considered a friend. We both laughed when he came to Crawford High School as the new principal, I had transferred to Crawford shortly before this myself and our paths once again crossed for the remainder of my school years. He heartily chuckled telling me that "I was doomed not to get rid of him!" Mr. Jackson, you will never be forgotten.

'Til we meet again...

steve weston

March 9, 2012

So Sorry to hear of Mr. Jackson passing.
He was my neighbor and helped me make it through Crawford High.
I did spend a few times in his office but he was always kind and understanding.

Ken Blumer

March 9, 2012

Mr Jackson was my Advanced Algebra and Trig Teacher as well as our Student Council Adviser during my Junior & Senior Years at Crawford (1959-60) and one of the important people that influenced my life and future after transferring from Hoover High in the middle of my Junior Year. He will be greatly missed. He was always a real gentleman and dedicated to his students.

John Fry

March 9, 2012

Dick was my Trig teacher at Crawford High and principal for two of the years I taught at Hale Junior High. We kept in touch over the years and fondly recalled the memories above. It was late in life that I learned he'd graduated from San Diego High. He may have kept that fact from me because he knew I never quite recovered from the 61-0 drubbing the Cavers administered in football my Sophomore year at Crawford.

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