Bernard "Bernie" Riggs

I was just thinking of him and decided to search for him in Google. So sorry to learn he has left us. He was my calculus teacher and was so excited about a computer class he was taking that he talked about it a lot. That was in 1958 before there were many computer courses. I ended up with a major in match but a career in computers, and he was the one that got me interested. He was a great teacher and I really liked him.

Bernie was a dear friend. He will be missed.

Taught me Physics at JJC in 1971-2. Assisted us in making wedding rings. Got an A'!

Ahhh, I will always remember Bernie from his younger years when I lived in Jackson in the 80s and 90s. He was always so funny and quirky as the brilliant professor and larger than life grandpa! He was a wonderful grandfather!! He'll be missed by all who got to know him. Sending my thoughts

The world has lost a unique individual in Bernie Riggs. I met Bernie around the time of his retirement, as Mary's business partner. He was always up to something. Selling cars, riding motorcycles, playing bridge "with the old ladies", golfing, bowling, working for the Democrats, delivering the payroll to Marshall for us, heading to the Casino. He seemed to know everyone in town! people of every stripe!

But most of all he was a wonderful helper to the little band of women in his...

I first encountered Professor Riggs as a calculus student at Jackson Community College. At the end of the semester he told me he had refigured my grade many times because he couldn't understand how I got an A. Obviously he was a wonderful calculus teacher.I later remet Bernie as the grandfather of my daughter Erica's, best friend Becky. I witnessed and heard many stories of his grandfatherly nurturing and love for Becky.

Thanks for my education in Calclus and Differiential Equations, only you could make them memorable events in my life. You became he definition of the no BS Professor! A lesson much needed by me in 1969.

Thanks for the Physics lessons, Doc. I remember how you used to stand on that spinning wheel contraption holding dumbbells while explaining the principles of the conservation of momentum. And also the lasers in the laboratory.

And all the kidding about your politics, too (grin).

Take care.

Tim Gonder; Kansas

DEAR LOUISE, JOHN, MARY, AND FAMILY

GOD BLESS YOU IN YOUR TIME OF SORROW. BERNIE IS AN EXEMPLAR MEMBER OF THE GREATEST GERERATION, A GREAT ROLE MODEL, AND THE ROCK OF YOUR FAMILY. I CAN VOUCH FOR THE FACT THAT HE WILL BE DEARLY MISSED.

MY SINCERE CONDOLENCES:
STEVE MARKLE