Walter Anderson Jackson III

Rest in peace, funny and interesting lecturers

Dear Rachida and Sarah, Your husband and father is still close to me! I wish you the best! Greetings from Sweden Hedda Ekerwald

I long had admired Walter's scholarship on Gunnar Myrdal by the time that we had the chance to meet in person in 2012. Then, I was an eager doctoral student writing on Gunnar Myrdal's An American Dilemma and reading through the Myrdals' papers at the Labour Movement Archives and Library in Stockholm. By chance, Walter and I overlapped visits at the archives. He reached out and invited me to lunch at nearby Hurtigs Konditori, and I forever will treasure that moment. As a senior scholar, he was...

Dear Rachida, Walter was a man in the mold of his Duke mentor, Harold Parker--gentle, brilliant, soft spoken, witty, a model of integrity for all who knew him. He had a novelist's way with words, a capacious intelligence, subtlety beyond belief. It was a great joy for me, as for him, when you came into his life. I witnessed his transformation as new worlds, new love, and renewed faith in love, opened to him. He was, to me, the dearest and most devoted of friends, whom it was my good...

Dearest Rachida and Sarah,
Know that many are praying for you. I met Walter through discussing research with him, and in dialog with that research we team taught a course. What a delight. All who knew Walter celebrate his brilliant intellect and his gentle spirit: a gentleman scholar if ever there was one. He was a terrific person, great pedagogue and researcher. We will miss him. Praying for you and his friends, that you will give yourselves time to grieve and that you will continue to...

Walter has been a good friend, mentor, and fellow parishioner to me for 15 years. I am deeply saddened. Peace to Rachida and Sarah.

This is such a great loss! We have wonderful memories, and will always cherish Walter's writings.

With much love to Rashida and Sarah,
Derek and Sissela Bok

We at the Labour Movement Archives and Library in Stockholm feel sorrow.

Walter was for us a sign of spring every time he contacted us and it was always with pleasure that we met with him every summer.

Maria Boman
Catalina Benavente
Maria Boman
Jenny Edlund
Roger Jnsson
Kalle Laajala
Lale Svensson
Lars Gogman

The call from Rashida about Walters death was a schock. As daugthter to Alva and Gunnar Myrdal, it had been a wonderful experience to be able to follow Walters research and analytical curiosity here in Sweden. His humble and friendly way to contact relatives and connections for his research will be remembered by many here in Sweden.Our thoughts go to Rashida and Sarah who were such good companions during the summers here in Sweden.