The first time I met Erik was in my Scholar Activism class at the University of Wisconsin Madison. He was a visiting scholar to our class. He was a person of great kindness and extraordinary talents. He will be missed.

Bye, my wonderful teacher, Erik. Thanks to your efforts, we will have more and more Real Utopias which we desperately need. You will be missd for ever. Hasta siempre, Maestro.
- your student Donmoon

He leaves an extraordinary legacy -- his family, his books, his friends, this journal... As Eve said to me about Bob, he died as he lived, with love and with deep intellectual joy. These are difficult times, and I grieve for Marcia and all the family. My love and my heart goes out to you all.

Dear Marcia, Becky, and Jenny, Rob and I thank you for sharing these months with all of us. We have followed Erik's blog and learned from him here as we have so many other times in person, in his work, and in the way he lived his life. We honor his memory. With our deepest condolences. Judy

Dear Marcia, Jenny, and Becky,
It is said that "you die as you live." Erik's blog --- and his journey to death --- echoed his life in many ways. He offered a witty, clear-eyed analysis of his situation. He wrote beautiful, calm, and thoughtful analyses of his situation. And, in the process, he also also helped to bring people together --- and help all of *us* --- as we began the grief process over his impending death.

We will miss him.
I am thinking of you in this sad time.
Annette

Dear Marcia and Becky and Jenny,
Erik will be so much missed by all of us who worked with him and we have all grown and been inspired by his blog. I have worked with Erik for almost 40 years and he (and Marcia) were among the first people I met when I first visited Madison in 1980. Even though we were not close, I remember Becky and Jenny as little children. And I remember Marcia as a constant warm presence whenever I saw you. But now I wish to give you the special condolences as family as I know that your own loss and grief as wife and children are particular and not the same as that of all of us who knew Erik as colleague or mentor. My heart goes out to you. I am a religious person so I will say that my prayers are with you. I also heard that you recently lost Marcia's father as well and I add my condolences on that loss. May you find comfort and care from each other and from all the people around you.
Pam

What a profound loss for all of us. We'll miss you greatly, Erik. We'll miss your voice in the conversation. The conversation will go on, but it will be different without you. You contributed to this world in many ways over many years, and that contribution is still with us.

His books and then his unflinching look at his ordeal - he made us all better people

Dear Marcia, Becky and Jenny, my deepest condolences to you. Erik went out in his own inimitable style, wringing every bit of insight and humanity out of his ordeal. It’s amazing to see just how many lives he touched.

Vivek

So sad!

As we all know, Erik was a brilliant scholar but as his vice-president, I learned how great a person he was. I particularly admired his dedication to promoting sociology in many of the most resource poor institutions of higher education across the U.S. when he was president of the American Sociological Association, including colleges that were predominately black, native american and latino. He has set quite an example.

His work was mentioned in a lecture today by Howard Winant before we learned of his passing. And I was about to write him before I saw this.

My deepest condolences and sending love and peace,

Eddie