I never met Mr. Greider, but, as a long-time follower of his books and magazine articles, I can't think of another reporter's work that I more admire.

Bill Greider was an inspiration to me as I worked to form the Public Policy team at the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees. His trenchant analysis and clear- eyed writing and speaking—in meetings, on the Metro and in his books— encouraged all my efforts to launch the Economic Policy Institute with Jeff Faux and Roger Hickey.

We will all miss you, Bill, and we celebrate your gifts to the world!

Bill went out of his way to help new reporters and had the unusual ability to be both serious about his work and perpetually amused. That was a good combination to emulate. He and Linda were such solid examples of the smart, creative and committed people who were drawn to journalism at the Post. It was a honor to have worked with him. His wisdom more than moved the needle in public policy; it transformed whole discussions of finance and politics.

Bill took me under his wing when I first arrived at the Washington Post in 1980 as a young reporter. He was a skilled writer whose allegiance was always to the public and ferreting out the truth, with a special nod to the common man. His Against The Grain columns epitomized the old adage: “The job of the newspaper is to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.” He inspired many of us.

To the family of William Greider.

I too grew up in a family of Taft Republicans but outside of Pittsburgh and did not see the light of an alternative view of the world until I left college in 1957. My father liked to rant against the New Deal as a nightly pastime but to no avail, as  I came later to love the New Deal and Franklin Roosevelt too. 

I had much in common with the young William. For both of us, college helped to fine tune our analytical thinking which could be useful  in the real world.

Luckily, many years later in graduate school, I found him in the Nation Magazine where he helped enlighten and bring me to my naive senses about democracy as we know it in this country and how it could be a different system that is more pleasing to the whole and basically more worthy of its label as a democracy.

His astute  wisdom and keen insights are deep in my psyche and have helped to make me a better observer of public affairs. 

I am so grateful to him and will miss his thoughtful presence on the written page in various journals and newspapers. 

Thank you William Greider,
Presente.

Sincerely,
Judy Summersby, Cambridge, Ma.

William and I grew up in Wyoming, Ohio.  His brother Richard and I were classmates in the Wyoming School so I came to know the family well.  William and I  both settled in Washington where I have lived since retiring from the Foreign Service.  It was a pleasure to read William's reporting and occasionally encountering him in the local Safeway.  My wife and I extend our deepest sympathy to his family.

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William Harold Greider

6 août 1936 – 25 décembre 2019

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