Deceased Members–2003

In Memory of Paul H. Jackson

Paul H. Jackson, FSA, passed away on August 31, 2003 at the age of 79.

A native of Cleveland, Jackson graduated from the University of Chicago with a master's degree in mathematics. He served in the Army Signal Corps in Europe during World War II. From 1949 until 1964, he was with Aetna Life Insurance Co. in Hartford, Conn. as an assistant vice president in the group insurance division. Jackson worked in the Washington office of The Wyatt Company from 1964 until 1989, when he retired as office manager of the actuarial and employee benefit consulting business. He was also a long-time Board of Governors and Executive Committee member.

Over the years, Jackson was a trustee and chairman of the Employee Benefit Research Institute's research committee and a founder and director of the Retirement Policy Institute. He was a fellow of the SOA and a board chairman of the International Association of Consulting Actuaries.

He testified before congressional committees on Social Security, pension legislation and disability income benefits. He wrote more then 100 technical papers and articles on group insurance, pensions, investment risk, the valuation of assets, disability retirement and mortality. One of his papers, "Experience Rating," received the Society of Actuaries' Triennial Prize for the best eligible paper published in the North American Actuarial Journal during each successive three-year period. With William W. Fellers, he developed the UP-1984 mortality table, used as a standard for non-insured pension plans.

Jackson is survived by his wife Martha, sons James, William and Robert and two grandsons.