"With your literary skills, I am sure that you will devote more time to writing.  You have a lot to say, and there is an interested audience."
~ Excerpt from letter dated May 19, 1992 from NCCU Chancellor Tyronza Richmond to Walter Brown on the occasion of Walter Brown's retirement.

"As you know I believe the vignettes in your memoir are eminently publishable.  You tell with irony and humor how you made your way to important work in government and education, and along the way tell fascinating stories of the unusual people who influenced and helped you.  I think your vignettes deserve a wider audience than your appreciative classmates."  (February 22, 2003)
~ Lorraine Wechsler,   Professor Emerita, Iowa State University School of Journalism Instructor, Duke Institute for Learning in Retirement

"My study with Dr. Brown changed my approach to many things I do in life.  His insistence on using 'a critical eye' made us patient and observant before putting pen to paper.  Reading about his life is certain to reveal what a caring man he is."
~ Bouna Gnani, Former Calligraphy Student

"I have had an occasion to hear Walter Brown read selected vignettes from his memoir and I look forward to hearing him again; but I am especially eager to reading 'I Walked the Sloping Hills' in its entirety for myself."
~ Dr.Rose Tate Vaughan, Former student and co-worker

"I was spellbound as I read about some of the roads that Walter Brown has traveled.  I also found his candor and use of the language very refreshing."
~ Dudley E. Flood, Ed.D, Associate Superintendent (Retired), North Carolina State Department of Instruction

"Walter's fellow students and teachers in the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Duke try to emulate his ability to tell a story completely and well."
~ Catherine Frank, Ph.D, Director Lifelong Learning Institute, Duke University