I would like to take a
moment and write about Dr. Joe Iverstine. When I first attended SLU for my MBA
program, I was advised to take production management course with Dr. Iverstine.
The reason was simply “he is a good and great guy!" Everyone shared this idea.
So I did it. For a semester I was listening to a prof of great heart and
knowledge. During my time in SLU there was not a single day without meeting
this unique good and knowledgeable prof.
Operated by a Boeing
727-235,
N 4737 Clipper
Defiance, was a regularly
scheduled passenger flight from Miami to San Diego, with en route stops in New Orleans and Las
Vegas.
On July 9, 1982, the plane that made this route was forced down by a microburst and crashed into the New Orleans suburb of Kenner. All 145 people on board, as well as 8 more on
the ground, were killed. The crash had the highest number of aviation
fatalities in 1982, and as of 2013 remains the fifth-deadliest air disaster to
occur in United States territory.
Regrettably, Dr Joe Iverstine and his wife Kay were among passengers.
Dr. Iverstine was head of the
department of management and finance at SLU and Kay was a school teacher at
Ponchatoula High School.
God bless them.
Dr. Iverstine was one of my professors while attending Southeastern. I think of him often as he was taken at such a young age in the unfortunate plane crash. To all those who lost their lives that day, rest in peace.
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