2008 Woodie Awards
Memorial fund created for temporary student loans
Dan Lupin, Special to Horizons
Issue date: 2/24/06 Section: News
How many of you have taken out one of the 250 $100 temporary loans issued by the Cashier's Office since last December? Ever wonder where the University obtained the funds to lend students on a temporary basis?
The father of one of our first Prescott Campus graduates (Michael Lux, AS - Dec. 1982) was the American Airline captain aboard the ill-fated DC-10 that crashed at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport on Friday, May 25, 1979. Captain Walter H. Lux was killed with all on board following the separation of an engine from the wing of the aircraft on takeoff.
At the time of her husband's memorial service, Captain Lux's widow, Mrs. Lora Lux, asked that family, friends and co-workers make donations to a fund for students at ERAU-Prescott in lieu of flowers. It was her wish to keep alive his memory to those aspiring to ride "left seat".
On a personal note, I was working for a firm in Los Angeles in the late seventies that required that I travel quite a bit. I recall on one of these business trips, taking off from JFK in New York on what was supposed to be a non-stop flight to LA. Having never been on a non-stop flight from the east coast that didn't, for some reason, end up having to land prematurely (mechanical, medical, etc.), I bet my travel partner that we would end up having to land, probably in Dallas, before this flight was over. Almost immediately after takeoff, the Captain informed us that because of a mechanical problem, we were diverting to Tulsa for repairs. About a half an hour later, he informed us that Tulsa couldn't take us and we were headed instead to Dallas. I won the bet. When we deplaned in Dallas, camera crews were interviewing a number of the passengers as we exited the aircraft. I headed to the nearest bar to spend my winnings and that's when I found out the reason for our stop in Dallas. On the TV in the bar was a news report on the crash of an American Airlines DC-10 in Chicago that tried to take off at the same instant as the American DC-10 I was flying out of JFK on that Friday morning back in 1979.
I have always found it very interesting how the lives of strangers somehow intertwine. I started working at Embry-Riddle Prescott in June of 1982. It seems that every time I find the need to take the perimeter road turnoff from the main entrance into campus, Lux Lane, I recall the strange twist of fate that took all souls on one DC-10 rather than another on that Friday morning back in 1979.
For those of you that have or those of you who will find it necessary to take out a temporary loan from the Cashier sometime during your program, you might want to send a quick note of thanks to Mrs. Lora Lux for providing the funding to help you out of a temporary financial jam. I know she would greatly appreciate the thought. Her address is 534 Madison Street, Lake Geneva, WI 53147-1406. Also, Michael Lux can be contacted at P.O. Box 508, Twin Lakes, WI 53181.
The father of one of our first Prescott Campus graduates (Michael Lux, AS - Dec. 1982) was the American Airline captain aboard the ill-fated DC-10 that crashed at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport on Friday, May 25, 1979. Captain Walter H. Lux was killed with all on board following the separation of an engine from the wing of the aircraft on takeoff.
At the time of her husband's memorial service, Captain Lux's widow, Mrs. Lora Lux, asked that family, friends and co-workers make donations to a fund for students at ERAU-Prescott in lieu of flowers. It was her wish to keep alive his memory to those aspiring to ride "left seat".
On a personal note, I was working for a firm in Los Angeles in the late seventies that required that I travel quite a bit. I recall on one of these business trips, taking off from JFK in New York on what was supposed to be a non-stop flight to LA. Having never been on a non-stop flight from the east coast that didn't, for some reason, end up having to land prematurely (mechanical, medical, etc.), I bet my travel partner that we would end up having to land, probably in Dallas, before this flight was over. Almost immediately after takeoff, the Captain informed us that because of a mechanical problem, we were diverting to Tulsa for repairs. About a half an hour later, he informed us that Tulsa couldn't take us and we were headed instead to Dallas. I won the bet. When we deplaned in Dallas, camera crews were interviewing a number of the passengers as we exited the aircraft. I headed to the nearest bar to spend my winnings and that's when I found out the reason for our stop in Dallas. On the TV in the bar was a news report on the crash of an American Airlines DC-10 in Chicago that tried to take off at the same instant as the American DC-10 I was flying out of JFK on that Friday morning back in 1979.
I have always found it very interesting how the lives of strangers somehow intertwine. I started working at Embry-Riddle Prescott in June of 1982. It seems that every time I find the need to take the perimeter road turnoff from the main entrance into campus, Lux Lane, I recall the strange twist of fate that took all souls on one DC-10 rather than another on that Friday morning back in 1979.
For those of you that have or those of you who will find it necessary to take out a temporary loan from the Cashier sometime during your program, you might want to send a quick note of thanks to Mrs. Lora Lux for providing the funding to help you out of a temporary financial jam. I know she would greatly appreciate the thought. Her address is 534 Madison Street, Lake Geneva, WI 53147-1406. Also, Michael Lux can be contacted at P.O. Box 508, Twin Lakes, WI 53181.