[Oe List ...] Plane Crash in Ukraine

[Jim & OliveAnn Slotta via OE]

Colleagues,

Our daughter-in-law, Lisa Butler (son Jim Slotta's wife) is an HIV/ 
AIDS researcher. She is already in Australia, preparing for the  
International AIDS Conference to which over 100 of the Malaysian  
Flight MH17 passengers were heading. To add to this tragedy, these  
were among the most experienced researchers in the field and this  
tragedy will significantly set back the work to arrest that disease.  
These people were her colleagues in the field. We are grateful that  
Lisa flew from South Africa and not from her home in Canada, and so  
was not on that particular plane. We grieve for the loss to the world  
community as well as for their families.

OliveAnn Slotta