Longtime association CEO dies
- March 7, 2014 |
- WILLIAM EHART
John Buckley, 66, chief executive at Industrial Supply Association for past 10 years, remembered for innovation, membership success Buckley John Buckley, top executive at the $2.3 million-revenue Industrial Supply Association, died Feb. 12 of an apparent heart attack, the association said in a statement. He was 66. Buckley led the Philadelphia, Pa.-based ISA as executive vice president since 2004. Dirk Van Dongen, president of the $5 million-revenue National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors, called Buckley one of his closest friends. "He was Uncle John to my daughters and I was Uncle Dirk to his daughter," Van Dongen said. "He was a true original," Van Dongen… Read More