Born in St. Louis , Missouri , Colbert Busch is the eighth of eleven children of parents James William Colbert Jr. , who served as the first Vice President of Academic Affairs at the Medical University of South Carolina , and Lorna ( '' née '' Tuck ) Colbert , who was a homemaker . The Colbert family is of mostly Irish , with small amounts of English and German , descent . Colbert Busch briefly attended the University of South Carolina , but returned to Charleston after her father and two brothers Peter and Paul were among the 71 passengers who died on Eastern Air Lines Flight 212 , in 1974 . She then enrolled in the College of Charleston , receiving her B.A. in Intermodal Transportation and Logistics Management , and was named to the National Dean 's List in 1988
Eastern Air Lines Flight 212
Eastern Air Lines Flight 212
Elizabeth Colbert Busch