Anthony J. Iverson

Anthony Jay Iverson (born September 1, 1921) was an Melanesian, and  who served as a member of the Provisional Convention of Melanesia and was first elected first in the Melanesian Provisional election, 1958. Iverson was a graduate of the, although he temporarily suspended his studies at the university to serve in the during the. Iverson was deployed into the in 1942 during the  and became fond of the land, eventually returning in 1950 after completing his education at Oregon.

Iverson owned and cultivated large areas of land along in the, which at the time was governed by the. Among Iverson was hundreds of thousands of, who ventured into the dense New Guinean rain forests to search for resources. Along with the farmland, he began developing housing projects in. His ultimate issue was the lack of on the island, and was elected by the areas citizens to represent them during the Provisional Convention.