Interviewer(s): D.Austin; Norma Cormier. New Iberia, LA

Affiliation: University of Arizona

I (Norma) met Mr. Broussard through a couple I had previously interviewed. When I asked them if they would know someone who had worked in the oil business that would be at lest 60 years old, they referred me to their neighbor. Mr. Broussard is 64 years old and had been retired since 1993. He retired from Otis after 29 years of service. He did an outstanding job for them and was honored with many letters of recommendation for his work. Three of these letters had been mounted and framed, and were presented to him at the time of his retirement. His extensive collection of pictures, as well as his extensive rock collection made him an extremely interesting person to interview. Diane returned in December to do a photo interview with Mr. Broussard.

Cecil Broussard was born in 1938 and began working in the oilfield with Louisiana Oil and Exploration in 1957. He went into the military in 1958. Four years later he returned to southern Louisiana and took a job with Loffland Brothers. In 1964, he began working for Otis, and he remained with that company until his retirement in 1993. He worked on snubbing units and spent 15 years working on-call 24 hours a day.