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

Affiliation: University of Arizona

Sammy Broussard, Jr. had participated in the 1998-1999 study of the impacts of the offshore oil and gas industry on individuals and families in New Iberia and Morgan City. I called and told him about the history study, and he agreed to participate. He was very pleasant and open and alternated talking about his father and his own history. He described struggling to keep the company going during the 80s and then the restructuring of the 90s. He attributes his company's continued existence to his Christian faith and commitment to operating according to Christian principles.

Sammy Broussard, Sr. established the owner/operator lease concept in oilfield trucking in the 1960s when he was a state senator. At the time he also owned a truck dealership and trucking company. Sammy, Jr., began working for the dealership in the late 1970s and then took over the trucking company in 1987. He brought the company through the rough times following the 1980's downturn and continues to operate Broussard Trucking.