Affiliation: University of Arizona

Bob Cornell emailed the research team stating he was interested in being a part of the oral history project. After a few emails, we scheduled an interview for June 29th at his home in Lafayette. He thought his wife would be home to sit in and add to the interview but she was at the store during our visit. After the interview he emailed the team and recommended we interview his wife, too, which we did.

Bob was born and raised in Louisiana and is a third generation oilfield worker. After graduating from UL in 1968 with a degree in geology, Bob worked as a geologist primarily for Schlumberger. He lived and worked in many places domestically and internationally, especially in South America. He retired in 2009.