Robert A. Gisclair

BIOGRAPHY

Robert Anthony Gisclair (a.k.a. “Bobby” Gisclair)

April 5, 1948

-Born in Thibodaux, Louisiana

1948-1966

-Lived in Galliano, Louisiana (official address: Cut Off)

-Attended elementary and junior high school in Galliano

-Attended Larose-Cut Off (LCO) High School; Graduated in 1966

1966

-Joined the United States Army

-Fort Belvoir/Virginia

-Surveyor, Fort Sill/Oklahoma

-Jump School, Fort Benning, Georgia

-Fort Campbell/Kentucky

December 1967 – January 1969

-Paratrooper - Alpha Co./501st Infantry

101st Airborne in Vietnam

1970 – 1973

-Lived in Thibodaux, Louisiana

-Attended Nicholls State University

-Major: Psychology

1974 – 1985

-Worked at Marathon Oil Company

-Traveled extensively through Europe, Israel, and South America

1981

-Moved back to Galliano, Louisiana

February and June, 1985

-Hitchhiked twice through Central America

(from Louisiana to the Panama Canal)

July – December, 1985

-Lived in Salvador, Brazil

January – July, 1986

-Lived in Toledo Bend, Texas

March, 1986

-Married “Cida” (Maria Aparecida de Araujo)

July, 1986

-Moved back to Galliano, Louisiana, where he divided his time between working in the oil field, raising two sons, writing, and traveling throughout the United States, Europe, and South America

March, 2001

-Had his right kidney removed due to cancer

June, 2011

-Had his left kidney removed, also due to cancer

June, 2011 – January, 2014

-Lived on dialysis

January 16, 2014

-Passed away at his home in Galliano

An avid reader, Bobby was passionate about travel, culture, languages, music, and nature. He spoke English, Portuguese, Spanish, French, and some Italian, never forgetting the few words of Vietnamese he had learned in 1968. His eagerness to share his knowledge of history, geography, philosophy, psychology, religions, and any subject asked, made him well known “down the bayou” and everywhere he went.

Friends who had the opportunity to travel with him all guaranteed that they’d had an experience of a lifetime. They also agreed that Bobby was an “American Ambassador” all over the world. In every country he visited, he became one with the natives.

After he passed away his wife Maria Gisclair (a.k.a. "Cida" Gisclair) republished the book through Morumbi Publishing House.