Lloyd Gaubert Sr., 84, company founder
Thursday, December 15, 2005
Lloyd Francis Gaubert Sr., the founder
and owner of L.F. Gaubert & Co. in
New Orleans, died Monday at Thibodaux
Regional Medical Center. He was 84.
Mr. Gaubert was born in Thibodaux and
lived in New Orleans for almost 60 years.
He evacuated to Thibodaux after Hurricane
Katrina. He graduated from Thibodaux High
School, lettered 3 years in football (1937-39)
and was known as “Bruiser.”
He founded his company, which manufactures
and distributes marine and industrial
cables, in 1947 and remained its chief
executive officer until his death.
He was active in many civic organizations
and in the 1960s, as chairman of the Regional
Planning Commission, worked closely with
New Orleans Mayor Victor Schiro on plans
for redeveloping the Poydras Street corridor.
Mr. Gaubert graduated from Thibodaux
High School, where he lettered three years
in football, and studied at Southwestern
Louisiana Institute in 1939-41, the University
of Southern California in 1941-42 and
Texas Christian University in 1946-47.
During World War II, he served in the
Army Air Corps and also was a student
and tooling engineer for Consolidated
Aircraft Corp. in San Diego. After the
war, he was a project engineer at Convair's
Fort Worth, Texas, plant before moving
to New Orleans and starting his company.
Mr. Gaubert was a past president of the
Michoud Industrial Complex, a forerunner
of the present New Orleans Business and
Industrial District, and a member of the
Mayor's Coordinating Committee for NASA,
which helped establish the Michoud Assembly
Facility in the 1960s.
He was active in many Carnival organizations,
serving as president of Eros and king
of Hermes and Mid-City, and in 1961 founded
Mid-City's annual Greatest Bands in Dixie
competition.
He was a student at Southwestern Louisiana
(1939-41), University of Southern California
(1941-42), Texas Christian University
(1946-47). student and tooling engineer
for Consolidated Aircraft Corp., San Diego
(1941-45). He was project engineer at
Fort Worth plant Convair (1946-47); founder,
owner and CEO of L.F. Gaubert and Co,
Inc., New Orleans (1947 - present); president
of Michoud Industrial Complex, Inc., Marine
Industrial Cable Corporation; Carmel Development
Corporation; director of First National
Bank of Commerce; president of Ramada
Inn Thibodaux; chairman of the New Orleans
Regional Planning Commission; New Orleans
Mayor’s Coordinating Committee for
NASA (1961-63); member of the board of
directors of the Better Business Bureau,
New Orleans; member of the Metropolitan
New Orleans Safety Council; commissioner
of the New Orleans Public Belt Railroad;
member of the New Orleans Traffic and
Transportation Bureau; USCG Academy Foundation;
member of the New Orleans Opera House
Association; trustee of Christian Brothers;
trustee of WYES-TV; founder and chairman
of Mid-City Carnival Club “The Greatest
Bands in Dixie”; served as a pilot
with the United States Army Air Force
(1942-45). He was president of the American
Society of Tooling and Manufacturing Engineers
(1948-49); member of The Society of Naval
Architects and Marine Engineers, The American
Society of Naval Engineers, The Louisiana
Engineering Society, and president and
state director of the Navy League. He
was also a member of the New Orleans Petroleum
Club, the Executive Committee of the Sugar
Bowl, and the President’s Advisory
Council Loyola University (1989). American
Legion, GOP supporter, Man of Manresa
for 46 years, Who’s Who in the South
and Southwest (1989); member of the Plimsoll
Club, Board of Trade, New Orleans Petroleum,
International House, President of Eros
Carnival Club (1960-1989), Board of Hermes
Carnival Club (1978-1989); board of director
and member of Planning of New Orleans
City Park in 1969, chairman Recreation
Committee General Charles de Gaulle (1960),
Optimists Club president (1957-58), Lieutenant
Governor, (1959-70). Member Ancient Order
of Hibernian; Grand Marshall Thibodaux
Fire Department, (1974). He was the member
of American Legion & Knights of Columbus;
He was presented the key to the City of
Thibodaux (2004); awarded “Man of
the Year” for Christian Brothers
(1989), “St. Louis Medallion”
Archdiocese of New Orleans by Archbishop
Francis B. Schulte (1990); he was “First
Prize Winner Overall” March of Dimes
Le Gourmet International Gala Celebrity
Chefs (1990).
He was a past president of the American
Society of Tooling and Manufacturing Engineers,
president and state director of the Navy
League, and a member of the Society of
Naval Architects and Marine Engineers,
the American Society of Naval Engineers
and the Louisiana Engineering Society.
Mr. Gaubert also was a former board member
of the New Orleans Public Belt Railroad
and the Better Business Bureau, a trustee
of the Christian Brothers School and WYES-TV,
and a member of the Metropolitan Safety
Council, the New Orleans Traffic and Transportation
Bureau and the U.S. Coast Guard Academy
Foundation.
In Thibodaux, he was president of the
Ramada Inn, grand marshal of the city's
Fire Department in 1974 and was presented
a key to the city in 2004.
He was a past president of the Optimists
Club and a member of the Ancient Order
of Hibernians, the American Legion, the
Knights of Columbus, the New Orleans Petroleum
Club, the International House, the Executive
Committee of the Sugar Bowl and the President's
Advisory Council at Loyola University.
He was a parishioner of St. Frances Cabrini
and St. Pius X Catholic churches and was
named Man of the Year for the Christian
Brothers in 1989, was awarded the St.
Louis Medallion of the Archdiocese of
New Orleans by Archbishop Francis Schulte
in 1990 and was active in raising money
for Our Lady of Holy Cross College.
He was named first-prize winner of the
March of Dimes annual Gourmet Gala celebrity
chefs competition in 1990.
Survivors include four sons, Lloyd Gaubert
Jr., Bruce, Blane and Greg Gaubert; two
daughters, Leonise Ditoro and GiGi Burk;
20 grandchildren; and a great-grandchild.
A Mass will be said today at 11 a.m.
at St. Pius X Catholic Church, 6666 Spanish
Fort Blvd. Visitation will begin at 9
a.m. Burial will be in St. Joseph Cemetery
in Thibodaux. Jacob Schoen & Son Funeral
Home is in charge of arrangements.
A Mass also will be said Friday at 11
a.m. at the St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic
Student Center of Nicholls State University,
204 Madewood Drive, Thibodaux. Visitation
in Thibodaux will be today from 7 to 9
p.m. at Landry's Funeral Home, 821 Canal
Blvd., and Friday from 10 to 11 a.m. at
the Aquinas Center.
Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana
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