Lloyd Wickboldt:  

Life Time has flown by so quickly since our days at Warren Easton. Memories remain as fresh as if these transpired just a short time ago. Feelings and emotions from back then can be piqued in the quickness of a flashback thought. Those times must have been important to me! Old images are so vividly recalled. I don't know about you, but for me, I'll say that I would love to have done some things differently and better back then. If only we could....Take 2? I am sorry I have failed to remain in touch with so many of you who were so important back then and now. I feel a loss from being "away", so maybe I can make up for some of the lost time and togetherness by getting in touch now. I promise I'm a bit more insightful and helpful these days. To address a little personal history, after HS I attended LSU in Baton Rouge, graduating in 1974 with a BS in Zoology. While at LSU I figured out that the only animals I knew intimately were people so this led to me attending and graduating from LSU's School of Medicine with a MD degree, May 13, 1978. My subsequent Medical training (the next 13 1/2 yrs), included an Internship at Charity Hospital in NO, a Residency in Internal Medicine at the U of South Florida in Tampa,FL., and a Residency in Dermatology again at LSU in New Orleans. From 18 to 32 years old, I became a Doctor. I married for the first time in 1977 and as life would twist and squirm I would eventually remarry in 1988 and 2007. I have 4 daughters from my first marriage and 2 sons from my second marriage. My wife Julie and I just passed our 2nd anniversary, April 28,2009. Outside of medicine, I participated in the horse racing industry as an owner and breeder for 15 years, 1986-2001. Crimson W Stable was my racing operation. My colors/silks could be described, "Salmen jacket,Crimson W, Crimson Bars on Green Sleeves,Crimson Collar and Cap. What a priveledge to have designed these and called them my own! The most successful horse I bred was a filly named (over a cup of coffee), Rare Blend. She would earn nearly 3/4 of a million dollars as a race mare, and her legacy goes on through a stakes winning daughter Rare Gift and others. I should mention my first race horse who I named Fibrillator. His last to first (13 times) racing style could stop any heart! I remained athletically active for years after high school and between studies. I "ran" for the health benefit and dashed for any pick up game in Flag Football for the mere lingering love of the sport of Football. Finally, in 1982 I was blessed to run on a National Championship 4x100 meter track relay team. We, Jack Dunn,EJ,1961, Joe Sincere,BTW,1970, Danny Thiel,HC,1968, and myself,WE,1970, won our National Championship during the National Sub- Masters' Track and Field Championships held at Wichita State,(Kansas),in August of that year. Since then, many daydreams involve my having the speed I would develop as an adult back in highschool. I can't even imagine my joy had I been a team mate of Ben and Frank, Augie and others. Simply, that was not in the Good Lord's plan for my life. I am sure what has happened is best. Over the years I have had contact with some Eagle classmates. Ben Saclo, Frank Gendusa, Walter Gaudin, Bobby Veith(med school classmate),the Athas family,Alex,Steve,Debbie,Miss Nancy and the late "Coach Athas", and Jeanie Bacuzzi,Pete Bacuzzi and Coach Al Ott, all teachers at SJ Peters. I have seen only briefly, Mike Whitney, Re Bondio and Augie prior to his death. Most interestingly I met up with Coach Ott at the 1998,40th Anniversary Celebration of the 1958 LSU Tiger Football Team. I attended this event with my eldest son Lloyd as special guests of Coach Charles McClendon. I had remembered that Coach Ott was a member of this team and I sought him out. I know Coach Ott was very surprised, startled (nearly disbelieving) when he saw me, special guest and Dr to a Hall of Fame College Football Coach...flashback to SJ Peters...Who could have predicted? Again, only that Good Lord! Looking back, my heart remains in New Orleans and in Louisiana. Through the internet I read nola.com and the Baton Rouge Advocate. I read about my alma mata LSU nearly daily and I have stayed abreast of the recovery efforts post Katrina. I have been back with an organized mission trip (Lutheran church in Boca Raton) and individually to help in any small way I could. I understand the hardships and challenges many of you continue to face. Duri...Expand for more