Robert Comeaux:
CLASS OF 1974
West Jefferson High SchoolClass of 1974
Harvey, LA
Nicholls State UniversityClass of 1994
Thibodaux, LA
Higgins High SchoolClass of 1978
Marrero, LA
John B. Ehret High SchoolClass of 1976
Marrero, LA
Robert's Story
Life
Robert Comeaux
My life has been a long and winding road full of twisty/turny things. I dropped out of college (okay, with a strong nudge from UNO) in 1976. I worked at a convenience store for awhile, and then I went to work offshore. I spent about 6 great years working in the Gulf having a pretty good time, and made pretty good money. Then I went to work in a family business and spent about 6 more years beating my head against a wall. While beating my head against a wall, one of the best things in the world happened to me. I noticed a rash was developing¿over my whole body. The short story is that I was (literally) allergic to my work. What is an untrained, unskilled ex-oilfield worker supposed to do? I returned to college (Nicholls State University).
My plan was to attend school for a couple of years; earn an associate degree in business, and then go and manage a small business somewhere. At 34 I was a bit too old to muck around with college. I graduated from Nicholls State University in 1994 with a B.A. in History. Now at age 57 I hold an MA in History from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, and I am working on a PhD in English at ULL--I should start taking comps in the fall. ...Expand for more
Presently I am an English/History instructor at Northwestern State University. So much for prior planning, huh? Along the way I married Alisa Hayner Comeaux (now a graduate student here at NSU), and we have a gorgeous 10 year old--smart and sassy--baby girl named Jennie Alice Comeaux. Jennie makes everything worthwhile. Alisa and I are now divorced, but she lives three blocks away, so my daughter practically lives here.
College
My roommate in college was Shawn Heingarten. He was a great roommate--even if he graduated from Brother Martin.
Workplace
I worked at many places over the course of my life. I worked at the Tiffin Inn for a few months; I worked at Time Saver for a couple of years; I worked for Production Rentals filtering mud, NOWSCO Pumping Nitrogen and shoving coil tubing a mile or so into the ground, and I worked for Best Hughes doing the same thing as NOWSCO. I was part owner in a family business for a few years, until allergies got the best of me. In college I worked as a tutor, in the library, and at La Quinta as a Night Auditor. In Grad school I was also a TA. Now I work as an instructor at Northwestern State University. I teach History and English--mostly to incoming freshman.
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