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Lou Giglia AM, exceptional human being. A visionary full of wisdom and humility.
Good man goes on Good Friday
MY good friend Lou Giglia A M passed away on Good Friday, aged 77.
While an incredibly sad day for his wife of 50-plus years, Maria, and their two children, Stuart and Rebecca, and a sad day for Australian agriculture, it was also, in a strange way, a relief, as Lou had suffered, without a word of complaint, for many years with Alzhei- mer’s disease.
A gentle man and a true gen- tleman and never one to use the ‘F’ word, Lou devoted his life to family, friends and farming.
Although always a fan (there’s another ‘F’ word), it was a spe- cial period a few years ago that I became particularly close to Lou, at a time when I appreci- ated (and probably needed) his wise, considered counsel on life and work matters.
Perhaps he too needed and wanted a few things I could offer him, as he moved deeper into retirement and beyond his frenetic years as one of Aus- tralian agriculture’s great lead- ers and innovators.
Aside from highlighting the necessary pig connection (you may recall my Cant Comment column in January this year when I referred to Lou’s stint as Chairman of Westpork), Lou wore many hats, all with dis- tinction, so it is impossible to sum up his life in one column.
I therefore now simply choose to transcribe my nomination of Lou to the Royal Agricultural Society of WA’s 2012 Rural Community Achiever Award, which Lou ultimately won, sharing the award with Jano Foulkes-Taylor of Yalgoo.
At the time of nomination I was living and working on the farm at Donnybrook,
Cant Comment by BRENDON CANT
where I had the pleasure of hosting Lou and another good friend, Hugh Warden.
We all had significant Wes- farmers ‘pedigrees’, Lou as a director for 35 years, Hugh as an innovative livestock man- ager and me as a PR consultant.
“The words ‘achiever’ and ‘rural community’ are synony- mous with Lou Giglia.
Lou has devoted his adult life to enriching WA’s rural com- munity, as a very public advo- cate for better rural community services, as a selfless volunteer to service organisations, as an ethical corporate citizen, as a hard-working farmer and as an outcome-focused person who commits to a cause then sets a course of action.
It is therefore my great pleas- ure and honour to nominate
Lou for RASWA’s 2012 Rural Community Achiever Award.
Having been closely involved with WA’s agricultural and ru- ral communities, as a journalist and rural communications spe- cialist for 35 years, I have been privy to observe and know many amazing rural achievers, but none are the equal of Lou.
Now retired as a dairy farmer from ‘Ponderosa’, North Dan- dalup, Lou has been a con- sistently selfless and generous contributor of his time, energy and skills to a vast range of community activities through- out his adult life.
A devoted husband and father, he is warmly regarded by eve- ryone he meets and is admired for his work helping others and, in particular, for his efforts in raising the profile of agriculture, regional Australia and his much- loved dairy industry.
A current and former member and honorary office bearer of many community and industry organisations, he’s never been content with just passive in- volvement.
Rather, Lou always chooses to put in the ‘hard yards’, never shirks issues, always volun- teers for the most challenging tasks and offices and simply gets on with the job.
He has made a remarkable and extensive contribution to WA’s (and Australia’s) rural community for 50 years.
This has been achieved de- spite an adult lifetime of rising at 4am every day of the year to milk cows and rarely retiring before midnight, after complet- ing exhaustive work, family, business and community obli- gations.
Yours sincerely Brendon Cant.”
Page 10 – Australian Pork Newspaper, April 2018
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Hugh Warden and his mate and the author’s, Lou Giglia, during a visit at Donnybrook. The author remembers the day well, Hugh having to drive Lou’s BMW down to the farm as he was just at the beginning of what became a tortuous road known as Alzheimer’s. But it didn’t matter. All three enjoyed some good bush yarns and afternoon tea courtesy of Lou’s loving wife Maria.