Gérard Pasanisi (1926–2020)

For as long as I can remember, the one booth at the Safari Club International Convention that could not be overlooked was the large, always well-placed stand of Tanganyika Wildlife Safaris. Manned by French PH and safari outfitter Gérard Pasanisi and hunt booking agent Bert Klineburger, along with their wives Jeannine and Bridget, and later with the Pasanisis’ son Eric who became a well-known PH in his own right, TWS started exhibiting at SCI in 1981.

The pair of opposites – Gérard, distinguished, continental, with the