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Pierre S. (Pete) Krouse.

Born 1 May 1955 in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. Son of Phebe Krouse and originally named Pierre Taylor, he was adopted by Charles O. Krouse when he wed Phebe in 1959. Pete moved to Cincinnati, Ohio in 1960, to DuBois, Pennsylvania in 1967, and then Brockway, Pennsylvania in 1968. He graduated from Brockway High School in 1973. Pete attended the United States Coast Guard Academy, graduating with a B.S. in Management in 1977. He served 6 years active duty in the US Coast Guard before being separated honorably from the service in 1983. His duty stations were the USCGC CHASE in Boston, Massachusetts and Marine Safety Office Port Arthur, Texas. He met his wife, the former Dorothy I. Mundy, while in Boston and they were married on June 13, 1980. He has 2 children; Jessica Erin, born September 19, 1986 and David Charles, born October 30, 1996. After leaving the USCG in 1983, Pete worked for John L. Kingston & Associates Inc. until February of 1997, when he and his family moved to Dundee, Scotland, where his wife, who had recently earned her Ph.D. in Biochemistry from Baylor School of Medicine in Houston, Texas, had agreed to do a post-doctoral research fellowship. Pete returned to Houston in August 1988 to start work for Steege Kingston & Associates, Inc. In 1990 he started law school at South Texas College of Law, earning a J.D. degree in 1993. Pete moved to London in January 1994 to open a Steege Kingston office with Dennis Buskin. He returned to Houston in June 1994 to take the Texas Bar exam, which he passed on the first try, even without the help of his friend, Burt Russell.