Pete Holmes was born in 1993 and is 26 years old.  He has been practicing dentistry for 3 years.  He has one older sister and he grew up in a family that loves to travel.  His dad is a pilot and they spent a lot of time flying when Pete was growing up.  Pete played lacrosse for Stanwood and was a gymnast for about 5 years.  He also used to ski a lot and still does some, but not as much after injuries. 

 

Pete graduated from Stanwood in 2011.  He ran track in high school, and played tennis.  He was in the honors society, the Science team Captain, a Technology state officer and valedictorian of his class.  He was also a camp counselor at camp Killoqua.

 

Pete went to University of Washington.  He started as a bioengineering major, but then decided to focus on Dentistry and was accepted into school a year early.  He paid his way through school by tutoring chemistry and calculus.  He met his wife Tessa while attending UW.  He is 15 credits short of a Microbiology degree. 

 

Pete’s wife went to dental school in Wisconsin and they were engaged while both were in Dental School.  Pete graduated 6^th is his class in dental school out of 75.  He spent most of his free time volunteering free dental work and playing intramural sports during school. 

 

Pete’s wife Tessa is the youngest of 4 kids and is a dentist, as well.  She attended Marquette Dental School.  She graduated about a year ago and is now working on a pediatric residency at UW.  While at UW for her undergrad, she was the Relay for Life captain and is excited to be a Rotarian one day.  They have been married about 2 years.  They are very adventurous and fly and hike.  She has a goal of running a marathon on every continent before they have kids. 

 

Pete’s dad is Rich Holmes and was an aeronautical engineer. Pete says that he is the smartest man he knows. He is a pilot.  

 

 

Pete’s mom is Anne Holmes and she has a masters in Biomedical engineering.  She is also an ultrasound engineer and is a world traveler.  She helped her family find a love for traveling.  Pete’s sister is Sarah Holmes and she went to USC for a degree in Engineering. She works for JPL and lives in California. She is working on the Mar’s Rover.  She is also a film major from UW.  She also worked on the INSight which is a Mars Lander.  They are a big Star Wars family. 

 

Pete’s grandparents are the inspiration for everything that he does.  Pete’s grandfather was a dentist and his grandmother was a psychologist.  His grandfather was also a pilot and had 3 dental offices that he would fly to every morning.  Pete’s grandmother won the President’s Women’s Medal awarded by Lynden B Johnson.  She went to Women’s Medical School and became a psychologist from Johns Hopkins.  His grandparents died in a plane crash when Pete was 12.  Pete found out about a month ago that his grandparents were Rotarians. Pete’s great grandfather, Byron Darlington Woodside was a member of 4 presidential cabinets. His grandpa Holmes was a mechanic for Boeing.

 

Pete is an airplane pilot and also races cars.  Pete races chump cars, which is an endurance racing series on a closed course and they race for 10 hours with a team.  Pete raced with his dad.  He also rode motorcycles for a while, but he sold his motorcycle when he got married.  Pete learned a lot about life from racing doing the same thing over and over for long periods of time.  Pete  also sailboat races in the summer on Lake Union.  

 

Pete graduated from dental school and moved to Wisconsin and worked for a corporate dentistry and floated around offices.  He worked in Manitowoc, Wisconsin and then went to Sheboygen, Wisconsin and became the managing clinical director.  He worked 52 clinical hours a week 6 days per week.  Pete now works at Eagle Family Dental.  Pete thinks that dentistry is the ultimate hobby.  It is a balance of personal interaction and technology and loves the continual learning.  Bryce is a great mentor and has taught a lot about dentistry, life, community and family. 

 

Pete’s life goals include flying, his wife, dentistry, travel and fun things with Rotary. Pete has been a member of our club since December.