Historical note: John Robert Rousseau (1920-1995) was the son of Abel Augustus Rousseau (1878-1960) and Katharine Missouri Ford Rousseau (1880-1934). After graduated from Boynton Beach High School in 1937, he served in the U.S. Army, stationed in England as a glider pilot. He married Margaret R. Howarth before becoming a veterinarian in 1948. Rousseau opened a veterinary clinic in Boynton Beach in 1957 and retired in April 1995. He died 31 December 1996. A 1979 oral history is available at https://www.boynton-beach.org/498/Oral-History-AV-Collections