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November 09, 2004
Pete Cokinos, RIP
Houston's business community lost another of its longtime oil and gas entreprenuers on Sunday when Geneos P. "Pete" Cokinos of Beaumont died at the age of 88. Mr. Cokinos died a day after another famous Houston wildcatter, Michel T. Halbouty, who was a friend and contemporary of Mr Cokinos. Mr. Cokinos' obituary is here.
Mr. Cokinos was the oldest of five children of the P.D. Cokinos family, which included a sister and four brothers. Mr. Cokinos and his three brothers were all veterans of the U.S. Army in World War II and graduates of Texas A&M University, and Mr. Cokinos was the first of an incredible seventeen members of that family to attend and graduate from Texas A&M. Mr. Cokinos and his brothers subsequently funded an academic Presidential Scholarship at A&M in memory of their parents.
Mr. Cokinos was the uncle of well-known Houston attorney, Greg Cokinos. Funeral services are scheduled for this evening and Wednesday in Beaumont.
Posted by Tom at November 9, 2004 06:16 AM
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