Keith Schuette graduated from the University of Missouri-Rolla (currently Missouri University of Science & Technology) with a BS in Metallurgical Engineering in 1977 and from Eden Theological Seminary in St. Louis in 1982. He was initiated into Alpha Chi Sigma by the Beta Delta chapter in 1974. A resident of West Bend, Wisconsin, he is retired and enjoys his time with his wife Linda, his two children, and his four grandchildren.