Fred Koch

Extracted Attributes

• Education

  Degree in Chemical Engineering Practice from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), 1922

• Full Name

  Fred Chase Koch

• Occupation

  Chemical Engineer, Entrepreneur

• Notable Work

  A Business Man Looks at Communism (published 1960)

• Date of Birth

  1900-09-23

• Date of Death

  1967-11-17

• Place of Birth

  Quanah, Texas, United States

• Political Ideology

  Anti-communist, Libertarian

Timeline

• Fred Chase Koch is born in Quanah, Texas. (Source: Wikipedia)

  1900-09-23

• Begins attending Rice Institute in Houston, Texas (enrolled 1917-1919). (Source: Wikipedia)

  1917-01-01

• Graduates from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) with a degree in chemical engineering. (Source: Wikipedia)

  1922-06-01

• Begins building oil refineries in the Soviet Union under Stalin, an experience that shaped his anti-communist views. (Source: Vanity Fair)

  1929-01-01

• Founding of the Wood River Oil and Refining Company, the precursor to Koch Industries. (Source: EBSCO Research Starters)

  1940-01-01

• Publishes 'A Business Man Looks at Communism', detailing his opposition to socialist ideologies. (Source: The Online Books Page)

  1960-01-01

• Dies of a heart attack during a hunting trip in Utah; leadership of the company passes to his son Charles. (Source: Wikipedia)

  1967-11-17

Fred C. Koch

Fred Chase Koch ( KOHK; September 23, 1900 – November 17, 1967) was an American chemical engineer and entrepreneur who founded the oil refinery firm that later became Koch Industries, a privately held company which – under the principal ownership and leadership of Koch's sons Charles and David – would be listed by Forbes as the second-largest privately held company in the United States in 2015.

Web Search Results

• Fred C. Koch - Wikipedia

  Fred C. Koch Fred Chase Koch (/koʊk/ KOHK; September 23, 1900 – November 17, 1967) was an American chemical engineer and entrepreneur who founded the oil refinery firm that later became Koch Industries, a privately held company which – under the principal ownership and leadership of Koch's sons Charles and David – would be listed by Forbes as the second-largest privately held company in the United States in 2015. ## Early life and education [...] Fred Koch had a long history of heart problems. His son David described in 2010 how he received word that his father had died: "Father was on a hunting trip bird-shooting in Utah. He was in a blind with a gun loader next to him. He was having heart palpitations and wasn't shooting that well. Finally a lone bird came over. He took the shot and hit it square. The duck falls from the air. He turns to the loader and says, 'Boy, that was a magnificent shot,' and then keels over dead." ## Political views [...] ## Early life and education Fred C. Koch was born in Quanah, Texas, the son of Mattie B. (née Mixson) and Harry Koch "Harry Koch (businessman)"), a Dutch immigrant. Harry had begun working as a printer's apprentice in Workum, Netherlands. He worked over a year at printers' shops, in The Hague and in Germany, before coming to the U.S. in 1888, where he bought the Tribune-Chief newspaper. Fred attended Rice Institute in Houston from 1917 to 1919 and graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1922, where he obtained a degree in chemical engineering practice. ## Business career

• Koch, Fred C. (Fred Chase), 1900-1967 | The Online Books Page

  | Fred Chase Koch ( KOHK; September 23, 1900 – November 17, 1967) was an American chemical engineer and entrepreneur who founded the oil refinery firm that later became Koch Industries, a privately held company which – under the principal ownership and leadership of Koch's sons Charles and David – would be listed by Forbes as the second-largest privately held company in the United States in 2015. (From Wikipedia) More about Fred C. Koch: Resources in your library Resources in another library | | Books by Fred C. Koch: ( Koch, Fred C. (Fred Chase), 1900-1967: A Business Man Looks at Communism (ca. 1960) (page images at Preservica) ( Koch, Fred C. (Fred Chase), 1900-1967: A Business Man Looks at Communism (eighth edition, 1961) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only) Find more [...] # The Online Books Page ## Fred C. Koch ### (Koch, Fred C. (Fred Chase), 1900-1967) [...] (page images at HathiTrust; US access only) Find more by Fred C. Koch at your library, or elsewhere. |

• Frederick R. Koch

  | Born | Frederick Robinson Koch (1933-08-26)August 26, 1933( Wichita, Kansas, U.S.( | | Died | February 12, 2020(2020-02-12) (aged 86) New York City, U.S. | | Education | Harvard University (BA) Yale University (MFA) | | Occupations | Collector of rare books, manuscripts, and American drawings | | Organization(s) | Frederick R. Koch Foundation Sutton Place Foundation | | Known for | Philanthropy to art and book collections; Morgan Library & Museum, Frick Collection and Carnegie Museum of Art Pittsburgh, restoration of historic buildings in US, England, Austria and France | | Board member of | Film Society of Lincoln Center, Metropolitan Opera,( and Spoleto Festival, The Royal Shakespeare Company( | | Parent(s) | Fred C. Koch Mary Robinson | [...] Frederick Robinson Koch (/k oʊ k/_KOHK_; August 26, 1933 – February 12, 2020)( was an American collector and philanthropist, the eldest of the four sons born to American industrialist Fred Chase Koch, founder of what is now Koch Industries, and Mary Clementine (née Robinson) Koch. ## Early life and education [edit] Koch was born in Wichita, Kansas. His paternal grandfather, Harry Koch "Harry Koch (businessman)"), was a Dutch immigrant, who founded the _Quanah Tribune-Chief_ newspaper and was a founding shareholder of Quanah, Acme & Pacific Railway. Among his maternal great-great-grandparents were William Ingraham Kip, an Episcopal bishop; and Elizabeth Clementine Stedman, a writer. [...] | Parent(s) | Fred C. Koch Mary Robinson | | Relatives | Charles Koch (brother) David Koch (brother) Bill Koch "Bill Koch (businessman)") (brother) |

• Koch Industries | Business and Management | Research Starters

  Koch had four sons, Frederick, Charles, and twins David and Bill, who also became part of the family business. Charles and his younger brothers also pursued degrees in engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. When Fred Koch died in 1967, Charles took over. He renamed the company Koch Industries in his father’s honor. An internal financial battle between the brothers over the company was settled in the 1980s and resulted in David and Charles buying out the shares held by their brothers. After the buyout, David and Charles assumed control of the company. [...] In addition, the company is often associated with the conservative political views of its owners, and their activism on behalf of conservative issues. Fred Koch’s early experience with Communism when the company held Russian oil refineries continues to influence the family’s politics. The Koch brothers, still associated with the company, are known for their Libertarian viewpoints and their support of conservative causes and political positions. [...] # Koch Industries Koch Industries is a prominent American multinational conglomerate, primarily engaged in sectors such as petroleum refining, chemical manufacturing, energy, and various product-based industries. Founded in 1940 by Fred C. Koch, the company has evolved significantly, becoming one of the largest privately held firms in the United States with a diverse portfolio that includes well-known subsidiaries like Georgia-Pacific and Molex. As of 2022, Koch Industries employs over 120,000 people across approximately sixty countries and reported an annual income of around $125 billion.

• The “Other” Koch Brother | Vanity Fair

  Frederick was the outlier among his rough-and-tumble, ultra-competitive brothers. While the three younger brothers took after their father, a John Wayne–like figure who made his first million building oil refineries in Stalin’s Soviet Union, he gravitated toward his mother’s artistic interests. Family patriarch Fred Koch strove to teach his sons the value of hard work, by subjecting them to grueling manual labor around the family’s compound in Wichita, Kansas, and on a handful of ranches he owned. Charles told Fortune magazine in 1997 that during a summer of forced labor on one of the family’s ranches as a teenager, Frederick had had a nervous breakdown, (“I have never had a ‘nervous breakdown,’” Frederick says.) [...] When Fred Koch died in 1967, he left his eldest son out of his will (though he had previously provided for him, with the creation of two trusts). [...] The world of the Upper East Side elite is a small one, and Frederick and David occasionally bump into each other at galas or charity functions. These short, awkward exchanges (“Oh, hi, Freddie”) are pretty much the extent of their contact. Unlike David, who enjoys the status that comes with his high-profile philanthropy, Frederick conducts his life as if almost striving for obscurity. Thanks to the recent infamy achieved by David and Charles Koch through their sprawling political operation, he is now thought of as one of the “other” Koch brothers (along with another brother, Bill).

• Gender

  male

• Instance Of

  Q5

• Occupation

  handball player

• Citizenship

  Luxembourg

• Date Of Birth

  1/1/1950