1958 Deerfield Academy MA Yearbook David Koch Businessman “Koch Industries” for Sale

1958 Deerfield Academy MA Yearbook David Koch Businessman “Koch Industries” For Sale

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1958 Deerfield Academy MA Yearbook David Koch Businessman “Koch Industries”:
$250.00

Deerfield Academy

Deerfield, Massachusetts

Senior High School Yearbook

David Hamilton Koch (May 3, 1940 – August 23, 2019) was an American businessman, political activist, philanthropist, and chemical engineer

319 Pages

Hardcover

8” x 10.75” x 1”

Signatures throughout

David Childs did not Sign

David Koch

David Hamilton Koch (May 3, 1940 – August 23, 2019) was an American businessman, political activist, philanthropist, and chemical engineer. In 1970, he joined the family business: Koch Industries, the second largest privately held company in the United States. He became president of the subsidiary Koch Engineering in 1979 and became a co-owner of Koch Industries (along with elder brother Charles) in 1983. Koch served as an executive vice president of Koch Industries until he retired due to health issues in 2018.

David Koch

Koch in 2015

Born

David Hamilton Koch

May 3, 1940

Wichita, Kansas, U.S.

Died

August 23, 2019 (aged 79)

Southampton, New York, Institute of Technology (BS, MS)

Occupation

Vice president of Koch Industries

Known for

Support of libertarian and conservative causes

Philanthropy to cultural and medical institutions[1][2]

Political party

Libertarian (before 1984)

Republican (1984–2019)

Board member of

Aspen Institute, Cato Institute, Reason Foundation, Americans for Prosperity Foundation, WGBH, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Metropolitan Museum of Art, American Ballet Theatre, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Deerfield Academy, New York–Presbyterian Hospital, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, American Museum of Natural History

Spouse

Julia Flesher (m. C. Koch

Mary R. Koch (brother)

Charles Koch (brother)

Bill Koch (twin brother)

Koch was a libertarian. He was the 1980 Libertarian candidate for Vice President of the United States and helped finance the campaign. He founded Citizens for a Sound Economy and donated to advocacy groups and political campaigns, most of which were Republican. Koch became a Republican in 1984; in 2012, he spent over $100 million in a failed offer to oppose the re-election of President Barack Obama.

Koch was the fourth-richest person in the United States in 2012 and was the wealthiest resident of New York City in 2013. As of June 2019, Koch was ranked as the 11th-richest person in the world (tied with his brother Charles), with a fortune of $50.5 billion. Koch contributed to the Lincoln Center, Sloan Kettering, NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital, and the Dinosaur Wing at the American Museum of Natural History. The New York State Theater at Lincoln Center, home of the New York City Ballet, was renamed the David H. Koch Theater in 2008 following Koch's gift of $100 million for the renovation of the theater.

Early life and education

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Koch was born in Wichita, Kansas, the son of Mary Clementine (née Robinson) and Fred Chase Koch, a chemical engineer. David's paternal grandfather, Harry Koch, was a Dutch immigrant who founded the Quanah Tribune-Chief newspaper and was a founding shareholder of the Quanah, Acme and Pacific Railway.[3] David was the third of four sons, with elder brothers Frederick, Charles, and nineteen-minute-younger twin[4] Bill. His maternal ancestors included William Ingraham Kip, an Episcopal bishop; and Elizabeth Clementine Stedman, a writer.[5]

Koch attended the Deerfield Academy prep school in Massachusetts, graduating in 1959. He attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), earning both a bachelor's (1962) and a master's degree (1963) in chemical engineering. He was a member of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity. Koch played basketball at MIT, averaging 21 points per game at MIT over three years, a school record. He also held the single-game scoring record of 41 points from 1962 until 2009, when it was eclipsed by Jimmy Bartolotta.[4]

Role at Koch Industries

Political was the fourth-richest person in the United States in 2012 and was the wealthiest resident of New York City in 2013.[77] As of June 2019, Koch was ranked as the 11th-richest person in the world (tied with his brother Charles), with a fortune of $50.5 billion.[94]