Frederick R. Koch
| Frederick R. Koch | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Frederick Robinson Koch August 26, 1933 Wichita, Kansas, USA |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Education | B.A. in liberal arts (Harvard, 1955), M.F.A. in playwriting (Yale University, 1961) |
| Alma mater | Harvard University |
| Occupation | collector and expert in rare books, manuscripts, and American drawings |
| Organization | Frederick R. Koch Foundation, Sutton Place Foundation |
| Known for | Philanthropy to art and book collections; Pierpont Morgan Library, Frick Collection and Carnegie Museum of Art Pittsburgh, restoration of historic buildings in US, England, Austria and France |
| Net worth | US$ 4 billion |
| Board member of | Film Society of Lincoln Center, Metropolitan Opera, and Spoleto Festival, The Royal Shakespeare Company |
| Parent(s) |
Fred C. Koch Mary Robinson |
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Frederick Robinson Koch (/ˈkoʊk/; born August 26, 1933) is 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 (Robinson) Koch.
Koch was born in Wichita, Kansas. His paternal grandfather, Harry Koch, 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 Episcopalian bishop, William Burnet Kinney, a politician, and Elizabeth Clementine Stedman, a writer.
Beginning in 8th grade, Koch attended boarding school, namely Pembroke-Country Day School in Kansas City, Missouri, rather than living in Wichita with his family. He attended high school at Hackley School in Tarrytown, New York.
Frederick studied humanities at Harvard College (Bachelor of Arts 1955), unlike his father and his three younger brothers Charles G. Koch and twins David H. Koch and William I. Koch, who studied Chemical Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and pursued business careers. After college, Freddie (as he is known to friends and family) enlisted in the U.S. Navy, serving in Millington, Tennessee, near Memphis, and then on the aircraft carrier USS Saratoga. Upon return to civilian life, Koch enrolled at the Yale School of Drama, where his focus was playwriting. He received a Master of Fine Arts degree from the school in 1961.
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