About The Author
Fred C. Koch is a native Texan, who graduated from the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1922 as a chemical
engineer. In 1924-25 he was chief engineer of the Medway Oil
& Storage Co., Ltd., at the Isle of Grain, Kent, England.
In 1925 he helped organize the Winkler-Koch Engineering
Company of Wichita, Kansas. This company specialized in the
design and erection of petroleum refineries. Refinery equipment
and refineries were built in England, France, Germany, Ruma-
nia, Russia, Italy, Portugal, the Middle East, Burma, South
Africa, Canada, and other places.
In 1929, 1930, and 1931 this company built fifteen oil-
cracking plants in the Soviet Union. It was during his visit to
the U.S.S.R. that Mr. Koch became acquainted and traveled
with the old Bolschevik, Jerome Livschitz, who outlined the
Kremlin’s plan to subvert the U.S.A., which has been largely
carried out.
In connection with business and pleasure Mr. Koch has
traveled on every continent.
He is now president of the Rock Island Oil & Refining Co.,
Inc., chairman of the board of the Koch Engineering Co., Inc.,
president of the Koch Oil Corporation, Inc., all of Wichita,
Kansas.
He is a director of:
‘The First National Bank of Wichita, Kansas
The Coleman Company of Wichita, Kansas
The Great Northern Oil Company, St. Paul, Minnesota
The Minnesota Pipe Line Company, St. Paul, Minnesota
The South Saskatchewan Pipe Line Company, Regina,
Saskatchewan, Canada
The Great Northern Oil Purchasing Company, Regina,
Saskatchewan, Canada.
He returned to the Soviet Union in 1956, and was in Iraq
in 1958 shortly before the revolution. His address is now 321
West Douglas, Wichita, Kansas.