death_date death_place birth_name birth_place children birth_date alt known_for spouse image article_title education name occupation alma_mater
17 november 1967 bear river near ogden , utah , u.s. fred chase koch quanah , texas , u.s. frederick william i. koch r. koch charles g. koch david h. koch 23 september 1900 fred c. koch founder society of koch industries ; co-founder of john birch mary robinson fred_koch_225px . jpg fred c. koch
 chemical engineer fred chase koch chemical engineer , businessman rice -rrb- university , massachusetts institute of technology -lrb- 1922
fred c. koch

fred chase koch -lrb- ; september 23 , 1900 -- november 17 , 1967 -rrb- was an american chemical engineer and entrepreneur who founded the oil refinery firm that later became koch industries , the second-largest privately held company in the united states .
