Biography:

Geographer, university professor.  Born– Oct. 8, 1922, Hamburg, Germany. Parents–John and Senta Hammer Koch. Came to the US with his family as a child.  Married– 1945. Children– Four. Education– University of Alabama, B.A., 1956, M.A., 1957, Ph.D. in International Studies, 1961. US military, WWII. Administrative Assistant, Bureau of Public Administration, University of Alabama, 1955-1957; taught geography, University of Alabama, 1957-78. Editor, Alabama Geographer; state coordinator, National Council of Geography Educators; member, Association of American Geographers. Died November 3, 1978.

Source:

American Men and Women of Science, 1976.

Publication(s):

The City Government of Huntsville, Alabama; an Organizational Survey. University, Ala; Bureau of Public Administration, University of Alabama, 1958.

Municipal Debt in Alabama. Montgomery, Ala; Alabama League of Municipalities, 1958.