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Dr. Leo Francis Koch (b. 08 February 1916, d. 14 November 1982)
Notes for Leo Francis Koch:Leo Francis attended Petaluma High School, Santa Rosa Junior College from 1936-1939, and UC Berkeley from 1939-1941. Graduated from UC Berkeley with a Bachelors of Science degree. His major was Agriculture, he was an honor student 10/40. (Source: UC Berkeley College Transcriptfor Leo Koch after BS degree obtained in 1941.)
Leo Francis completed his doctoral requirements at University of Michigan. He taught at Bakersfield College & Tulare University before going to University of Illinois in 1954 where he held an assistant professorship in Biology. In his professional role as a bryologist, Dr. Koch was a director of the Hepatic Exchange of the American Bryological Society, and Associate Editor of the Journal of the Hattori Botanical Laboratory in Japan. Was a member of the American Humanist Association. among his publications are a score of papers on Bryology (the study of mosses & liverworts) as well as a dozen on the philosophy of Humanism and biological science. [Source: Pamphlet written by Leo F. Koch, Number 10, The Humanist Viewpoints Series, The Humanist Education Press Inc.(Document File #202.)]
Leo Koch had dark skin, brown eyes, and straight black hair. [Source: Ramona Harwood, Barbara Fischer Autobiography,(Compiled by her daughter circa 1972).]
More About Leo Francis Koch:
Burial:: 17 November 1982, Pasadena Crematory, Pasadena, CA.71
Education:: Graduate of Petaluma High School, Santa Rosa Junior College, & UC Berkeley.72, 73
Last Residence:: Last residence: AR 72926.74
Occupation(s):: School teacher for 30 years, Atwater School.75
Residence(s):: Petaluma, Sonoma Co., CA, Los Angeles, CA.76, 77
Social Security #:: Social Security #: 551-18-2371.78
State of issue:: State of issue: CA.78
More About Leo Francis Koch and <Unnamed>:
Marriage: 03 July 1940, Petaluma, Sonoma Co., California.79, 80
Marriage Fact: Married by Rev. P.J. Kennedy, catholic priest..80
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