Background
Koch, Peter was born on October 15, 1920 in Missoula, Montana, United States. Son of Elers and Gerda (Heiberg-Jurgensen) Koch.
Koch, Peter was born on October 15, 1920 in Missoula, Montana, United States. Son of Elers and Gerda (Heiberg-Jurgensen) Koch.
Bachelor of Science, Montana State College, 1942. Doctor of Philosophy, University Washington, 1954. Honorary Doctor of Science, University Maine, 1980.
Assistant to president, sales manager, Stetson-Ross Machine Company, Seattle, 1946-1952;
owner, Peter Koch Cons. Engineer, Seattle, 1952-1955;
associate professor wood technical, Michigan State University, East Lansing, 1955-1957;
vice-president, director, Champlin Company, Rochester, N.H., 1957-1962;
project leader, chief wood scientist Southern Forest Experiment Station, Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Pineville, Louisiana, 1963-1982;
chief wood scientist, forest and range experiment station, Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Missoula, Montana, 1982-1984;
president, Wood Science Laboratory, Inc., Corvallis, Montana, since 1984. Adjunct Professor wood science North Carolina State University at Raleigh, 1973-1982, U. Montana, Missoula, since 1982, Nanjing U. Forestry, China, since 1985.
Distinguished affiliate professor forest products U. Idaho, Moscow, since 1982.
Served to captain, pilot United States Army Air Force, 1942-1946. Fellow International Academy Wood Science, Society of America Foresters. Member Forest Products Research Society (president 1972-1973, executive board 1967-1974, Gottschalk award 1994), American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Society Wood Science and Technology (Distinguished Service award 1987), Technical Association of Pulp and Paper Industry, Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi, Phi Kappa Phi, Sigma Chi.
Clubs: Rotarian.
Married Doris Ann Hagen, October 8, 1950.