An executive and financial professional with more than two decades of experience, Donald L. Koch currently serves as the president of Koch Asset Management in St. Louis, Missouri. A firm believer in the principles of liberty enshrined in our nation's heritage, Donald L. Koch created the Koch Foundation in the 1990s.

1. Donald L. Koch - Middle School
Students Benefit from Koch
Foundation
By Donald L. Koch

2. Introduction
 An executive and financial
professional with more than two
decades of experience, Donald L.
Koch currently serves as the president
of Koch Asset Management in St.
Louis, Missouri. A firm believer in the
principles of liberty enshrined in our
nation's heritage, Donald L. Koch
created the Koch Foundation in the
1990s.

3. About Koch Foundation
 Established to instill an understanding and
appreciation of United States’ founding
documents, such as the Constitution and the
Declaration of Independence, the Koch
Foundation focuses its efforts on educating
students in the principles of justice and
liberty. The organization accomplishes its
goal through providing courses on the
documents and sponsoring lectures from
distinguished speakers. These have included
Dinesh D'Souza, George H. Bush, Colin
Powell, Henry Kissinger, and numerous
others.

4. Conclusion
 At one middle school, the Koch
Foundation awarded students their own
copy of the Declaration of Independence
and the Bill of Rights at the end of a
comprehensive course on the history of
these documents. The class gave its
participants the opportunity to deepen
their understanding of the historical
context in which the founding fathers
wrote these documents. They also
learned the intrinsic value of this
knowledge for the safeguarding of liberty.