Tom Koch:  

CLASS OF 1964
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Duncanville High SchoolClass of 1964
Duncanville, TX
Adamson High SchoolClass of 1964
Dallas, TX
James S. Hogg Elementary SchoolClass of 1960
Dallas, TX

Tom's Story

Tom's schools include James S. Hogg Elementary School, Adamson High School, Duncanville High School. He graduated from the University of North Texas (English, Journalism). He recently retired from the UT-Dallas McDermott Library as the communications officer and event planner. In his journalism career he personally interviewed people such as Mickey Mantle, Jim Palmer, Darrell Royal, Arthur Ashe, Rod Laver, John McEnroe, Jimmy Connors, Bjorn Borg, Chris Evert, Yvonne Goolagong, Billie Jean King, Bart Starr, Joe Namath, Roger Staubach, Dickey Maegle, Bear Bryant, Ross Perot, Lamar Hunt, and so on. He was general manager of a minor league hockey team and coordinator of the Dallas Host Committee's Hospitality Center for the World Cup. It has been a terrific ride...Expand for more
. He writes and edits two statewide philatelic magazines and studies genealogy that includes an uncle who was the first consensus All-America football player from Texas, National Football Hall of Famer Botchey Koch; an uncle who played on the NFL World Champion Cleveland Rams in 1946, George Koch; and Friedrich Ernst, who received a league of land in Austin's Colony in 1831 and is known as the "Father of German Immigration to Texas." As of May 2014 he and his wife have three grandsons to play with along with four dogs. To Adamson grads - Was only at Big A one year with my small class of JS Hogg grads - David McGee, Iris Belk, Mike Teubner, Nancy Nystrom, Martha Jett, Sherry Johnson, plus some Hogg 59ers. Made many new great friends at Duncanville 61-64.
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Yearbooks

Duncanville High School 1964 yearbook cover photo
1964 Yearbook
Duncanville High School
DUNCANVILLE, TX
Duncanville High School 1962 yearbook cover photo
1962 Yearbook
Duncanville High School
DUNCANVILLE, TX
Adamson High School 1961 yearbook cover photo
1961 Yearbook
Adamson High School
DALLAS, TX
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Reunions
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Apr 28, 2018
Tom was invited to the
Adamson High School All Class Reunion
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Apr 28, 2018
Tom was invited to the
Adamson High School All Class Reunion
12298 invitees
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Apr 28, 2018
Tom was invited to the
Adamson High School All Class Reunion
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Photos

Tom Koch's album, Profile Pictures
Tom Koch's album, Timeline Photos
Tom Koch's album, Timeline Photos
Tom Koch's album, Timeline Photos
Tom Koch's album, Timeline Photos
Tom Koch's album, Timeline Photos
Reminder that the late George B. Whitley will be inducted into the Duncanville High School Athletic Hall of Honor this early evening beginning at 6 p.m. in the Shine Performance Hall on campus. It is free and open to the pu
On Thursday, Oct. 30, 2014, 6 p.m. at the Tom and Vera Shine Performance Hall on the Duncanville HS campus, our coach, the late George Whitley, will be inducted into the DHS Athletics Hall of Honor. Here is a photo of the f
Uncle George T. Koch Jr. of Temple, Texas was not a star like big brother Botchey Koch but he did have some moments in football. In 1941 the No. 1-ranked Texas Longhorns were on their way to a national championship and Rose
This is a bit of nostalgia about classmate Tom Blair. Wretched knees welcomed me to be a spectator in sport so one of the most memorable summers I spent was in the summer of 1966. Saw most of the games played by the Hillsid
Tom Koch's album, Timeline Photos
Tom Koch's album, Timeline Photos
Our grandsons with Patrick Mahomes, Hollytree CC, Tyler TX.
A memory of our J.S. Hogg PE and football coach George McMillion during 1957-58. George attended several Hogg Get-Togethers and enjoyed it each time. The image on the left shows George on the Hogg blacktop with a couple of
The Press Box Puck
My father and father-in-law, members of the Greatest Generation. Dad Maxie Koch on the left, U.S. Marine Corps, World War II with pistol and rifle sharpshooting medals. At right, father-in-law Arvin Van Deman, U.S. Navy, Wo
Here is a follow to the Bill McClanahan cartoon. These are the images he drew for the Texas Sports Hall of Fame in 1981. They are on envelopes with a U.S. post office pictorial cancel. These are called "cacheted covers" in
Tough Assignment But Somebody Had to Do It – In early April 1980 World Championship Tennis, the first tenant at Dallas’ Reunion Arena, prepared to stage the first event on April 28. As the Dallas Times Herald tennis writer,
"Delta Dawn what's that flower you have on; Could it be a faded rose of days gone by . . . " As the PR director for the National Cutting Horse Assn. in Fort Worth in 1991, among my duties was to arrange TV interviews for gu
In 1975 the relatively young Association of Tennis Professionals moved its headquarters to Dallas under executive director Bob Briner, who had previously served as the first executive director of Lamar Hunt’s World Champion
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