H. Thomas Koch ’47

Tom died Jan. 7, 1999, in Lehigh Valley [Pa.] Hospital after a heart attack.

He was born and raised in Allentown, Pa., and graduated from the Lawrenceville School in 1944. After serving in the Navy for two years Tom re-entered Princeton and earned his degree in 1949. An economics major, he was a member of Cloister Inn. After graduation he did postgraduate work in retailing at New York U.

Tom spent his entire career as a partner in H. Leh & Co., a leading Allentown department store. He was involved in the operations and financial side of the business. Active in community affairs, he was a director of Merchants Bank, now First Union, and chairman of the executive committee from 198385. Tom was a director of the Lehigh Valley Hospital and president of its fundraising drive. He was a member of the Jordan Lutheran Church in Orefield, Pa.

The class extends its deepest sympathies to Jane, his wife of 40 years; his daughter Louise Molzahn; sons T. James and Dr. Henry T. III; sister Sallie Schaeffer; and two grandchildren.

The Class of 1947