Al Koch - 2010 Virginia H. Cole Community Service Award

The Lawrence History Center Congratulates Al Koch! This spring, 2010, at Town Meeting in Andover, that community honored Al with the Virginia H. Cole Community Service Award for his volunteer commitment to the Andover Village Improvement Society (A.V.I.S.), the Eagle Scouts and the Andover Historical Society.

The Lawrence History Center is most fortunate to have Al Koch as one of our earliest and most dedicated volunteers. Al, a former LHC Board member, was a right hand man to Eartha Dengler in all things relating to the Essex Company complex and he was the Center's in-house photographer.
Al was born and raised in Lawrence, graduated from Lawrence schools and is a veteran of World War II. Al and his family settled in Andover. Working as an engineer, Al spent his professional career with AVCO. Al is still involved with Scouting in the Merrimack Valley and continues his support of the Lawrence History Center. Congratulations, Al!