Don Enoch

[1] Enoch began his career as a band director at Atwood High School during the late 1930s.

[1] Enoch left his teaching position to enlist in the United States Army Air Corps at the beginning of World War II.

[1] By the 1960s, Enoch had all of his company's chemicals into biodegradable products, including the cleaning solutions, soaps and waxes.

[1] Enoch soon developed an idea to hold a parade and festival along the city's Arkansas River waterfront to celebrate Wichita's centennial.

[1] Enoch envisioned the Wichita River Festival as a vehicle for potential urban renewal and economic growth for the city.