Louis Frederick Moench (July 29, 1847 – April 25, 1916)[1] was the founding president of Weber Stake Academy and the father of education in Northern Utah, on the same level of importance as John R. Park and Karl G. Maeser to the development of education in Utah.
He was educated in Germany, but before completing studies at a gymnasium came to Chicago, United States, with his family.
However he stopped in Salt Lake City in 1864 and through the kindness of the people there came to join the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
In 1875, as he continued to teach, he accepted the position of Superintendent of Schools for Weber County, retiring in 1883.
Moench was also the assistant superintendent of the Sunday Schools of the Weber Stake under Richard Ballantyne.