- Mende Koenig was one of the East Side Kids. He later became a school teacher in Canoga Park, California.
- Retired as a principal in 1987 from Tarzana Elementary School and lives in West Hills, California.
- Initially an elementary school teacher in the mid-1950s at Richland Elementary School in West Los Angeles.
- Was recently feted at a big reunion party at a Sherman Oaks, California restaurant in 2006 by students of his 1955 class who reconnected via the Internet.
- His first name was spelled "Mendie" in a local Los Angeles news article, dated September, 2006.
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