Background
Giese, Henry was born on December 23, 1890 in Danville, Iowa, United States. Son of George Fredric and Ella Elvira (Catlin) Giese.
educator agricultural engineer
Giese, Henry was born on December 23, 1890 in Danville, Iowa, United States. Son of George Fredric and Ella Elvira (Catlin) Giese.
Bachelor of Science in Architectural Engineering, Iowa State College, 1919; Master of Science in Agricultural Engineering, Iowa State College, 1927; Master of Science in Architectural Engineering, 1930.
Instructor, Howe's Academy, Mount Pleasant, Iowa., 1911-1912; director manual training, Ames (Iowa) Public Schools, 1912-1916; instructor manual training teachers, Iowa State College, summers, 1914-1918; in charge instructor, Iowa State College, 1917-1918; with engineering extension service, Iowa State College, 1916-1919; instructor in engineering mathematics, Iowa State College, 1923; with agricultural engineering department, Iowa State University, 1923-1981; with, United States Veterans Bureau, 1919-1922. Senior engineer Farm Structures Research Survey for USDA, 1919-1930.
Member fire prevention education committee President Truman's Conference on Fire Prevention. Served with United States Army, 1918. Fellow Iowa Academy of Sciences, American Society Agricultural Engineers (life).
Member National Association Mutual Insurance Companies (honorary), Iowa Engineering Society, Masons (32 degree), Shriners, Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Phi, Tau Beta Pi, Gamma Sigma Delta, Phi Mu Alpha, Pi Kappa Pi.
Married Dollie Frances Kelly, June 7, 1913. Children: Barbara R. Giese Graves, William Henry, Mary Joan Giese Herber.