Background
Geiger, Louis George was born on March 21, 1913 in Boonville, Missouri, United States. Son of George Victor and Dorothea Elizabeth (Hoflander) Geiger.
Geiger, Louis George was born on March 21, 1913 in Boonville, Missouri, United States. Son of George Victor and Dorothea Elizabeth (Hoflander) Geiger.
Student, Elmhurst College, 1929-1930; Bachelor of Science, Central Missouri State University, 1934; Master of Arts, University Missouri, 1940; Doctor of Philosophy, University Missouri, 1948; Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), University Missouri, 1985.
Teacher Public school, Missouri, 1930-1931, 34-39; graduate assistant, instructor, U. Missouri, 1939-1942; assistant professor of history, U. North Dakota, 1946-1955; associate professor, U. North Dakota, 1955-1958; professor, U. North Dakota, 1958-1960; professor of history, department chairman, Colorado College, 1960-1970; professor, Colorado College, 1971-1972; professor of history, Iowa State University, Ames, 1972-1979; professor emeritus, Iowa State University, since 1979; department chairman, Iowa State University, 1972-1977. Visiting professor U. Missouri, 1960, Jadavpur U., 1963-1964, Miami University, Ohio, 1967, Arizona State University, 1970-1971, Fulbright lecturer U. Leningrad, 1978-1979, U. Helsinki, 1954-1955. Chairman North Dakota Committee Social Science Curricular Revision, 1959-1960.
(History)
Served to 1st lieutenant Army of the United States, 1942-1946. Member Western Social Science Association (vice president 1965-1966, vice president 68-69), North Dakota Social Science Association (president 1959-1960), American Association of University Professors, American History Association, American Studies Association, History Education Society, Agriculture History Society, Organization American Historians. Clubs: Rotary.
Married Helen Margery Watson, December 20, 1946 (deceased January 1993). 1 child, Mark Watson.