Education
After graduating from Phillips Academy, Andover, Isaac attended Yale, earning several awards in science and mathematics.
editor general manager railroad executive
After graduating from Phillips Academy, Andover, Isaac attended Yale, earning several awards in science and mathematics.
He is best known for his involvement in labor disputes with railroad unions. He served as editor of the Yale Scientific Monthly. Upon graduating Isaac West. Geer began his career as an engineer on several major rail lines through the Midwest.
By 1906, he had become superintendent of the Logansport division, covering Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, and Saint In 1920, Isaac was promoted to general manager.
In 1921 Isaac (IW) Geer became embroiled in a dispute with labor unions that played out in newspapers across the country. The unions claimed that I West Geer had authorized railroad executives to “defame” labor unions in order to force them to reveal information on the unions and on wage cuts.
The unions produced a letter purportedly written by Geer. However, during hearings of the United States Railway Labor Board, union lawyers failed to prove the authenticity of the letter.
Geer claimed the letter to be inauthentic.
The Geers had two children: Helen Thornton Geer, author and Professor of Library Science. And Margaret Worth Geer, who married Republican
Isaac West Geer was a member of the prominent Geer family of Connecticut. John Henry Kleine (R-Lake Forest, Illinois), a member of the Illinois State Legislature.