Background
Geraldson, Raymond I. was born on October 7, 1911 in Racine, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Gerald and Christina (Johnson) Geraldson.
Geraldson, Raymond I. was born on October 7, 1911 in Racine, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Gerald and Christina (Johnson) Geraldson.
University of Wisconsin (Bachelor of Arts, 1933. Juris Doctor, 1935); Columbia University (Master of Laws, 1936). The American University (Doctor of Laws honoris causa, 1983).
Kendall College (Doctorate of Humane Letters, Honorary, 1984) (HLD, Honorary 1984). Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Kappa Phi. Phi Eta Sigma; Order of the Coif.
Delegate, International Law, International Conference of the Red Cross, Geneva, Switzerland, 1986. Lecturer, Seminar on International Humanitarian Law, Beijing, China, 1987.
Practiced in, Racine, 1937-1945, Chicago, from 1945. Partner firm Seyfarth, Shaw, Fairweather & Geraldson. Board directors of various profit and non-profit corporations.
The Gospel of Christ is the message that can lead one to salvation. It shows the essential steps that one must take to secure the goal that God wishes all to attain.
The state should not use its authority to promote any particular religious belief. It should allow people practice their own religious convictions.
God should be loved with hearts as well as with minds. To the best of their ability everyone needs to think things through in the light of reason. This means becoming aware of different points of view, and using his or her critical thinking to make sense of God's world.
Member of Midwest Pension Conference, 1958-1980, chairman, 1965-1966. Delegate Northern Illinois Conference, United Methodist Church, 1961-1975. Trustee American University, since 1963, member executive committee, 1965-1976, chairman of board trustees, 1970-1976.
Board governor of American National Red Cross, 1972-1978, member of executive committee, 1975-1978, vice chairman, 1976-1978, chairman of national planned giving committee, 1978-1982, member of national finance development committee, 1981-1985, chairman of subcommittee on United Way relationships, 1981-1985. Delegate to International Conference of Red Cross, Geneva, 1986. Lecturer at seminar on International Humanitarian Law, Honolulu, 1983, organizer, lecturer, Beijing, China, 1987.
Board directors of American Red Cross of Greater Chicago, since 1963. Board directors, secretary of Young Men’s Christian Association, Racine, 1943-1945, Curtis P. Kendall Foundation, Evanston, Illinois, 1950-1971. Board directors of Protestant Foundation Greater Chicago, 1976-1988.
Trustee Kendall College, Evanston, since 1947, chairman of board trustees, 1952-1968. Trustee Chicago Home Missionary and Church Extension Society, 1949-1965, president, 1957-1961. Trustee Metropolitan Crusade of Mercy, Chicago, 1971-1981.
Legal advisor of Peace Mission to Soviet Union, Auspices Board of World Peace Methodist Church, 1958. Trustee Foundation for Evangelism, Lake Junaluska, North Carolina, since 1996. Member of American Bar Association, Illinois Bar Association, Chicago Bar Association, District of Columbia Bar Association, Wisconsin Bar Association, American Judicature Society (director 1978-1982, investment committee 1978-1982, chairman 1979-1982), Geneva Lake Association (board directors since 1980, vice president 1992-1994, president since 1994), Order of Coif, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi.
Married to Evelyn A. Thorpe, August 5, 1939. Children: Raymond I. Junior, Mary G. Nelson, Martha G. Driscoll.