Frederick August Geier
For almost a quarter of a century Frederick August Geier has been connected with the Cincinnati Milling Machine Company and has risen from the position of bookkeeper to that of president, owning a controlling interest in a business, which is now one of the important industrial concerns of the city. He was here born on the 23rd of June 1866, a son of Philip and Louise Geier, and at the usual age entered the public schools, wherein he continued his studies until graduated from the Woodward High School with the Class of 1884. Two years later he was engaged in the banking business in Newton, Kansas, but returning to his Native city in September 1887, became interested in the Cincinnati Milling Machine Company as bookkeeper. Gradually he acquired a larger and larger share in the business until he now owns a controlling interest and is president of the company, which in its ramifying branches of trade, reaches throughout the world. They now have in their employ over one thousand people and have just completed a magnificent office and factory, which is the most modern, plant in existence in regard to shop hygiene, lighting, etc., and is situated in Oakley, near Cleveland. Improvements are continuously being made in the method of manufacture and the machinery turned out is of the highest possible grade, fully meeting the demands for such an output. The products of the company have taken first prize at international expositions, recently carrying off the grand prize at the Brussels Exposition. During his long connection with this manufacture Mr. Geier has mastered every detail of the business so that his supervision is based upon practical knowledge as well as the demands of the trade. He forms his plans readily and is determined in their execution. He is a director of the German National Bank and of the Central Trust & Safe Deposit Company, and has made for himself a creditable position in financial as well as industrial circles. For two years he has served as president of the National Machine Tool Builders Association.
Mr. Geier is married and has three children, Frederick, Helen and Virginia. His interests reach out over a broad field. For five years he served as a trustee of the University of Cincinnati and Chairman of its Board. He is also the vice president of the National Society for Promotion of Industrial education, a director of the Ohio Mechanics Institute and belongs to the Business Men's, Queen City, Optimist and Commercial Clubs. His political allegiance is given to the Republican Party and his religious faith is evidenced in his membership in Mount Auburn Presbyterian Church. He adheres closely to those things, which are most worthwhile, never choosing the "second best," and always looks for advancement and progress not only in individual affairs but also in those relations, which affect the welfare of the community at large.
From Cincinnati, The Queen City, Volume III, by Rev. Charles Frederic Goss, S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1912