- Date Of Birth: February 11, 1947
- Date Of Death: August 30, 2022
- State: Arizona
Major George James “Jim” Geiser, P.E., U.S.M.C. R. (Ret), age 75, died in Phoenix, Arizona on August 30, 2022. Jim was born in Schenectady, New York and moved to Arizona with his family in 1957. He attended Scottsdale High School and graduated with a civil engineering degree from Arizona State University in 1977.
Jim served 29 years in the U. S. Marine Corps as a “Mustang” officer first reaching the rank of Gunnery Sergeant before receiving a direct commission as a Second Lieutenant and the field grade rank of Major. He joined two campaigns in Vietnam and served with both the Phoenix and Tucson Marine Corp Reserve.
He spent 30 years as a registered professional engineer in Arizona where he provided water resources and forensic civil engineering services to a diverse variety of clients. He served on the Technical Advisory Council of the ASU School of Civil Engineering and as a member of the Friends of Civil and Environmental Engineering. He was a Board Member of the Veterans Chapter of the ASU Alumni Association and was the driving force behind the installation of the now-dedicated Memorial to Fallen Alumni. In 2018, Jim received the Outstanding Civil Engineering Alumni Award from ASU.
He loved children and participated in the Junior Achievement Program, the Valley Big Brother program, and the Soaring Eagles Young Marine program. He was an active member of Scottsdale Bible Church, where he taught Sunday School and served on the Safety and Security Team, the Divorce Care Team and the Helps Ministry. He also volunteered in the library at the Phoenix Seminary.
Over the last 5 years, Jim advocated and raised funds for a new memorial to the fallen soldiers of Scottsdale, to be installed on the grounds of City Hall and dedicated in December 2022.
Jim is preceded in death by his parents, Kenneth & Kathryn “Pat” Geiser of Scottsdale and is survived by his brother, Kenneth Geiser, Jr. of Somerville, Massachusetts and two children, Mary AmyJanelle Denny & Kent Joseph Geiser of Reno, Nevada as well as Mary’s husband, Rodney Denny and their three children, Ezra, Aelin, and Jasper.
