- Person
- 1893-1962
Milton George Geil was a professor of applied psychology. Geil was born in Drew, Ontario on June 3, 1893 to Henry and Margaret (nee Domm) Geil. He joined the ministry in 1917 serving as the associate minister at Zion Evangelical Church from 1922 to 1925 and as minster of the Calvary Church from 1925 to 1926. Geil completed his university and graduate studies in Illinois, obtaining a bachelor of arts from North Western College and, in 1930, a doctorate in psychology from Northwestern University. He also completed and a bachelor of divinity and doctorate at the Evangelical Theological Seminary. Geil joined Albright College in Reading, Pennsylvania in 1937 where he founded the psychological service centre and taught until his retirement in 1962. Between 1950 and 1951 he taught in Korea and the Philippines. Giel was married to Louise Breithaupt who died of tuberculosis on November 10, 1934. Following his death in Reading, his body was returned to Kitchener and buried next to Louise in Mount Hope Cemetery.