Peter Geiser, MD (BS Med ’43), died Feb. 6, 2009 in Alexandria, MN.  He was 88.

A native of New England, ND, he graduated valedictorian in 1938 from St. Mary’s High School in New England. After graduating from the UND medical school, he received his MD degree from Bowman Gray School of Medicine at Wake Forest College in Winston-Salem, NC, in 1944.

Dr. Geiser served his internship and residency at St. Mary’s Hospital in Minneapolis. He enlisted and served in the U.S. Army from 1943 to 1947 as a captain in the Medical Corps. In 1948 he and his wife, Dorothy, moved to Alexandria, where he established his medical practice. He retired in 1985 after delivering thousands of babies in his 37 years at the Alexandria Clinic.

Throughout his life Dr. Geiser belonged to a number of organizations, including the Minnesota Medical Association, American Academy of Family Practice, and the American Medical Association.