Ralph Taggart Geer ’61

Tag died Oct. 13, 2016, on his beloved farm in Chester Springs, Pa.

Born in Pottsville, Pa., the eldest son of Virginia Bullitt Taggart and Irving Schultz Geer, he was a graduate of the Haverford School in 1957. At Princeton he majored in chemistry and was a member of Ivy Club. Tag earned his medical degree from the University of Virginia Medical School in 1965.

Upon graduation, Tag married Julianna Ernst, and they raised three children and shared 51 years of marriage. During the Vietnam War, he served for two years as a Navy lieutenant in the Portsmouth Naval Hospital. Professor emeritus at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and an avid outdoorsman, he will be remembered for his intelligence, wry sense of humor, devotion to his family, euphonious voice, and appreciation for the little things in life.

He is proudly survived by his widow, Julianna Ernst Geer; daughter Jacqueline Geer Murphy and her husband, James T. Murphy; son Ralph Taggart Geer Jr. and his wife, Sheri R. Dagowitz Geer; daughter Emily Geer Hippler and her husband, Cory Owen Hippler; and six grandchildren, Cole Sung-Ho Murphy, Emma Maitland Geer, Max Irving Geer, Charles Morris Geer, Quincy Owen Hippler, and Mason Geer Hippler.