Geist, Franz#
b. Přerov, Czech Republic (then Prerau), Oct. 7, 1911, d. Baden (Lower Austria), June 12, 1994, manager in the industrial sector. Studied mining at the University of Mining and Metallurgy in Leoben; 1971-1978 president of the OeIAG (nationalised industries), achieved the merger of various separate sections in the OeIAG.