Editing Will Geer (section)

==Early life==
Geer was born in [[Frankfort, Indiana]], the son of Katherine (née Aughe), a teacher, and Roy Aaron Ghere, a postal worker.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Garraty |first1=John Arthur |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jiHFQUjyX78C&q=Katherine+AUGHE+GHERE |title=American National Biography |last2=Carnes |first2=Carnes, Mark Christopher |date=1999 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-520635-7 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/a/l/c/Christine-Alcorn/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0334.html|title=Christine-Alcorn - User Trees |work=genealogy.com}}</ref> His father left the family when he was 11 years old. Will was deeply influenced by his grandfather<!-- which one? -->, who taught him the botanical names of the plants in Indiana, his native state. Will began to be a [[botanist]]; he received a master's degree in botany at the [[University of Chicago]]. He was also a member of the [[Lambda Chi Alpha]] fraternity.