Giesecke, founder of the first formal teaching program of Architecture in Texas, in what is today Texas A & M University, has been described as the "prodigal son of the first magnitude." He joined the faculty of A & M at 17 years of age, after graduating in 1986 with a degree in Mechanical Engineering, and at 19 years old, was named the Department Head of Mechanical Drawing. After having studied architectural drawing and design at Cornell University and at M.I.T., Giesecke was also named Head of the Architectural Dept., and the official architect for Texas A & M, designing many of the building still currently in use.