About the Artist
Glen Ediger – Bio 2024
Retired Director of Design at Vornado Air for 30 years: Involved in the design, engineering and development of Vornado products since 1985.
Inventor: Listed as the inventor on over 130 U.S. Patents and many International Patents. Click here to see List of Patents.
Award 2012: BETHEL COLLEGE - OUTSTANDING ALUMNUS.
Design Consultant: Product in the Chicago Athenaeum Museum permanent collection. 3 pieces of design work included in a special exhibit at The Art Institute of Chicago. Consultant to many companies, including NASA, Zebco, S/V Tool, Bell Helicopter, Hesston, Dixon Lawnmowers, X-Mark Lawnmowers, Rival, Celebrity Boats, Brahma Toppers, Wescon, and many more.
Author Awards 2013: “Leave No Threshing Stone Unturned” researched, written and designed by Glen. Winner of 2 national awards (IPPY and Good Books), and Kansas Authors Club - History book of the year.
Author 2014: “Hoffnungsau – A Hopeful View” researched, written, and designed by Glen.
Mennonite Farmer blog on Facebook: Over 500 posts about the history of Mennonite Farmers around the world, https://www.facebook.com/MennoniteFarmer, over 6,000 followers in 45 countries.
Artist: Created a new art genre I call “Environmental Exposure.” I set sheets of steel, copper, aluminum, or wood outdoors with materials setting on top, and expose it to the weather for days, months, to over a year, creating abstract landscapes with the resulting rust, dust and patina.
Land Speed Car Project: Helped design and build the body of the totally hand built car, and crewed for a land speed record attempt at Bonneville.
Guest Curator at Kauffman Museum: Helped create the history of threshing stones exhibit in 2012, in conjunction with the publication of my book “Leave No Threshing Stone Unturned.”
Guest Podcast for Kansas Wheat Commission: “Glen Ediger, author of “Leave No Threshing Stone Unturned” shares the history of and the hunt for threshing stones used by Mennonites who settled in and around central Kansas. https://kswheat.com/woym-podcast-thresher-nation-how-mennonites-and-wheat-developed-kansas
Article: Featured in a personal profile in the April 2018 issue of THE MENNONITE, “From farm boy toy-maker to designer-inventor: Glen Ediger creates tools and writes history”. Also, many other articles in various periodicals. https://kswheat.com/woym-podcast-thresher-nation-how-mennonites-and-wheat-developed-kansas
Bio: Born on a wheat farm in western Harvey County, and lived in Harvey County my whole life. Education- Buhler High School, Bethel College – BA Art. Married to Karen since 1974, they live in North Newton, Kansas. One son Brandan and two grandsons.
Interests: 1982 Porsche, 2002 V-Rod, 1980 BMW motorcycle, Audi TT S, German Car Club of Kansas, antiques, art, crosswords, woodworking, travel, history and museums.
Activities: Frequent guest speaker on Threshing Stones, The Art of Engineering, My Art called Environmental Exposure, The History of Fans, Mennonite Ethnic foods, and Mennonite History - Board involvement: Kauffman Museum Board President – German Car Club of Kansas– Carriage Factory Art Gallery - Bethel College Mennonite Church – Antique Fan Collectors Assoc. Museum – Camp Mennoscah - Mennonite Men of the Plains - Regular volunteer at Harvey County Homeless Shelter. Bethel College Mennonite Church Club Director for 13 years, youth sponsor, Board member, Deacon, mentor, and many other committees.