Donald A. Glaser

(1924-2005) born near Spalding, Greeley County. Inventor, innovator, mechanical engineer, engraver, jeweler, holds or co-holds over 25 U.S. patents in graphic arts paper handling, printing presses, newspaper inserters, metal engraving, jewelry manufacturing; founded or co-founded five companies, with Glendo Corporation, which designs, develops, and manufactures engraving and stone setting equipment for customers in over 60 nations, named Kansas Exporter of the Year in 1998; credited with starting modern renaissance in art of engraving, helped establish a bachelor of arts degree for the engraving arts at Emporia State University, the first of its kind in the United States. Consult James B. Meek, The Art of Engraving (Montezuma, TA: Brownell & Son, 1973) 181-184 and Spalding Enterprise, December 25, 1998, pp. 1, 5 and Emporia /KS/ Gazette, October 23-24, 1999, Bus. Sec. p. 1 and March 11, 2005, pp. 1, 3 and obituary of April 13, 2005, pp. 1, 3.

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