Arden Weiss, AgE Alumnus, gives back to department through EVS Initiative
Arden Weiss (BS '61 AgE, MS '65 AgE) was an agricultural engineer before he knew what agricultural engineering was.
“I grew up on a farm and attended school in Freeburg, Illinois,” says Arden. “My high school taught me two things I’ve used all my life – electrical wiring and welding. I did all the welding that needed to be done on the farm in those days, and I designed an auger wagon out of an old John Deere combine bin. It didn’t hold 1200 bushels like they run now,” he says with a laugh, “but we used the heck out of it. It sure beat shoveling those soybeans.”