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Special FEATURE

In Memoriam

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Glen T. Greenwood
June 2, 1962 – January 18, 2025

The EDM industry has lost one of its own with the untimely pass-
ing of Glen Greenwood. Glen began his career with Sodick in the
mid-1980s, not long after the company established operations in
the United States. He spent his entire professional life in Sodick’s
service department, starting as a fi eld service engineer and rising
to the roles of service manager and technical support engineer.
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Throughout his career, he worked extensively with Wire, Sinker,
and Small-hole EDM technologies.
Glen was both well-liked and highly respected by his colleagues
and customers alike. Following his passing, condolences and
remembrances poured in from those who had the privilege of
working with him over the years.

“ I began working with Glen in 1986. I could not
great mentor to me and many other Sodick engineers. I will
have had a bigger infl uence in my EDM career
always cherish the lessons he taught me and the fun times
than Glen. Glen was an EDM guru. He touched “ Glen had a huge heart and big personality. Glen was a
so many lives in the EDM community. His we had together.”
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knowledge, kindness, and friendship will be
- Phil Frichitthavong, Service Engineer, Sodick, Inc.
greatly missed.”
- Dennis Sharples, Regional Sales Manager,
“ Glen had a larger-than-life personality, was always ready to
Sodick, Inc.
help and did it with a smile. He will be missed.”
- Shane King, Adept Corporation
“ Glen hired me back in 1996. He mentored me in
the aspects of Field Service and we had many,
many memorable experiences in the fi eld,
awesome guy and a valuable machine technician. I can say that
offi ce, and personally. He was always willing
with Glen’s passing the Wire world lost a talented technician,
to help people and offer all his expertise. “ I met Glen through work and discovered that I had met an
I miss him every day, both personally and Sodick lost an experienced and talented employee, his family
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a kind and gracious man, and I lost a friend.”
professionally.”
- Kevin Wellins, Tech Center Manager, Sodick, Inc.
- Carey Manikowski, Machinist / Wire EDM, Corning Inc.
Glen will best be remembered for his love of traveling, his model trains, and his classic cars — a 1966 GTO and a
1971 Chevrolet Cheyenne pickup. He was predeceased by his dear father, Richard E. Greenwood, in 2019.
Glen is survived by his beloved wife, Wanna Greenwood; his two loving sons, Aaron Grant and his wife Stephanie of
Georgia, and Robert Greenwood of North Carolina; his cherished grandchildren, Olivia, Julie, and Evelyn; his adored
mother, Bernice T. Greenwood of Oak Ridge, New Jersey; his loving sister, Dale Dunn, and her husband David of
Jefferson Township, New Jersey; and his dear niece and nephew, Lindsay and Christopher Dunn.
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EDM Today extends condolences to Wanna and the Greenwood family.
There is no doubt that Glen will be missed by many.
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