Background
Yost, Lyle Edgar was born on March 5, 1913 in Hesston, Kansas, United States. Son of Joseph and Alma (Hensley) Yost.
farm equipment manufacturing company executive
Yost, Lyle Edgar was born on March 5, 1913 in Hesston, Kansas, United States. Son of Joseph and Alma (Hensley) Yost.
Bachelor of Science B.A, Goshen College, 1937. Postgraduate, University Indiana, 1940.
Yost was the designer and inventor of the 1947 unloading auger, the catalyst for the development of Hesston Manufacturing in Hesston, Kansas. The device was used to unload grain from farm combines. The company"s controlling stake was sold to Italian corporation Fiat Trattori in 1977.
The remainder of the company was purchased in 1987 by the same firm.
In 1991, a year after being established, AGCO Corporation purchased the rights to Hesston Manufacturing. Yost"s success in the agriculture industry led to multiple awards and accolates, including articles of his success in Fortune and Forbes.
Board of directors, past president Farm and Industrial Equipment Institute. Member Governor's Committee for Partners for Progress Kansas-Paraguay. Chairman of Commission establishing creamery in Uruguay, 1967.
Member State Department cultural delegate to Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, 1967. Past chairman president's advanced county Hesston College (Kansas). Chairman Prince ofPeace Chapel, Aspen, Colorado.
Member Alpha Kappa Psi (honorary).
Married Erma Martin, July 31, 1938. Children: Byron, Winston, Susan, Cameron.