Born in
Rich Hill, Missouri, Warren grew up in
Girard, Kansas.[2] He obtained his BSc at the
University of Wisconsin in 1919 with a thesis on combined gas-steam cycles.[3] After graduating in 1919, he started his lifelong career at
General Electric. He started as member of the Test Engineering Program,[4] and made it vice president and general manager of the turbine division at General Electric.
Walter Edward Blowney, Glenn B. Warren. The Increase in Thermal Efficiency Due to Resuperheating in Steam Turbines. University of Wisconsin—Madison, 1924.
Glenn B. Warren. Proposed Reciprocating Internal Combustion Engine with Constant Pressure Combustion: Combustion Chamber Separated from Cylinders (modified Brayton Cycle). Society of Automotive Engineers, 1969.
Glenn B. Warren, Some factors influencing motorcar fuel consumption in service, 1965.