Background
Lin, Francis Chien-Ming was born on September 8, 1928 in Paris. Son of P.S. and Lilly (Hsu) Lin.
Lin, Francis Chien-Ming was born on September 8, 1928 in Paris. Son of P.S. and Lilly (Hsu) Lin.
BSChE, West Virginia University, 1952. Master of Science in Chemical Engineering, West Virginia University, 1954.
Research fellow United States Bureau of Mine, Morgantown, West Virginia, 1952-1954. Glass and process control engineer Hazel-Atlas Glass, Zanesville, Ohio, 1954-1957, Continental Can Company, Washington, 1954-1957. Research engineer Westinghouse Research Center, Pittsburgh, 1958-1962.
Executive director China Glass Industrial Research Institute, Taiwan, 1963-1965. Chief engineer, supervisor Westinghouse (Lamp Division), Bloomfield, New Jersey, 1965-1983. Manufacturing engineer, shift supervisor Philips Lighting, Bath, New York, 1986-1990.
Managing director Globalux Corporation, 1990-1996.
President The Cosmopolitan Club, West Virginia University, Y's Men's Club, Zanesville Young Men’s Christian Association, University Chinese Club of Pittsburgh. Producer, director New York comic Opera, New York City, others. Chairman industrial division United Way of Steuben County.
Member advisory council Association for Retarded Citizens. Member American Ceramic Society, National Institute Ceramic Engineers, British Society Glass Technology, Illuminating Engineering Society, American Institute Chemical Engineers, International Glass Commission, National Association Specialty Merchandise, Kiwanis Club of Bath (distinguished president), Wine County Toastmasters Club, Kiwanis Club (director, New York district lieutenant governor, dist chairman, WTN District Lieutenant Governor Hixon award), Elmira Corning Toastmasters Club, Toastmasters International (area 10 governor, southern division governor, district treasurer 65 New York district, Sponsor of Year 1995), Phi Lambda Upsilon.
Married Nancy L. Butler, February 2, 1957 (divorced 1973). Married Jacquely L. Reynolds, July 7, 1974. Stepchildren: Jimmy Autry, Richard Autry.