Background
Mr. Lin was born in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, in 1891.
Mr. Lin was born in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, in 1891.
Lin Yun-fang went to America in 1909, where he spent five years in Massachusetts Institute of Techonology studying naval construction.
Following his graduation, he worked for three years in the New London Ship and Engine Co., and the New York Shipbuilding Co., to secure practical training. Upon returning to China in 1919, Mr. Lin organized Lam, Glines & Company, with himself as manager (a concern acting as contractor, architect and trader). Meanwhile, Lin Yun-fang served as director of the Eastern Hide and Leather Co.
Mr. Lin served as a business manager of the Kiangnan Dock and Engineering Works, Shanghai. He then lived in retirement.