Who's Who in China (3rd edition)/Ling Ch'i-chun

Mr. Chi-chun Lin

凌 其峻

(Ling Ch'i-chun)

Mr. Chi-Chun Lin was born at Shanghai, in 1897. He attended Tsing Hua College, Peking, in 1911, and in 1913-16. He then went to America where he attended Iowa State College, 1916-17; Ohio State University 1917-19, from which he was graduated with honor, receiving the degree of Bachelor of Ceramis Engineering. He was the first Chinese student to study ceramics, realizing the importance of developing the ceramic industries in China. While in America Mr. Lin acted as assistant ceramist of the Mosiac Tile Company, Zanesville, Ohio, 1919-20, and research ceramic engineer of the General Electric Company, Schenectady, N. Y. He is the author of several technical papers on high fire procelain and procelain high tension insulators which were published in the Journal of the American Ceramic Society; he is an active member of the same society. Mr. Lin after returning to China in the spring of 1921 investigated the pottery industries at Ishun and Kingteh-cheng under the auspices of the Chinese General Chamber of Commerce, Shanghai. He made personal visits to some ten different provinces in China, investigating clay mining, brick and tile manufacture, glass and enamel making and other ceramic industries. Mr. Lin has acted as engineer of the Ta Hu Cement Company, Wusih. He was one of the founders and is now acting as engineer of the National Pottery Company, Shanghai, the first modern pottery using machinery and scientific methods in making all kinds of porcelain and pottery ware in China. Mr. Lin is a member of the Sigma Xi honorary fraternity, the Chinese Society of Chemical Industries, Committee on Geological Survey, and the Provincial Bureau of Education and Industry, Kiangsu. His business address is National Pottery Co., 96 Szechuen Road, Shanghai. His residence address is 43C Yu Yuen Road, Shanghai.