Dr. Henry Linford came to Polychrome as the third Director of Research following Mr. Ibert Mellan and Dr. Delos Bown. (Discounting the fact that Simon Chu was ever present as the de facto director of research with various ideas in the development of new products.

He was the one contacted by the court as the expert witness during our court battle against 3M as he was one of the most distinguished electro chemist at Columbia University. An award with his name on is still being awarded today after he passed away suddenly right after our visit to Japan shortening his tenure as our director to less than a year.

See the following announcement published in 2015 by the Electro Chemical Society.

Henry B. Linford Award

Henry B. Linford was a distinguished professor of chemical engineering at Columbia University and known for his work and research in electroplating and corrosion of metals. With a Society history dating back to 1936, Dr. Linford served as ECS secretary for 10 years and president of The Electrochemical Society from 1961-62.

Through his role as an educator and work in electroplating and corrosion, Dr. Linford became one of the most highly recognized members of ECS. In 1936, Henry B. Linford was awarded the Weston Fellowship of $1,000 from The Electrochemical Society. The Weston Fellowship remains an ECS award as part of the our Summer Fellowships program. Dr. Linford was also the recipient of the Acheson Medal and Prize in 1960.

The Henry B. Linford Award for Distinguished Teaching was established in 1981 for excellence in teaching in subject areas of interest to the Society and continues the cycle of recognition.