He transformed his academic acumen into industrial power and large profits. He was the toast of the industry and proof that Tatung's system of cultivating its human resources over the long term is worth the trouble.
1956 年即成立的大同工業專科，是台灣各大企業興辦大學的濫觴，也是「建教合作」制度的創始者，更是素喜自稱「教授校長董事長」的林挺生最自豪的成就之一，他還以亞當斯密的《國富論》及儒家經典為內容，一直授課至 80 高齡，和他擔任大同公司董事長長達 64 年的紀錄相輝映。