In 1985, Tunghai University in Taichung hired Lin as a professor of painting in distemper. For the first time in the 100 years of the art in Taiwan, it had formally entered a university fine arts curriculum. Leaving the ivory tower
1985 年，私立東海大學美術系禮聘林之助前往教授膠彩畫，在台灣發展了近百年的膠彩畫，第一次正式走進大學殿堂，成為美術系學生的主修課程。