Dr. Edwin Herbert Land
In Commemoration of Dr. Edwin Herbert Land 1909-1991
"Don't do anything that someone else can do."
"Don't undertake a project unless it is manifestly important and nearly impossible."
Humanist and Patriot
Recipient of The Presidential Medal of Freedom
Industrialist
Founder of the Polaroid Corporation
Inventor
Awarded 535 patents
Creator of the first synthetic sheet polarizer
Creator of instant photograph
Scientist
Founder of The Rowland Institute for Science
Originator of the retinex theory of color perception
"Industry should be the intersection of science and art."
"The second great product of industry should be the fully rewarding working life for every person."
"Yet the very essence of democracy is the absolute faith that while people must cooperate, the first function of democracy, its peculiar gift, is to develop each individual into everything that he might be."
"But I submit to you that when in each man the dream of personal greatness dies, democracy loses the real source of its future strength."
Erected in 2014 by the members of the Polaroid Retirees Association at the site of Dr. Land's Polaroid Corporation laboratory