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Herbert Thomas Kalmus (9 November 1881 in Chelsea, Massachusetts
Chelsea, Massachusetts

Chelsea is a city in Suffolk County, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, United States directly across the Mystic River from the city of Boston, Massachusetts....
 – 11 July 1963 in Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles is the largest city in the U.S. state of California and the List of United States cities by population in the United States. Often abbreviated as L.A. and nicknamed The City of Angels, Los Angeles is rated as a beta global city, has an estimated population of 3.8 million and spans over in Southern California....
) was the co-founder and president of the The Technicolor Corporation. He received a bachelor's degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a private university research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, United States....
 in 1904; the "Tech" in Technicolor
Technicolor

Technicolor is the trademark for a series of Color film processes pioneered by Technicolor Motion Picture Corporation , now a division of Thomson SA....
 is partly a tribute to that school. He earned his doctorate at the University of Zurich
University of Zurich

The University of Zurich , located in the city of Zurich, is the largest university in Switzerland, with over 24,000 students. It was founded in 1833 from the existing colleges of theology, law, medicine and a new Faculty of philosophy....
, then taught physics, electrochemistry and metallurgy at MIT and Queen's University
Queen's University

Queen's University, generally referred to simply as Queen's, is a coeducational, non-sectarian, research intensive, public university located in Kingston, Ontario, Ontario, Canada....
, Kingston, Ontario
Kingston, Ontario

Kingston, Ontario is a Canadian city located at the eastern end of Lake Ontario, where the lake runs into the St. Lawrence River and the Thousand Islands begin....
, Canada
Canada

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.

In 1912, Kalmus and fellow MIT graduate Daniel Comstock formed Kalmus, Comstock, and Wescott, an industrial research and development firm, with mechanic W.






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Herbert Thomas Kalmus (9 November 1881 in Chelsea, Massachusetts
Chelsea, Massachusetts

Chelsea is a city in Suffolk County, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, United States directly across the Mystic River from the city of Boston, Massachusetts....
 – 11 July 1963 in Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles is the largest city in the U.S. state of California and the List of United States cities by population in the United States. Often abbreviated as L.A. and nicknamed The City of Angels, Los Angeles is rated as a beta global city, has an estimated population of 3.8 million and spans over in Southern California....
) was the co-founder and president of the The Technicolor Corporation. He received a bachelor's degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a private university research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, United States....
 in 1904; the "Tech" in Technicolor
Technicolor

Technicolor is the trademark for a series of Color film processes pioneered by Technicolor Motion Picture Corporation , now a division of Thomson SA....
 is partly a tribute to that school. He earned his doctorate at the University of Zurich
University of Zurich

The University of Zurich , located in the city of Zurich, is the largest university in Switzerland, with over 24,000 students. It was founded in 1833 from the existing colleges of theology, law, medicine and a new Faculty of philosophy....
, then taught physics, electrochemistry and metallurgy at MIT and Queen's University
Queen's University

Queen's University, generally referred to simply as Queen's, is a coeducational, non-sectarian, research intensive, public university located in Kingston, Ontario, Ontario, Canada....
, Kingston, Ontario
Kingston, Ontario

Kingston, Ontario is a Canadian city located at the eastern end of Lake Ontario, where the lake runs into the St. Lawrence River and the Thousand Islands begin....
, Canada
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
.

In 1912, Kalmus and fellow MIT graduate Daniel Comstock formed Kalmus, Comstock, and Wescott, an industrial research and development firm, with mechanic W. Burton Wescott, who left the company in 1921. When the firm was hired to analyze an inventor's flicker-free motion picture system, they became intrigued with the art and science of filmmaking, particularly color motion picture processes, leading to the incorporation of Technicolor in 1915. Most of Technicolor's early patents were taken out by Comstock and Wescott, while Kalmus served primarily as the company's president and chief executive officer.

Herbert Kalmus was married to Natalie Kalmus
Natalie Kalmus

Natalie Kalmus , was credited as the "color supervisor" of virtually all Technicolor feature films made from 1934 to 1949. She was the wife of Technicolor founder Herbert Kalmus from July 23, 1902 to June 22, 1922, although they continued to live together until 1944....
, whose name appears as "color coordinator" in the credits of virtually every live-action Technicolor feature released from 1934 to 1949. Although they divorced in 1922 after twenty years of marriage, they continued to live together, appearing as husband and wife, until 1944. He married Eleanore King in 1949.

He has a star on the Walk of Fame
Walk of fame

* Hollywood Walk of Fame* Canada's Walk of Fame* Paramount Plaza Walk of Fame in Grafton, Wisconsin, Wisconsin* St. Louis Walk of Fame* Long Beach Motorsports Walk of Fame...
 in Hollywood, California.

Kalmus Beach in Hyannis, Massachusetts
Hyannis, Massachusetts

Hyannis is the largest of seven villages in the city of Barnstable, Massachusetts, on Cape Cod. Also it is the commercial and transportation hub of Cape Cod and was designated an urban area as a result of the 1990 census....
, is also named after him.

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