Lawrence Herbert

Lawrence Herbert is the former chairman and chief executive officer of Pantone Inc a firm best known for the universal standards and multinational color language provided by its publications software hardware and related products and services After earning a Bachelor of Arts in Biology and Chemistry from Hofstra in 1951 Herbert joined Pantone in 1956 as a color matcher He bought the company in 1962 and in 1963 invented the worldrenowned Pantone Matching System which became the standard for global communication of color in the printing publishing packaging graphic arts paint plastics coatings computer film video textile and fashion industries