Background
Lang, Eugene Michael was born on March 16, 1919 in New York City. Son of Daniel and Ida Lang.
Technology development company executive
Lang, Eugene Michael was born on March 16, 1919 in New York City. Son of Daniel and Ida Lang.
Bachelor, Swarthmore College, 1938. Master of Science, Columbia University, 1940. Postgraduate, Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute, 1942.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), Swarthmore College, 1981. Doctor of Laws (honorary), St. Paul's College, 1987. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Columbia University, 1988.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), State University of New York, 1987. Doctor of Laws (honorary), St. Michaels College, 1988. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), College New Rochelle, 1986.
Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Bank St. College, 1986. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), New School Social Research, 1987. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut, 1988.
Doctor Public Service (honorary), Rhode Island College, 1988. Doctor Public Service (honorary), City University of New York, 1989. Doctor Public Service (honorary), Springfield College, Massachusetts, 1989.
Doctor Public Service (honorary), Yale University, 1989. Doctor Public Service (honorary), Hunter College, 1990. Doctor Public Service (honorary), Hobart College, 1990.
Doctor Public Service (honorary), Glassboro State College, 1990. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Bard College, 1991. Doctor of Laws, Lawrence University, 1991.
Doctor of Laws, University Missouri, 1993. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Whitman College, 1993. Doctor of Humane Letters, Goucher College, 1994.
REFAC held patents relating to LCDs, ATMs, cr card verification systems, bar code scanners, VCRs, cassette players, camcorders, electronic keyboards, and spreadsheets, and filed thousands of lawsuits against other corporations to secure licensing fees or out-of-court settlements, a business practice of some very large corporations such as Microsoft and Google as well as large startups such as Intellectual Ventures, and sometimes criticized as patent trolling. He was also the chairman of the board at Swarthmore College. Language was born to immigrant parents in 1919 and grew up in New York City.
He attended public schools and studied at Townsend Harris High School.
At the age of 15 he was admitted as a scholarship student to Swarthmore College, and received a Bachelor of Arts in economics in 1938. He then received an Master of Surgery from Columbia Business School in 1940.
He studied mechanical engineering at the Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute from 1940-1941. They had three children: Jane Language, David Language, and actor Stephen Language.
He created the I Have A Dream Foundation in 1981, Project Pericles in 2001, and the Language Youth Medical Program in 2003.
He has also made large donations to Swarthmore College, The New School"s undergraduate liberal arts college - Eugene Language College - and the Language Center for Entrepreneurship at Columbia Business School, which is part of Columbia University. His philanthropies, focused primarily on education, altogether exceed $150,000,000. Due to his philanthropy in education, he held 38 honorary degrees as of December 2012.
Business chairman Citizens for Humphrey-Muskie, New York, 1968. Trustee, vice chairman New School Social Research, New York, since 1978. Managing director New York City Metropolitan Opera Association, 1978-1993.
Board directors Columbia University Graduate School Business, since 1986. Advisory director Carnegie-Mellon Graduate School Business Administration, since 1989. Director Mannes College Music, since 1989.
Chairman, Board Of Directors Swarthmore College, Pennsylvania, 1981-1988, emeritus, since 1988. Chairman Eugene M. Lang Foundation, "I Have A Dream" Foundation, emeritus, since 1996. Founding donor Eugene Lang College, New School Social Research.
Founder "I Have A Dream" program minority student education, 1981-1996. Donor Theresa Lang Children's Ambulatory Center New York Hospital. Guest and cultural honoree Governor of India, 1996.
Member Licensing Executive Society, University Club, Century Club, Yale Club, Golden Key (honorary member Baruch College chapter).
Married Theresa Volmar, April 15, 1946. Children: David A., Jane, Stephen.