Kurt Lang

Background

Lang, Kurt was born on January 25, 1924 in Berlin. Came to the United States, 1936.

Education

Bachelor, University of Chicago, 1949; Master of Arts, University of Chicago, 1952; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Chicago, 1953.

Career

Research analyst, Office of the United States Milit. Government, Berlin, 1945-1947; assistant professor, U. Miami, Florida, 1953-1954; research sociologist, Canada Broadcasting Corporation, Ottawa, Ontario, 1954-1956; from assistant to associate professor, Queens College CUNY, Flushing, New York, 1956-1962; associate professor, chair, Queens College CUNY, Flushing, New York, 1963-1964; professor, State University of New York, Stony Brook, 1964-1984; chair, State University of New York, Stony Brook, 1965-1968; professor, U. Washington, Seattle, 1984-1993; professor emeritus, U. Washington, Seattle, since 1993; director School Comm., U. Washington, Seattle, 1984-1987. Visiting associate professor University of California, Berkeley, 1962-1963.

Visiting professor Free U., Berlin, 1992. Consultant Columbia Broadcasting System, New York City, 1964-1965, National Advisory Commission Civil Disorder, Washington, 1967.

Achievements

• Kurt Language has been listed as a notable sociologist, educator, writer by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• book

  • Etched in Memory: The Building and Survival of Artistic Reputation (H. Eugene and Lillian Young's Lehman Series)

    (Between 1880 and 1930, the art of painter-etching rose to...)

  • Military Institutions and the Sociology of War: A Review of the Literature with
  • Etched in Memory: The Building and Survival of Artistic Reputation by Gladys Engel Lang (2001-10-31)
  • Etched in Memory: The Building and Survival of Artistic Reputation by Gladys Lang (2001-06-30)

Membership

Member American Political Science Association (Distinguished Career award in political communications 1994), American Association Public Opinion Research (council 1975-1977, Distinguished Contribution award 1989), American Sociological Association (Edward L. Bernays award 1952), International Institute Communications.

Interests

• Avocations: art study, photography, jogging.

Connections

Son of Ernst and Ilse (Kass) L. Married Gladys Engel, June 9, 1950. Children: Glenna Engel Lang, Kevin Engel Language.

Father:

Ernst Lang

Mother:

Ilse (Kass) Lang

Spouse:

Gladys Engel

child:

Kevin Engel Language Lang

child:

Glenna Engel Lang