Margaret Elizabeth Langmuir

Background

Langmuir, Margaret Elizabeth was born on November 11, 1935 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Johannes Helmut and Gertrude Rosalinda (Roth) Lang.

Education

Bachelor in Chemistry, Culver-Stockton College, 1956; Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry, Purdue University, 1963.

Career

Chemistry instructor, Wellesley College, 1960-1963; physical chemist, United States Army Natick (Massachusetts) Laboratory, 1963-1969; consultant, Miralin Corporation, Hudson, Massachusetts, 1972-1976; research associate, Northeastern U., Boston, 1976-1978; senior scientist, EIC Corporation, Newton, Massachusetts, 1978-1981; senior scientist, Giner, Inc., Waltham, Massachusetts, 1982-1984; senior scientist, corporation clerk, Covalent Associations, Inc., Woburn, Massachusetts, since 1984.

Achievements

• Margaret Elizabeth Langmuir has been listed as a noteworthy Chemist, consultant by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Moderator First Parish Church, Sudbury, Massachusetts, 1983. Chairman Sudbury Conservation Commission, 1969-1978. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, League of Women Voters, American Chemical Society, Electrochemical Society, Master Singers, Inc.

(president 1989-1991), Appalachian Mountain Club (land leader since 1962), Massachusetts Wildflower Society, Audubon Society, Sigma Delta Epsilon (president West Lafayette, Indiana chapter 1959), Sigma Xi.

Interests

• Avocations: painting, mountain climbing, sailing.

Connections

Married Dean Bruce Langmuir, June 30, 1962. Children: Jonathan B., Lisa Dean.

Father:

Johannes Helmut Lang

Mother:

Gertrude Rosalinda (Roth) Lang

Spouse:

Dean Bruce Langmuir

child:

Lisa Dean Langmuir

child:

Jonathan B. Langmuir