Background

Lange, Richard Howard was born on April 24, 1924 in Schenectady, New York, United States. Son of Otto Edward and Wilhelmina (Kinum) Lange.

Education

Student, Union College. Doctor of Medicine, New York Medical College, 1948.

Career

Intern, then resident in medicine, Ellis Hospital, Schenectady member honorary staff, Ellis Hospital, Schenectady. Vice president medical affairs Mohawk Valley Physicians Health Plan. Past president medical staff Ellis Hospital.

Chair New York State Health Fraud Advisory Council.

Achievements

• Richard Howard Lange has been listed as a noteworthy physician by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Past president New York State division American Cancer Society, board directors. Board directors Schenectady County Medical Foundation, Schenectady County unit American Cancer Society, Ellis Hospital Foundation. Delegate national board directors American Cancer Society.

Chairman National Questionable Methods Committee Lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1951-1953. Fellow American College of Physicians (Physician Recognition award Upstate region 1984), Society Nuclear Medicine, American College Nuclear Physicians. Member Schenectady County Medical Society, New York State Medical Society (member cancer committee, house of deals, Citizenship award 1988), American Society Internal Medicine, American Medical Association.

Interests

• Avocations: music, scuba diving, underwater photography, skiing, surffishing.

Connections

Married Nancy Ribble, August 9, 1952. Children: Henry, Katherine, Amy.

Father:

Otto Edward Lange

Mother:

Wilhelmina (Kinum) Lange

Spouse:

Nancy Ribble

child:

Henry Lange

child:

Amy Lange

child:

Katherine Lange