William Warner Lang

Background

Lang, William Warner was born on August 9, 1926 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of William Warner and Lilla Gertrude (Wheeler) Lang.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Iowa State University, 1946; Doctor of Philosophy, Iowa State University, 1958; Master of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1949.

Career

Acoustical engineer, Bolt Beranek and Newman, Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1949-1951; instructor in physics, United States Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, 1951-1955; construction engineering, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, Wilmington, Delaware, 1955-1957; member research staff, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1958; physicist, International Business Machines Corporation, Poughkeepsie, New York, 1958-1992; program manager acoustics technical, International Business Machines Corporation, 1976-1990; member senior technical staff, International Business Machines Corporation, 1990-1992; president, International Institute Noise Control Engineering, Poughkeepsie, since 1988.

Achievements

• William Warner Language has been listed as a noteworthy Physicist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

President Noise Control Foundation, Poughkeepsie, 1975-1992, since 1994. Adjunct Professor physics Vassar College, 1979-1996. Chairman working group International Organisation Standardization, since 1969.

Chairman technical committee 29 International Electrotech. Commission, 1975-1984. Served with United States Navy, 1944-1947, 52.

Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (Audio and Electroacoustics Achievement award 1970,director 1970-1971, Centennial medal 1984), Audio Engineering Society, Acoustical Society American (Silver medal 1984, treasurer 1994-1998), Institute Acoustics (United Kingdom) (honorary). Member National Academy Engineering, Institute Noise Control Engineering/United States of America (president 1978), Rotary (president local club 1975-1976).

Connections

Married Asta Ingard, August 31, 1954. 1 son, Robert.

Father:

William Warner Lang

Mother:

Lilla Gertrude (Wheeler) Lang

Spouse:

Asta Ingard