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==Early life and education== |
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Lang was born in 1919 in New York City,<ref>{{cite book|title=The Encyclopedia of New York City: Second Edition|year=2010|publisher=Yale University Press|isbn=978-0300182576}}</ref> the son of Ida (née Kaslow) and Daniel Lang, [[Jewish]] immigrants from Russia and [[Hungary]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/nytimes/obituary.aspx?n=eugene-lang&pid=185032995|title=Eugene Lang's Obituary in The New York Times|work=legacy.com|access-date=12 April 2017}}</ref> He attended [[state school|public school]]s including [[Townsend Harris High School]]. At the age of 15 he was admitted as a scholarship student to [[Swarthmore College]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ihaveadreamfoundation.org/html/eugene_m_lang.htm|title=Home - "I have a Dream" Foundation|work=ihaveadreamfoundation.org|access-date=12 April 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110809135804/http://www.ihaveadreamfoundation.org/html/eugene_m_lang.htm|archive-date=9 August 2011}}</ref> and received a [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] in economics in 1938. He then received a [[Master of Science|M.S.]] from [[Columbia Business School]] in 1940.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=4301384&privcapId=4258321&previousCapId=1674644&previousTitle=Munger,%20Tolles%20&%20Olson|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121012161346/http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=4301384&privcapId=4258321&previousCapId=1674644&previousTitle=Munger,%20Tolles%20&%20Olson|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 12, 2012|title=Eugene M. Lang: Executive Profile & Biography - Bloomberg|work=businessweek.com|access-date=12 April 2017}}</ref> He studied mechanical engineering at the [[Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute]] from 1940 to 1941.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.swarthmore.edu/news-events/eugene-lang-38-donates-largest-gift-ever-to-swarthmore|title=Eugene Lang '38 Donates Largest Gift Ever to Swarthmore :: News & Events :: Swarthmore College|work=swarthmore.edu|date=8 December 2012|access-date=12 April 2017}}</ref> |
Lang was born in 1919 in New York City,<ref>{{cite book|title=The Encyclopedia of New York City: Second Edition|year=2010|publisher=Yale University Press|isbn=978-0300182576}}</ref> the son of Ida (née Kaslow) and Daniel Lang, [[Jewish]] immigrants from Russia and [[Hungary]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/nytimes/obituary.aspx?n=eugene-lang&pid=185032995|title=Eugene Lang's Obituary in The New York Times|work=legacy.com|access-date=12 April 2017}}</ref> He attended [[state school|public school]]s including [[Townsend Harris High School]]. At the age of 15 he was admitted as a scholarship student to [[Swarthmore College]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ihaveadreamfoundation.org/html/eugene_m_lang.htm|title=Home - "I have a Dream" Foundation|work=ihaveadreamfoundation.org|access-date=12 April 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110809135804/http://www.ihaveadreamfoundation.org/html/eugene_m_lang.htm|archive-date=9 August 2011}}</ref> and received a B.A. in economics in 1938. He then received an M.S. from [[Columbia Business School]] in 1940.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=4301384&privcapId=4258321&previousCapId=1674644&previousTitle=Munger,%20Tolles%20&%20Olson|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121012161346/http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=4301384&privcapId=4258321&previousCapId=1674644&previousTitle=Munger,%20Tolles%20&%20Olson|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 12, 2012|title=Eugene M. Lang: Executive Profile & Biography - Bloomberg|work=businessweek.com|access-date=12 April 2017}}</ref> He studied mechanical engineering at the [[Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute]] from 1940 to 1941.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.swarthmore.edu/news-events/eugene-lang-38-donates-largest-gift-ever-to-swarthmore|title=Eugene Lang '38 Donates Largest Gift Ever to Swarthmore :: News & Events :: Swarthmore College|work=swarthmore.edu|date=8 December 2012|access-date=12 April 2017}}</ref> |
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== Career == |
== Career == |
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