Eugene Lang

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Eugene M. Lang or Gene Lang (in Hungarian: Láng Jenő) (New York City, 1919 – ) is an American philanthropist who founded REFAC Technology Development Corporation in 1951. He created the I Have A Dream Foundation in 1981, and Project Pericles, Inc. in 2001. He has also made large donations to Swarthmore College, Eugene Lang College, and the Eugene M. Lang Center for Entrepreneurship at Columbia Business School, which is part of Columbia University. In 1996, President Bill Clinton awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

He studied at Townsend Harris High School and went on to receive a B.A. from Swarthmore College in 1938. He then received an M.S. from Columbia University in 1940. He has been married to Theresa (Volmar) Lang since 1946. They have three children, Jane Lang, David Lang and actor Stephen Lang.

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