Roger Philip Lang

Died March 31 in New York City. He was born in Freeport, Long Island on April 21, 1943 to the late Philip and Ruth Lang. He received a B in Architecture from the University of Michigan in 1996, and was a Loeb Fellow of Harvard University Graduate School of Design in 1976-77. He is survived by his beloved companion, Jean King of Watertown, CT, son Jeremy and wife Karla of Arlington, MA and son Philip Lang of New York City. Also survived by his sister Marcia Tusinski and her husband Walter of Oxnard, CA and brother Bruce Lang of Chico, CA and their children. From 1992 to present, he was the Director of Community Programs and Services for the New York Landmarks Conservancy, working with passion to preserve and restore New York's historic buildings. Among many advocacy projects for the Conservancy, he took on the successful efforts to save and stabilize the historic buildings on the South Side of Ellis Island. He curated the 1998 exhibition "Forgotten Gateway" about the South Side of Ellis Island at the National Buildings Museum in Washington D.C. and at the Museum of the City of New York. From 1968 to 1992, he practiced preservation architecture in Boston, first with Stahl Associates, and for 13 years as Principal of Lang Associates. Major Boston area projects included restoration of Faneuil Hall Markets and adaptive reuses of historic schools. He was a member of the Boston Landmarks Commission from 1978-1988; serving as Vice Chair from 1980 to 1988. From 1980 to present, he was adjunct professor in historic preservation at the University of Vermont from 1980 to the present and from 1980 to 11995 at Boston University. His courses taught hundreds of students about adaptive reuse of historic buildings. A Vietnam Veteran, he was an Officer in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Pleiku, Vietnam from 1966-68. A Memorial Service will be held in New York City at a later date.