entrepreneur
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An entreprene ...
and former television executive, television and radio host and analyst, co-founder of two Rhode Island good government groups, Operation Clean Government and UsPAC (1991–1993). He currently hosts State of the State (TV show) on a part-time basis.
Career
Lang has a B.A. from the
University of Rhode Island
The University of Rhode Island (URI) is a public land-grant research university with its main campus in Kingston, Rhode Island, United States. It is the flagship public research as well as the land-grant university of Rhode Island. The univer ...
and an M.B.A. from the
Harvard Business School
Harvard Business School (HBS) is the graduate school, graduate business school of Harvard University, a Private university, private Ivy League research university. Located in Allston, Massachusetts, HBS owns Harvard Business Publishing, which p ...
. He also served two years in the
United States Army
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as an officer. He spent eleven years in the Rhode Island recreation business as owner and operator of Lang's Bowlarama, a bowling center and cocktail lounge. It was here that Lang opened the first big screen television sports lounge in the
United States
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. Lang served for five years as the executive director of the Rhode Island Partnership for Science & Technology.
Lang currently serves as chairman, vice-president and Treasurer of Lang Naturals,Lang Naturals official web site Retrieved January 18, 2010 a company founded by his son, David, that produces a wide variety of "health-benefit driven" food, beverages, snacks and cutting edge nutritional supplements for major U.S. retailers. Lang Naturals also makes and markets MR. SPICE Sauces, the only U.S. line of salt-free sauces.
Lang was President of the Rhode Island Separation Of Powers Committee. He has also served on the Boards of many Rhode Island business, social services, art, government, and community organizations, including:
*
Trinity Repertory Company
Trinity Repertory Company (commonly abbreviated as Trinity Rep) is a non-profit regional theater located at 201 Washington Street in Providence, Rhode Island. The theater is a member of the League of Resident Theatres. Founded in 1963, the the ...
*
American Lung Association
The American Lung Association is a voluntary health organization whose mission is to save lives by improving lung health and preventing lung disease through education, advocacy and research.
History
1904–1918: Founding
The organization was ...
-Rhode Island
* Meals on Wheels
*Rhode Island Council of the Arts (chairman)
*Rhode Island Community Food Bank
*Technology Council of Rhode Island
*Brown Venture Forum, now the Brown Forum for Enterprise
In 1990, Lang was a New England finalist for the entrepreneur of the Year Award in 1990. He was named the 1991 recipient of the Governor's Science & Technology Award.
Lang lives in
Newport, Rhode Island
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, is married to Lois, and has two sons, David and Richard.
Media career
Lang spent seven years in
New York City
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with
CBS
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in television production, financial planning and news sales, programming and administration. Lang produced and hosted ''Melting Pot'', a weekly public affairs TV program on WJAR-TV. Lang was a regular panelist on the Violet Round Table, a weekly public affairs TV program on WPRI-TV, hosted by
Arlene Violet
Arlene Violet (born 1943) is an American politician. She was a religious sister in the Sisters of Mercy and Attorney General of Rhode Island 1985–1987. She was the first female Attorney General elected in the United States.Operation Clean Government, a Rhode Island good government group, in 1993. He was the creator of OCG's biennial Candidate Schools, a nonpartisan educational forum that trains citizens in the art of running for elective office. OCG also produces
State of the State
State most commonly refers to:
* State (polity), a centralized political organization that regulates law and society within a territory
**Sovereign state, a sovereign polity in international law, commonly referred to as a country
**Nation state, a ...