William J. Lang, 66, of 5433 Dentwood Drive, retired architect who was a lifelong resident of Dallas, died early Thursday at his home following a long illness.
The son of late Otto H. Lang, a prominent architect himself and once a member of The Dallas City Council, Lang was associated with the firm of Lang & Witchell until his retirement several years ago.
He attended the University of Texas and Cornell University in New York and served in both world wars. During the World War I he was a member of the second officers training class graduated at Camp Leon Springs, Texas, and served as a first lieutenant in the artillery.
Later, he was transferred to the Signal Corps and helped in the construction of Kelly Field in San Antonio and Roosevelt Field on Long Island, New York.
In World War II, Lang returned to service, commissioned as an Air Corps major, and was stationed at Chanute Field, Ill. He retired as a lieutenant colonel.
His son, the late William J Lang Jr., was an Army Air Corps pilot who was captured by the Japanese in the Philippines at the outbreak of World War II. Lieutenant Lang later died when the Japanese prison ship on which he was being transferred northward from Luzon was torpedoed in the China Sea.
Lang is survived by his wife; a daughter, Mrs. Irion Worsham; a sister, Mrs. G. H. Frost, and thress grandchildren, all of Dallas.
Published in the Dallas Morning News on 12-07-1956.
The son of late Otto H. Lang, a prominent architect himself and once a member of The Dallas City Council, Lang was associated with the firm of Lang & Witchell until his retirement several years ago.
He attended the University of Texas and Cornell University in New York and served in both world wars. During the World War I he was a member of the second officers training class graduated at Camp Leon Springs, Texas, and served as a first lieutenant in the artillery.
Later, he was transferred to the Signal Corps and helped in the construction of Kelly Field in San Antonio and Roosevelt Field on Long Island, New York.
In World War II, Lang returned to service, commissioned as an Air Corps major, and was stationed at Chanute Field, Ill. He retired as a lieutenant colonel.
His son, the late William J Lang Jr., was an Army Air Corps pilot who was captured by the Japanese in the Philippines at the outbreak of World War II. Lieutenant Lang later died when the Japanese prison ship on which he was being transferred northward from Luzon was torpedoed in the China Sea.
Lang is survived by his wife; a daughter, Mrs. Irion Worsham; a sister, Mrs. G. H. Frost, and thress grandchildren, all of Dallas.
Published in the Dallas Morning News on 12-07-1956.
William J. Lang, 66, of 5433 Dentwood Drive, retired architect who was a lifelong resident of Dallas, died early Thursday at his home following a long illness.
The son of late Otto H. Lang, a prominent architect himself and once a member of The Dallas City Council, Lang was associated with the firm of Lang & Witchell until his retirement several years ago.
He attended the University of Texas and Cornell University in New York and served in both world wars. During the World War I he was a member of the second officers training class graduated at Camp Leon Springs, Texas, and served as a first lieutenant in the artillery.
Later, he was transferred to the Signal Corps and helped in the construction of Kelly Field in San Antonio and Roosevelt Field on Long Island, New York.
In World War II, Lang returned to service, commissioned as an Air Corps major, and was stationed at Chanute Field, Ill. He retired as a lieutenant colonel.
His son, the late William J Lang Jr., was an Army Air Corps pilot who was captured by the Japanese in the Philippines at the outbreak of World War II. Lieutenant Lang later died when the Japanese prison ship on which he was being transferred northward from Luzon was torpedoed in the China Sea.
Lang is survived by his wife; a daughter, Mrs. Irion Worsham; a sister, Mrs. G. H. Frost, and thress grandchildren, all of Dallas.
Published in the Dallas Morning News on 12-07-1956.
The son of late Otto H. Lang, a prominent architect himself and once a member of The Dallas City Council, Lang was associated with the firm of Lang & Witchell until his retirement several years ago.
He attended the University of Texas and Cornell University in New York and served in both world wars. During the World War I he was a member of the second officers training class graduated at Camp Leon Springs, Texas, and served as a first lieutenant in the artillery.
Later, he was transferred to the Signal Corps and helped in the construction of Kelly Field in San Antonio and Roosevelt Field on Long Island, New York.
In World War II, Lang returned to service, commissioned as an Air Corps major, and was stationed at Chanute Field, Ill. He retired as a lieutenant colonel.
His son, the late William J Lang Jr., was an Army Air Corps pilot who was captured by the Japanese in the Philippines at the outbreak of World War II. Lieutenant Lang later died when the Japanese prison ship on which he was being transferred northward from Luzon was torpedoed in the China Sea.
Lang is survived by his wife; a daughter, Mrs. Irion Worsham; a sister, Mrs. G. H. Frost, and thress grandchildren, all of Dallas.
Published in the Dallas Morning News on 12-07-1956.
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