Mr. Lang inspiration. 1919 births 2017 deaths Activists from New York (state) American people of Hungarian-Jewish descent American people of Russian-Jewish descent Jewish American philanthropists Philanthropists from New York (state) Businesspeople from Queens, New York Columbia Business School alumni People from Queens, New York Polytechnic Institute of New York University alumni Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients Swarthmore College alumni Townsend Harris High School alumni 20th-century American businesspeople 20th-century American philanthropists 21st-century American Jews