▁to ▁school . ▁Just ▁after ▁two ▁years ▁of ▁high ▁school , ▁Walter ▁had ▁to ▁drop ▁out ▁and ▁get ▁a ▁full - time ▁job ▁as ▁an ▁app rent ice ▁electric ian , ▁where ▁he ▁mostly ▁w ired ▁houses ▁for ▁two ▁years . ▁While ▁the ▁family ▁moved ▁to ▁Cambridge , ▁he ▁was ▁admitted ▁to ▁R ind ge ▁Techn ical ▁High ▁School ▁to ▁finish ▁out ▁his ▁high ▁school ▁education . ▁He ▁was ▁later ▁accepted ▁at ▁Massachusetts ▁Institute ▁of ▁Technology ▁and ▁during ▁the ▁World ▁War ▁I , ▁serv iced ▁in ▁the ▁military ▁for ▁ 2 7 ▁months . ▁After ▁being ▁dis charg ed ▁in ▁ 1 9 1 9 , ▁Walter ▁chose ▁to ▁purs ue ▁the ▁psych ology ▁field ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Harvard . ▁ ▁Ret ired ▁to ▁Florida , ▁L anger ▁died ▁in ▁Sar as ota ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 1 , ▁aged ▁ 8 2 . ▁ ▁Education ▁ ▁L anger ▁attended ▁Harvard ▁University , ▁gradu ating ▁as ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁class ▁of ▁ 1 9 2 3 . ▁L anger ▁continued ▁to ▁study ▁at ▁Harvard ▁until ▁att aining ▁his ▁Ph D ▁in ▁Psych ology ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 5 . ▁The ▁same ▁year , ▁he ▁tra ve led ▁to ▁purs ue ▁studies ▁in ▁ps y cho analysis ▁in ▁Vienna , ▁Austria ▁where ▁he ▁studied ▁under ▁Anna ▁Fre ud , ▁daughter ▁of ▁Sig mund ▁Fre ud . ▁L anger ▁also ▁saw ▁Fre ud ▁regularly ▁during ▁this ▁time ▁and ▁accompanied ▁him ▁on ▁his ▁trip ▁into ▁ex ile ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 8