. ▁In ▁addition ▁to ▁Fre ud , ▁L anger ▁helped ▁many ▁Jewish ▁scient ists ▁and ▁Anti - N azi ▁activ ists ▁escape , ▁obtain ing ▁vis as ▁for ▁many ▁Aust rian ▁anal yst s ▁and ▁transport ing ▁small ▁groups ▁of ▁refuge es ▁to ▁the ▁Swiss ▁border . ▁ ▁Career ▁ ▁Walter ▁Charles ▁L anger ▁worked ▁as ▁a ▁ps y cho anal yst ▁out ▁of ▁Harvard ▁University . ▁Following ▁his ▁gradu ation , ▁L anger ▁was ▁accepted ▁into ▁the ▁American ▁Psych iat ric ▁Association ▁( AP A ). ▁However , ▁L anger ▁was ▁accepted ▁into ▁the ▁A PA ▁against ▁common ▁practice ▁as ▁he ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁to ▁be ▁admitted ▁without ▁obtain ing ▁an ▁M . D . ▁It ▁wasn ' t ▁until ▁after ▁finishing ▁high ▁school ▁late ▁and ▁being ▁accepted ▁into ▁M IT ▁that ▁he ▁discovered ▁his ▁interest ▁in ▁ps y cho anal ytics ▁and ▁decided ▁to ▁abandon ▁the ▁route ▁of ▁an ▁electric ian . ▁While ▁att ending ▁college , ▁World ▁War ▁One ▁had ▁begun ▁and ▁L anger ▁was ▁more ▁than ▁happy ▁to ▁en list , ▁although ▁only ▁serving ▁twenty ▁seven ▁months . ▁While ▁away ▁at ▁war ▁he ▁was ▁able ▁to ▁view ▁a ▁wide ▁array ▁of ▁body ▁language ▁and ▁context ual ▁actions ▁of ▁those ▁around ▁him . ▁This ▁experience ▁had ▁led ▁to ▁Lang ers ▁increased ▁interest ▁in ▁interpre ting ▁and ▁analyz ing ▁others . ▁It ▁was ▁Lang ers ▁time ▁serving ▁his ▁country ▁that ▁spark ed ▁his ▁interest ▁and ▁gu ided ▁him ▁to ▁purs ue ▁psych ology ▁and ▁behavior ism ▁at ▁Harvard ▁University ▁after ▁being