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Eugene M. Lang or Gene Lang (New York City, 1919 – ) is an American philanthropist who founded REFAC Technology Development Corporation in 1951. He created the I Have A Dream Foundation in 1981, and Project Pericles in 2001. He has also made large donations to Swarthmore College, Eugene Lang College, and the Eugene M. Lang Center for Entrepreneurship at Columbia Business School, which is part of Columbia University. In 1996, President Bill Clinton awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom. His philanthropies, focused primarily on education, altogether exceed $150,000,000. Because of his philanthropy in education, he now holds 29 honorary degrees.

He studied at Townsend Harris High School and went on to receive a B.A. from Swarthmore College in 1938. He then received an M.S. from Columbia University in 1940. He was married to his late wife Theresa (Volmar) Lang from 1946 until her death in 2008. The two had three children together, Jane Lang, David Lang and actor Stephen Lang.