Philip D. Lang | |
State: | Oregon |
Office: | 54th Speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives |
Term: | 1975–1978 |
Preceded: | Richard O. Eymann |
Succeeded: | Hardy Myers |
State House2: | Oregon |
District2: | 10th |
Term Start2: | 1961 |
Term End2: | 1979 |
Party: | Democratic |
Birth Date: | 16 December 1929 |
Birth Place: | Portland, Oregon, U.S. |
Profession: | insurance executive |
Residence: | Portland, Oregon, U.S. |
Alma Mater: | Lewis & Clark College |
Philip David Lang (born December 16, 1929) is an American retired politician who was a member of the Oregon House of Representatives.[1]
Philip David Lang was born in Portland on December 16, 1929. He served from 1961 to 1979, including a stint as speaker of the house from 1975 to 1978. He was an insurance company executive.[2] He also served in the United States Air Force and as a trooper with the Oregon State Police upon his graduation from Lewis & Clark College.
Lang is a former chairman of the Oregon Liquor Control Commission and of the National Alcohol Beverage Control Association.[3] [4]