【美国《核新闻》1991年第34卷第9期第112页报道】朗于1936年9月9日出生在美国宾夕法尼亚州中部山区的一个名叫雷诺沃的小镇,其父当时是宾夕法尼亚铁路工长。朗上高中时想成为一名工程师,后来进入布克奈尔大学专攻电气工程。不久,他对核工程发生了兴趣,1958年大学毕业后,他进入珀杜大学研究生院学习核工程。 [U.S. “Nuclear News” 1991, Vol. 34, No. 9, page 112] Lang was born on September 9th 1936 in a small town named Renovo in the mountains of central Pennsylvania, United States. His father was a Pennsylvania railroad engineer. long. When he was in high school, he wanted to become an engineer and later entered the University of Bockner to specialize in electrical engineering. He soon became interested in nuclear engineering. After graduating from university in 1958, he entered the graduate school of Purdue University to study nuclear engineering.