02/10/07

James R Lang

Magician - Audio Visual Engineer - Software Designer

Born: 7 February 1945 in Cleveland Ohio to Francis Harover Lang and Rachel Louise Boyce Lang

Married: 1 July, 1967 to Marilyn Francis Hosken

Offsprings: Christopher Charles Santos-Lang and James Walter Lang, III

Professional Career: 1967-68 Morning Man and sales for WOHI AM and WRTS FM in East Liverpool Ohio; 1968-69 US Navy Reserve Journalist; 1969-76 General Manager WEIR AM in Weirton WV; 1976-79 Vice President of Sales at Station Business Systems in Bellingham WA; 1979-85 SBS was acquired by Control Data Corporation, renamed MAGNICOM, and moved to Greenwich CT, Jim served as Vice President Sales, then Vice President Market Development, then Vice President Technical Support and Product Development; 1986-89 formed Eaglestone (a mail order division of Siber-Hegner NA) in Milford CT; 1989-93 Director of Marketing for division of MacMillian McGraw Hill in Avon CT; formed Imagination Works in 1993 where he currently serves as President, Trumbull CT.

Education: East Liverpool High School 1963; Mount Union College, Alliance OH 1967 BA in Speech and Drama and minor in Education

Memberships, Offices and Awards:

• Rotary Clubs of Weirton WV, Bellingham WA, Greenwich CT, and Trumbull CT; President 1996-97, Assistant Governor 1999-2001, District Governor 2002-03; Man of the Year 1975, Paul Harris Fellow, Bequest Society Member, Major Donor, Paul Harris Society, Norm Parsells Award (2000), Citation for Meritorious Service (2005), Fellowship of Rotary Magicians.
• International Brotherhood of Magicians Ring 59 1993- ; Wizard Award 2003, Vice President 2005 -07, President-Elect 2007-
• Jaycees, Weirton WV; Community Service Award 1975
• Outstanding Service to the Community award (1970 from Italian Sons and Daughters of America, Weirton WV chapter)
• Town of Trumbull Cable TV Committee 2002-, Vice Chairman 2007-, Trumbull CT
• Charter Cable Advisory Committee 2002-, Vice Chairman 2004- , Newtown CT
• Instrument Society of America 1986-89
• Direct Marketing Association 1986-92

Religion: Methodist, Isaiah Award (man of the Year) 1992