College to Host Memorial Service to Celebrate Life of Theresa Lang ’97, HD ’08

Millicent Clarkson, recipient of the Theresa Lang Scholarship, and Theresa Lang at the 2007 Scholarship Reception.

Several prominent facilities and programs at the College bear Mrs. Lang’s name, in appreciation of her advocacy of education, including The Theresa Lang Theatre, the Theresa Lang Center for Producing and the Theresa Lang Scholarship Fund, which supports students who demonstrate academic merit and are involved with community service. After graduating from Marymount Manhattan College as a returning student in 1997, Mrs. Lang remained a member of the MMC community and served on the Board of Trustees for nearly ten years. The College awarded Mrs. Lang an Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts at the 2008 Commencement Ceremony on May 16 in Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center, in appreciation for her years of service to the College community. 

Outside of Marymount Manhattan, Mrs. Lang has contributed to the Eugene M. Lang Foundation, the New York City Opera and the Hunter College Foundation as a trustee. Mrs. Lang has also been a board member at several hospitals throughout New York City, including the New York Hospital Medical Center, the City Hospitals Visiting Committee for the United Hospital Fund of New York. She was a volunteer Red Cross Nurse Aide at Queens General Hospital and a volunteer at Lenox Hill Hospital.

Published: November 24, 2008