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Legacies Project Oral History: Fred Lang

Ernst Frederick “Fred” Lang was born in 1916 in Detroit and grew up on Van Dyke Avenue. As a young man he played ragtime and jazz piano in Detroit speakeasies. He attended the University of Michigan LSA and the Medical School. After graduating in 1941, he married his longtime sweetheart, Virginia, and they raised four children. Lang was a radiologist at Harper Hospital in Detroit for 40 years and served as editor of the American Journal of Radiology. He passed away on September 26, 2014.

Fred Lang was interviewed as part of an internship at Applied Safety and Ergonomics in Ann Arbor in 2008 as part of the Legacies Project.

Wynton Marsalis with Tappan Middle School student Eric Walton, at Community High School, January 31, 1996 Photographer: Linda Wan

Wynton Marsalis with Tappan Middle School student Eric Walton, at Community High School, January 31, 1996 image
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Ann Arbor News, February 1, 1996
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Jazz trumpeter and composer Wynton Marsalis offered inspriation and advice to young jazz musicians during a stop at Community High School Wednesday. At left, Marsalis gives Tappan Middle School student Eric Walton some encouragment. Below, Marsalis offers pointers to another Tappan student, drummer David Toronto.
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Legacies Project Oral History: Shirley (Rusty) Schumacher

Shirley (Rusty) Schumacher was born in 1930 in Detroit. She remembers war bonds, scrap drives, and special manufacturing during World War II. She attended William and Mary College and received two master’s degrees in speech and education from the University of Michigan. Schumacher spent most of her career as a teacher at Clague Middle School. In 1985 she founded a student exchange program with Ann Arbor’s sister city, Hikone, Japan. She led a year-long stay there in 1992-93.

Shirley (Rusty) Schumacher was interviewed by students from Skyline High School in Ann Arbor in 2018 as part of the Legacies Project.

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