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STANLEY H. LANGER, a professor emeritus at the University of Wisconsin’s Department of Chemistry and Biological Engineering, died on October 25 at age 86. Langer, a native and former resident of New Orleans, was awarded patents from the U. S. government for commercial fuel cell electrodes and was highly published in the academic world. He was a World War II Navy veteran, who held a Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry from Louisiana State University, belonging to both Phi Eta Sigma and Omicron Delta Kappa honorary fraternities. He also achieved a doctorate in physical chemistry from Northwestern University and later received an honorary doctorate from the University of Oviedo in Spain.<\/p>\n
Langer had served as a supervisory physical chemist for the U.S. Bureau of Mines in Bruceton, PA, worked with American Cyanamid in Cambridge, MA and was a fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation from the University of Cambridge, U.K. He had many successes as a member of the American Chemistry Society and also wrote scholarly articles for the Journal of the Electrochemical Society on topics such as chromatographic separations, hydrometallurgy (gold and copper) and the investigation of electrocatalysts and catalysts.<\/p>\n
Langer never married, but is survived by a brother Bert Langer Goldberg and sister Hope Langer Gertler as well as numerous nephews and nieces and great-nephews and great-nieces.<\/p>\n
Rabbi Uri Topolosky conducted funeral services on Sunday, October 28, at 10:00 a.m. in the chapel of Tharp-Sontheimer-Tharp Funeral Home, 1600 N. Causeway Blvd at 43rd St. in Metairie. Interment followed immediately in Jewish Burial Rites Cemetery, 4221 Frenchmen Street in New Orleans. In lieu of flowers, donations are suggested to the Jewish Social Services of Madison, 6434 Enterprise Lane, Madison, WI 53719-1117. Condolences may be expressed online at www.tharpsontheimer.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n