N.O. School Principal Walter Langs Jr. Dies
Times Picayune 09-5-1996

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Educator, civic activistWalter Langs Jr., principal of James Lewis Elementary
School for the past 18 years, died Friday of a heart attack while at work. He
was 60.

Mr. Langs was the longtime chairman of the department of education at Xavier
University; a former administrator at Joseph Hardin, Booker T. Washington,
G.W. Carver and Helen S. Edwards schools; and a former adjunct professor at
Southern University at New Orleans and Tulane University.

He also was a notary public, an insurance agent with Primerica Life Insurance
Co., a radio and television technician and a pest-control worker.

Mr. Langs was born in New Orleans. He was a graduate of Xavier Preparatory
School and Xavier University. He received a master's degree in education from
Louisiana State University in New Orleans and a doctorate in educational
administration from Western Michigan University.

He was a member and former treasurer of the Young Men Illinois Club; a team
chairman for the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education;
a member of Kappa Delta Pi fraternity, an international honors society of
educators; an ombudsman with the Governor's Office of Elderly Affairs; a board
member of the New Orleans Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America; a
founding member of the Flamingos Band; and a member of the Principals
Association of New Orleans Public Schools and the Men's Group at Corpus
Christi Catholic Church.

He was a former Army Armed Forces Radio Service broadcaster.

Survivors include two sons, Darren Langs of Shreveport and Bryan G. Langs; a
daughter, Ameena Qadeera of New York City; four brothers, Alvin, Lionel,
Ronald and Earl Dennie Langs; and a grandchild.

A Mass will be said Friday at 11:30 a.m. at Corpus Christi Catholic Church,
2022 St. Bernard Ave. Visitation will be today from 6 to 9 p.m. at D.W. Rhodes
Funeral Home, 3933 Washington Ave., and Friday from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. at the
church. Burial will be in St. Louis Cemetery No. 3.