Philip Augustus Lang

Philip Augustus Lang (c1857-1937) of British Westinghouse

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1937 Obituary

WE have to announce with regret the death on February 25th, of Mr. Philip A. Lang, at the age of eighty. Mr. Lang was of German origin, but in early life he migrated to America, and in the 'eighties of the last century had risen to the position of head of the detail department of the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company, and subsequently was superintendent of the shops at East Pittsburg.

In the early part of 1906 he came over to this country to be acting general manager of the Trafford Park Works of the British Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company, Ltd., and in July of the same year he was confirmed in the post of general manager. The organisation of these works was a herculean task, as manufacturing had only begun in 1901, and there were as yet no established traditions. Mr. Lang throw himself heart and soul into this work and. concentrated particularly on persuading the employees to work together with mutual good will. He may be said truly to have been the founder of the new well-established social life of the Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Company, Ltd. (the successor to the British Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company, Ltd.).

In September, 1913, he was made managing director of the company. He resigned this position in February, 1918, but remained in a n advisory capacity in London to give the board the benefit of his experience until 1921. After his retirement, however, his contact with the Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Company was still maintained, and he continued in touch with the management until quite recently.

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