Phil Lang

Philip David Lang (December 16, 1929 – December 29, 2024) was an American politician who was a member of the Oregon House of Representatives, including serving as speaker. An Oregon native, he was an insurance executive for decades and chair of the Oregon Liquor Control Commission (now Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission).

Early life Philip David Lang was born in Portland on December 16, 1929, to Henry Winfield Lang and Vera Margaret Lang (nee Kern). He was the youngest of five children, and attended the public schools in Portland, including Woodstock Grade School. After deployment in Japan, he attended Lewis & Clark College in Portland, graduating with a bachelor's degree and a juris doctor. He served there from 1961 to 1979, including a stint as speaker of the house from 1975 to 1978. During that time he helped add the office wings to the Oregon State Capitol, for which those offices that house the members of the house of representatives were named after Lang in 1997. He worked in insurance for 35 years. He left the OLCC in 2011.

Lang died on December 29, 2024, at the age of 95.