Who is Eugene Lang?

More than twenty years ago, a successful American businessman made a promise to a group of twelve-year-old students in New York City. Eugene Lang said he would pay the college costs for each student who stayed in high school and graduated. He urged the students to dream about their futures. And he promised to do all he could to help them reach their goals.
     The sixty-one students all came from families who were extremely poor. And Eugene Lang quickly realized that they needed more help than he alone could provide. So he hired a social worker and others to provide the students with services and support they would need. He called the effort the"I Have A Dream" program.
     Since then, the"I Have A Dream Foundation”has expanded to include more than thirteen-thousand students in twenty-seven states. Eugene Lang received the Presidential Medal of Freedom for his work helping, young Americans who could not pay for a college education.