Langdon G. Rankin ’30
Langdon G. Rankin of Essex, Conn., died Oct. 26, 1998. He was 90.
Born in Newark, N.J., he was a member of Princeton's Cannon Club. Langdon was headmaster and later headmaster emeritus of East Woods School in Oyster Bay, N.Y. He also taught history and Latin. After his retirement he continued to work as an educational consultant.
In Essex, he was a member of the Essex Library Committee, president of the Essex Historical Society, and a trustee of the Connecticut River Foundation. His primary hobbies were gardening and the construction of ship models.
He is survived by his wife, Frances, daughters Joan R. Davis and Judith R. Codella, two sisters, three grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren. The class extends its sympathy to his family.
The Class of 1930
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November 2026
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Anna Roosevelt
5 Months AgoThank You, Mr. Rankin
I was a student at Eastwoods under Mr. Rankin’s leadership. He was one of the most important influences on me for my future work because of how he ran the school. He was calm, humane, and always alert intellectually. The Latin I learned from him led me to take more classics, which aided my archaeology and anthropology research in surprising ways (see Roosevelt 2020). I’m a professor at a large public university, which produces thousands of graduates each year who know the difference between facts and fake news. Grateful for having known him.