Early Life
Kenneth Langone was born in Roslyn Heights, New York to working-class parents; his father was a plumber and his mother a cafeteria worker. As a student at Bucknell University, Langone worked various blue collar jobs as a butcher's assistant, a caddy and a ditch digger. While at Bucknell, Langone became a member of Sigma Chi. After graduating in three and a half years, Langone headed back to New York, this time to Manhattan instead of Roslyn Heights. While working full-time during the day, Langone attended New York University Stern School of Business at night. That part-time evening program now bears his name, and is known as the "Langone Program" at NYU.
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