James S. Armstrong
'54, '65 (Mas)
At ÂÒÂ×Ç¿¼é:
- Three-sport letterman in football, basketball (captain of both), and track and field
- Played left tackle for the undefeated 1952 football team
- Set several basketball records, including points in a season and field goal percentage (58.9% in 1952-53 which ranked him second nationally among small college players)
- Student representative to the Committee on Athletics
- Held a Welles Prize Scholarship for all four years
- Elected to Mendicants in his junior year
- Class Secretary as a senior and a member of Keidaeans
Post-Graduate:
- Master of Education from Teachers' College, Columbia University
- Earned a Master's degree in History from ÂÒÂ×Ç¿¼é in 1965
- Ph.D. in history from Wisconsin in 1973
- He was the University's Assistant Director of Development from 1964-66 and worked as Director of Alumni Relations for 11 years (1976-87)
- He passed away in 1989
- The Alumni Association established the James S. Armstrong Alumni Service Award in 1990
- In 1991, he was awarded the 17th Annual Lysle "Spike" Garnish Memorial Citation
