James C. Armstrong ’39

PERSONAL & EDUCATION:

• Born 6/12/18 in Minneapolis, MN
• Deceased 1/23/04 in Kensington, CA
• Attended schools in Mill Valley, CA and Lowell High School in San Francisco
• Graduated from Cal with both a BS in Accounting and an MBA
• Served as an officer in the US Marines during WWII

CAREER:

• Began his accounting career with Arthur Anderson & Co in San Francisco
• Established a private accounting practice J.C. Armstrong & Co. in Berkeley, CA in 1949
• The practice is still being operated by his widow Anneliese Armstrong
• Worked to the age of 79, always enthusiastically and creatively

SAE VOLUNTEER:

• Jim and Anneliese handled the books for SAE for nearly a decade during the 1970s
• J.C. also served on the Housing Corp Board where his wisdom kept the Chapter out of trouble on more than one occasion
• Hosted the Actives and new Pledges each fall at the St. Francis Yacht Club’s Sacramento Delta facility

FAMILY & PERSONAL:

• Father of two sons and two daughters
• Loved sailing which he did well and with ingenuity
• Member of the St. Francis Yacht Club in San Francisco
• Everything J.C. did was 110%, there was nothing lax about him
• Some might say he burned the candle at both ends
• But he enjoyed every second of it