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