Kevin Lance Armstrong ’87

Kevin died from an apparent heart attack May 3, 2005, in Irvine, Calif. He was 40.

Kevin was born in Macon, Ga., and moved to California after his father died. He graduated with highest honors from Woodbridge High School in Irvine, and he was Irvine's first inductee into the Scholar-Athlete Hall of Fame.

At Princeton, Kevin majored in molecular biology and played freshman and varsity football. He was co-captain of Princeton's 1986 football team. After Princeton, Kevin received a medical degree from UCLA, where he also completed an orthopedic-surgery residency. He later completed a sports and a shoulder orthopedic surgery fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh, while also serving as the assistant team physician for the Pittsburgh Steelers football team and the Pitt men's basketball team. For the past five years, Kevin was an orthopedic surgeon at the UC-Irvine Medical Center.

Kevin won the televised American Gladiators competition. In 2002, he was one of People magazine's "America's Top 50 Bachelors." Kevin was loved for his charismatic leadership, positive attitude, booming voice, and crushing hugs. As a doctor, Kevin wasn't a healer because he had a degree, but rather, because that was who he was.

Kevin is survived by his mother, Kathryn Dean Armstrong, brothers Byron and Dwayne, and his sister, Karen. To them, the class extends deepest sympathy.

The Class of 1987