Thomas Charles Armstrong Jr. ’39

Tom died Nov. 1, 2005, following a brief illness, in Greeley, Colo., where he had moved four years earlier. He was 87.

Following graduation, Tom attended Columbia Law School and was admitted to the New York bar in 1942. He enlisted in the Army, where he served as a first lieutenant in the Signal Corps with occasional JAG assignments from 1943 to 1946. He worked for Prentice-Hall from 1946 to 1983, rising to senior managing editor of its Federal Tax Service, which generations of accountants and lawyers have used to decipher US tax codes.

Tom was active in church and civic affairs in Hackensack, N.J., and enjoyed traveling with his wife, Amalie, until her death in 1972. He married Charlotte Hall and moved to Upper Saddle River, N.J., and he was widowed again in 2001.

Princeton remained a central focus of Tom's attention throughout his life, whether introducing his son, Thomas R. '66, to the campus at age 2, or his grandson, Gregory R., at a similar early age, or traveling with our class on its many world journeys, or attending reunions by the dozen, including our 65th.

Tom is survived by his son; daughter Diane Rochester; stepson Douglas Hall; 12 grandchildren (including Gregory '99); and 21 great-grandchildren. To all, we offer sincere sympathy.

The Class of 1939