Chuck and Robin Armstrong and family endow a professorship for fundamental research

Chuck Armstrong graduated from OSU with a degree in basic science in 1966, having majored in chemistry. He credits his science education for teaching him how to think and develop the skills he would use in his career. “In the sciences, you are taught how to critically and analytically think,” he says. He went onto a joint career in the U.S. Navy and in banking, eventually running the Bank of America operations in Oregon. In addition to serving on the OSU Foundation Board of Trustees, Chuck served on the College of Science Board of Visitors for over 10 years including as chair, working closely with the college deans.