Armstrong & Georgia Southern: A Shared Heritage, A Shared Future
As Armstrong alumni, you’ve helped shape the legacy that now enriches Georgia Southern’s present and future. The Armstrong Alumni Network is dedicated to keeping your connection to your alma mater strong, providing opportunities to celebrate the memories and traditions you cherish.
Armstrong alumni, like skilled navigators, charted their course at Armstrong, and now, as part of the Georgia Southern family, they continue to navigate new horizons, soaring further and higher. We aim to support those ambitions, whether it’s reconnecting with old classmates or getting to know those of Eagle Nation in cities near you. Stay tuned for upcoming announcements and how you can get involved.
For more information about staying connected as an Armstrong alum, contact us at the Armstrong Campus Alumni Center: 912.344-2586 or alumni@georgiasouthern.edu. You can also follow the Armstrong Alumni Facebook page for news and upcoming events.
Armstrong Tradition
Did you know that Armstrong had a fight song? Do you know how maroon and gold were selected as our colors? Has anyone ever told you about the time our football team played Georgia Tech? Did you know that Navigate used to be called Chaos?
The history of Armstrong is rich with traditions. The Alumni Office is working to help gather and share the history, culture, and traditions of the university with current and former students. If you would like to be part of this fun project, let us know at alumni@georgiasouthern.edu or 912.344.2586.
Geechee Digital Archives
One of Armstrong’s happiest traditions is The Geechee. For those who graduated between 1937 and 1995, you know exactly what we mean. Now, thanks to collaboration between the Lane Library and the Alumni Association, you can flip through your old yearbook online. You can even search for yourself and your friends. The entire collection has been digitized.
Many other materials are also available, including college catalogs, issues of Calliope, Mercury, Students Illustrated, A Book, and much more. Items are being added to the digital archive all the time.
Alma Mater
Alma Mater through the ages,
Singing thy undying fame,
Will thy sons and daughters cherish
And defend thy golden name?
To each heart thy noble story
And thy calm and stately grace
Herald thine immortal glory.
Armstrong, hail, all hail to thee
Alma Mater, those before us
Left thine honor great and strong;
We who follow take their banner,
Raise it with a fighting song!
Consecrated is thy teaching,
Sacred is thy marble height,
Glorious thy spirit reaching
Ever upward to the light.
—Words by Margaret Spencer Lubs and Doris Falk, Class of 1939
Notable Alumni Award Winners
When we celebrated our 75th anniversary in 2010, we also launched a new campus tradition: Armstrong Notables. This program provides a way to recognize and reconnect with Armstrong alumni. Armstrong Notables represent the different sectors of the community, government, nonprofits, the business world and various departments of the university. Students, faculty, staff, Armstrong Alumni Association board members and past recipients of the award are asked to nominate alums who have distinguished themselves in their professions, through community service or a combination of both. Students, faculty and staff from across the campus, as well as members of the Armstrong Alumni Association are asked to nominate notable alums. Click here to view past Armstrong Notables.
Past Presidents
The Armstrong Alumni Association was founded in 1937 by the first graduating class of Armstrong Junior College. Over the decades, many men and women served as President of the Association. A few served two contiguous terms, but one served two terms separated by 50 years: Mr. Herbie Griffin ’42 first served in 1948 and again in 1998.
- 2017-2018 | Roger Smith
- 2016-2017 | Somi Benson-Jaja
- 2015-2016 | Scott Scheidt
- 2014-2015 | Patricia B. Parker
- 2013-2014 | Andrea M. Turner
- 2012-2013 | Erica T. Acker
- 2010-2012 | Renee Connolly
- 2009-2010 | Sandra B. Jones
- 2008-2009 | Kevin P. Fitzmaurice
- 2007-2008 | Spencer P. Hoynes
- 2006-2007 | Dodie Gay Eberlein
- 2005-2006 | H. Mark Worsham
- 2004-2005 | Crystal Taylor Cooper
- 2003-2004 | Carol Mitchell Russell
- 2002-2003 | Patrick Burk
- 2001-2002 | Amy Tuttle Massey
- 1999-2001 | Kenneth Sellers
- 1998-1999 | G. Herbert Griffin
- 1997-1998 | Kenneth Sellers
- 1996-1997 | Bette Jo Krapf
- 1994-1996 | Joan Weiner Schwartz ♦
- 1993-1994 | Michael Barker
- 1991-1993 | Frances George Arnsdorff
- 1990-1991 | Craig Harney ♦
- 1989-1990 | Leesa Bohler Hunter
- 1988-1989 | Louise E. Mayhew ♦
- 1986-1988 | Michael Joyner ♦
- 1984-1986 | Richard Edwards
- 1983-1984 | Eugene McCracken ♦
- 1981-1983 | Joseph C. Muller ♦
- 1980-1981 | D. Eugene Brewton ♦
- 1979-1980 | Thomas Hux
- 1979 | Francine Wimbish Shuman
- 1978-1979 | Louis Reisman, Sr. ♦
- 1977-1978 | Harriet Kanter Konter ♦
- 1976-1977 | Grady L. Dickey ♦
- 1975-1976 | Amanda McLaughlin Cannon
- 1974-1975 | James W. Head ♦
- 1973-1974 | Eugene McCracken ♦
- 1972-1973 | O. Steve Eady
- 1969-1972 | Young Allen Beall ♦
- 1967-1969 | W. Lance Smith III ♦
- 1965-1967 | Leon Jay Meyer ♦
- 1964-1965 | David Fritts ♦
- 1963-1964 | Jule Rossiter Stanfield ♦
- 1962-1963 | Nelson Haslam ♦
- 1961-1962 | Michael Gannam ♦
- 1960-1961 | John A Peters, Jr. ♦
- 1959-1960 | Arthur I. Jeffords, Jr. ♦
- 1958-1959 | Joseph C. Muller ♦
- 1957-1958 | H. Luke Bowyer, Jr. ♦
- 1956-1957 | John F.M. Ranitz, Jr. ♦
- 1955-1956 | David Robinson ♦
- 1954-1955 | Harry Anestos ♦
- 1953-1954 | Irving Victor ♦
- 1952-1953 | David Elmore ♦
- 1951-1952 | Helen Sharpley ♦
- 1950-1951 | Eleanor Webster Boyd ♦
- 1949-1950 | Frank S. Cheatham, Jr. ♦
- 1948-1949 | G. Herbert Griffin
- 1947-1948 | Siegvart J. Robertson ♦
- 1946-1947 | John D. Tyre ♦
- 1945-1946 | Elise Wortsman Shapiro ♦
- 1944-1945 | Sam Gardner, Jr. ♦
- 1943-1944 | Herbert Traub, Jr. ♦
- 1942-1943 | Mark Johnson ♦
- 1941-1942 | Herbert Traub, Jr. ♦
- 1940-1941 | Robert P. McCuen ♦
- 1939-1940 | James H. Scarborough, Jr. ♦
- 1938-1939 | Frank Barragan Jr. ♦
- 1937-1938 | Mark Johnson ♦
♦ deceased