Background
Armstrong, Donald was born on April 15, 1889 in Stapleton, New York, United States. Son of Samuel Treat and Alice (Cobin) Armstrong.
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Armstrong, Donald was born on April 15, 1889 in Stapleton, New York, United States. Son of Samuel Treat and Alice (Cobin) Armstrong.
Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts, Columbia, 1909. Graduate Cours Superieur Technique de l’Artillerie, French Army, Paris, 1924. Graduated from Army Industrial College, 1927.
Honorary Doctor of Laws, Mount Mary College, Milwaukee.
December 1955); 1 son, Warren Putnam. Married second, Irene Troukatchoff de Fonton, December 22, 1956. Commissioned Second lieutenant CAC, United States Army, 1910.
Served Fort Monroe, Virginia, Fort William, Maine, Fort Barrancas, Florida, Fort Monroe (coast defense adjutant).
Assigned to 35th Artillery Brigade, June 1918, as major, brigade adjutant. Staff chief of artillery, American Expeditionary Force, October 1918.
Attached to Direction de l’Artillerie, French Army, Paris, January 1919. Assistant military attache, American Embassy, Paris, 1919-1924.
Student officer, Centre d'Etudes Tactiques d’Artillerie, Metz, June 1920, French Coast Artillery School Toulon, May 1921.
Transferred to Ordnance Department, 1923. Assigned to Watertown Arsenal, 1924, Planning Branch, Office Assistant Secretary of War, 1927. Member Field Artillery Board, Fort Bragg, 1931.
Office Chief of Ordnance, as chief Maintenance Division, 1935.
Became Executive officer, Chicago Ordnance District, July 1939. Promoted to brigadier general, May 22, 1942.
Chief Tank Automotive Center, Detroit, 1942. Commanding general Ordnance Replacement Training Center, Aberdeen, Maryland., 1943.
Commandant Army Industrial College, Washington, 1944.
Commandant Industrial College of Armed Forces, 1945-1946. Assistant to chairman of the executive committee American Standards Association, 1946-1947. Vice president United States Pipe & Fdry.
Company, president and member board directors, 1947-1951.
Director Sloss-Sheffield Steel & Iron Company, United Concrete Pipe Corporation, 1948-1951. With Mutual Security Agency, American Embassy, Paris, 1952.
Director Editorial Advisory Services, Washington, 1953-1956. Commandant national strategy seminars for reserve officers National War College, Washington, 1959, 60.
Member Field Artillery Board, Fort Bragg, 1931. Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member of New York History Society, Newcomen Society, American Sociological Society, Phi Delta Theta.
Clubs: Army and Navy, Cosmos (Washington).
Married Frances Richards Newcomb, August 22, 1912 (deceased. Married second, Irene Troukatchoff de Fonton, December 22, 1956.