Background

Armstrong, John Kenaston was born on September 2, 1929 in Springfield, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Ralph A. and Avice E. (Bliss) Armstrong.

Education

Bachelor, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, 1950. Master of Business Administration, Harvard University, 1956.

Career

Manager budget and credit, W.R. Grace & Company. New York City, 1956-1958; assistant controller, Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, Michigan, 1958-1963; director marketing, Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, Michigan, 1963-1968; vice president finance, Keene Corporation, New York City, 1968-1977; executive vice president, chief finance officer, INA Corporation, Philadelphia, 1977-1981; executive vice president, CIGNA (merger of Connecticut General & INA), Bloomfield, Connecticut, 1981-1988; president, CIGNA Investment Group, Bloomfield, since 1988; president, Armstrong Associations, Hartford, since 1989. Board directors Sealed Air Corporation, Fairlawn, New Jersey, Loctite, Hartford, Connecticut, Yankee Energy Corporation, Hartford, Aircoa Corporation, Denver.

Achievements

• John Kenaston Armstrong has been listed as a noteworthy company executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Trustee Thomas Jefferson University, 1977-1982, Wadsworth Atheneum, since 1984, Wesleyan University, since 1980. With Signal corpus, United States army, 1951-1953. Member Hartford Golf Club, Eastward Ho Country Club, Grey Oaks Country Club, Phi Beta Kappa.

Clubs: Harvard Business School of New York (vice president 1976-1977). Wesleyan of Philadelphia (president 1977).

Connections

Married Katharine Kipp, December 17, 1955. Children: Leigh, Stephen Kipp.

Father:

Ralph A. Armstrong

Mother:

Avice E. (Bliss) Armstrong

Spouse:

Katharine Kipp

child:

Stephen Kipp Armstrong

child:

Leigh Armstrong