Background
Armstrong, Rodney was born on March 5, 1923 in Atlanta. Son of Harold Rodney and Mary Blair (Armstrong) Armstrong.
Armstrong, Rodney was born on March 5, 1923 in Atlanta. Son of Harold Rodney and Mary Blair (Armstrong) Armstrong.
Bachelor, Williams College, 1948. Master of Science, Columbia University, 1950. HHD (honorary), University Liberia, 2000.
Library, Phillips Exeter (N.H.) Academy, 1950-1973; director, library, Boston Athenaeum, 1973-1997; director and library emeritus, Boston Athenaeum, since 1997. N.E. associate Sotheby's.
President Trustees Education Liberia, since 1974, A Republican Institution in the Town of Boston, 1819, 2006—2007. Fellow American Academy Arts Sciences, Society Antiquaries, Pilgrim Society (former trustee Pilgrim Hall Museum). Member American Library Association (life), New Hampshire Library.
Association (past officer, board directors), American Antiquarian Society, Colonial Society Massachusetts, Massachusetts History Society, Manuscript Society (board directors, fellow, past president), New England History Genealogical Society (president 1977-1982, trustee emeritus, 2008), Century Association (New York City), Grolier Club (New York City), Odd Volumes Club (president 1979-1983), Society Cincinnati.
Married Katharine Price Cortesi, June 14, 1969. Children: Louise Spencer Barton, Robert Knowlton.
