Background
III, Thomas Newton Armstrong, was born on July 30, 1932 in Portsmouth, Virginia, United States. Son of Thomas Newton, Junior and Mary Saunders (Tabb) A.
consultant American art and garden specialist
III, Thomas Newton Armstrong, was born on July 30, 1932 in Portsmouth, Virginia, United States. Son of Thomas Newton, Junior and Mary Saunders (Tabb) A.
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Art Students League, 1953. Bachelor of Fine Arts, Cornell University, 1954. Attended, Institute Fine Arts, New York University, 1967.
Personnel coordinator, assistant to Chairman of the Board, Stone & Webster, Inc., New York City, 1957-1965; curator, associate director, Colonial Williamsburg-Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Collection, Williamsburg, Virginia, 1967-1971; director, Pennsylvania Academy Fine Arts, Philadelphia, 1971-1973; director, Whitney Museum American Art, 1974-1990; director emeritus, Whitney Museum American Art, since 1990; director, Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, 1993-1995; president, Tom Armstrong and Associations, since 1996. Director, president The Garden Conservancy. Member selection committee Luce ScholarsProgram, Henry Luce Foundation, Inc. M C.
Honorary trustee emeritus National Building Museum. Trustee New York School Interior Design.
Married Virginia Whitney Brewster, May 18, 1963. Children: Thomas Newton IV, Whitney, Eliot, Amory.