Chadron State College Athletic Hall of Fame
The son of Ross Armstrong, who was associated with Chadron State for more than 50 years and was the founder of the CSC Athletic Hall of Fame, Bob was a basketball standout for the Eagles in the early 1950s. He scored 856 points during his career, but was best known for his playmaking and defensive abilities. Prior to joining the college team, Armstrong was an all-stater on Chadron Prep’s 27-0 Class C state championship basketball team in 1949-50.
After graduating from CSC, Armstrong taught, coached and was an elementary principal during a 10-year period in Carson City, Nev., and was a professor at the University of Arizona before founding Assurance, Inc., a firm that developed computer software and testing programs that were used by hundreds of schools systems in 25 states and three U.S. trust territories. His wife, the former Jerry Hirchert of Chadron, also graduated from CSC and founded the Armstrong Academy, a private school for pre-kindergartners through sixth graders in Tucson, Ariz. The school was named to honor her father-in-law. Bob died on Oct. 30, 2008. He was 75.
