Armstrong – Table of Contents

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disease epidemiology and to public health in general but in the role played as mentor to
other outstanding epidemiologists. Exposed in his early and subsequent career to
outstanding practitioners of the science, he was one of the premier epidemiologists of his
time and represented an ideal combination of qualities that still prevails in the discipline
today; these qualities include the excitement of discovery that is the essence of research,
the commitment to the future represented by teaching and scholarship, and the sincere
dedication to service for the improvement in public health. Armstrong’s devotion to his
work and the conscientious persistence in pursuing his ideas were also representative of
the above qualities. These plus his exemplary personal life are indicative of an altogether
admirable person.
During the course of many years spent in academic and medical study, laboratory
research, the clinical practice of medicine, participation in teaching and academic duties,
this author has encountered many brilliant teachers, investigators, stimulating educators
and physicians but he has recognized only two individuals whom he considers to be true
heroes. Charles Armstrong is one of them.


Notes – Final Years and Legacy



  1. Dr. Armstrong’s daughter, Mary Emma Armstrong carefully assembled, tabulated
    and evaluated much of the information relating to Dr. Charles Armstrong’s life
    after his formal retirement from the Public Health Service. She also provided an
    intimate glimpse into his domestic life, family relationships and his guidelines for
    social behavior and personal relationships outside the laboratory.

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