John B. Armstrong at The Ohio State University

     John Blandford Armstrong was a member of two groups while at Ohio State University in the late 1930s.  In this 1937 OSU yearbook pages he is listed as a senior.  He was also listed as a senior in the 1938 yearbook.  This was probably because he was  enrolled in a five year program which resulted in a simultaneous bachelor and masters degrees. One of his degrees was in Chemical Engineering, hence membership in the American Institute of Chemical Engineers.  

American Institute of Chemical Engineers at OSU 1937¹

      The Scabbard and Blade was an organization associated with ROTC (Reserve Officers' Training Corps).  

1937 Scabbard and Blade at OSU

1.  Ancestry.com. U.S. School Yearbooks [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.  Ohio State University 1937 Makio

Saturday in the Fall & The Ohio State University

     Fall Saturday afternoons bring back fond memories of my father.  He graduated for The Ohio State University in 1939.  He followed OSU football passionately.  We could get occasional games on the radio and later on TV.
     We got our first TV in 1964 or 65 when I was in college - a little black and white thing. Since we lived in California, OSU games were not broadcast very often.  He might catch the Michigan game and possibly a Rose Bowl game.  He was sure proud when Ohio State represented the Big Ten in the Rose Bowl.
     My dad had a dislike for Michigan and that dislike (hatred?) was ingrained in us from an early age.  He used to talk about a coach that won everything except the game against Michigan and subsequently got fired.
     My father would have loved cable TV with all of the sports channels.  He did live long enough to see a few channels like ESPN but he would love watching all the games that are on TV now.
    I don't watch a lot of football but when OSU is playing I try to watch at least part of the game because of my dad.  I am watching OSU dismantle Penn State as I write this.
     Oh, did I say that my dad didn't like Michigan.  I don't like Michigan either.