Posted on 07/06/2016 6:51:45 PM PDT by george76
Bill Armstrong, a former U.S. senator, congressman, owner of the defunct Colorado Springs Sun daily newspaper, and president of Colorado Christian University in Lakewood, died Tuesday, after a five-year struggle with cancer. He was 79.
Armstrong served two terms in the U.S. Senate after defeating Floyd Haskell in 1978. He declined to seek a third term, ending a career in elective office that began with his election to the state House of Representatives in 1963.
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As president of Colorado Christian University, Bill Armstrong sought to 'pass the torch' by preparing students for their future roles in leadership."
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Colorado Springs Mayor John Suthers said in a statement that he considers "Bill Armstrong one of the finest public servants Colorado has ever produced. He was a man of great integrity and great intellect. His priorities of faith, family and country were evident in everything he did. I consider myself blessed to have known him and been inspired by him."
Jon Caldara, president of the Independence Institute, a Denver-based conservative think tank, said .. "It is impossible to understate the impact of Bill Armstrong in Colorado politics.
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A devoted born-again Christian, he became president of Colorado Christian in 2006. During his tenure, the school reached record enrollment and increased incoming ACT scores
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He nominated my dad to President Reagan as a possible Supreme Court Justice (eventually filled by O’Conner. Dad declined the meeting with the President as he didn’t want us living in DC. Would have been exciting. Senator Armstrong was a great man.
I’m glad your father didn’t want you living in D.C., but I suspect he would, for that very reason, have made a very fine Justice.
RIP
He was the best politician CO had in the second half of the 20th century. Gordon Allot was second best.
He’d have made a great President. RIP.
Thanks, APOS! I was going to be a senior in High School and I was the one trying to talk him into going to the meeting. He’s always reminded me of Reagan himself with his humor and stature - and was a gem. I pray that he had no regrets about it. Wish he were still here to ask and I wish I had the smarts to have reached out to Senator Armstrong about that! Hope you’re well!
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We have lost a very good man.
William Armstrong was conservative to the core.
Believed in Term limits and lived up to that belief.
When he left the Senate after two (2) terms, he did something that is so rare, I can only think of one or two other examples. He came home to Colorado.
Damn, just damn.
R I P
William Armstrong
A life well lived.
I too can speak well of this Senator. I voted for him back in the day, and when I wrote to him about an area of concern, he was the only one who responded back. May he rest in peace, and rise to glory in the resurrection!
Colorado Christian university is a fantastic place that lives up to its billing Bill Armstrong is one of the most dynamic warriors for Christ I have had the privilege of hearing speak Heavens gain is truly our loss What a welcome He must have had from His Savior
One of the finest Senators of his time, RIP.
Got a nice, personalized signed photo from him back in the ‘90s after he left office. If only it had been he rather than the weasel Owens that had run for Governor back then (in ‘94 or ‘98). What a useless RINO Owens turned out to be.
Where did Owens go wrong again? I don’t recall.
Armstrong was a good guy. RIP
—a good man-—met Pete Dominick years ago—another good Senator-—
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