Andrew Watson Armour III

Andrew Watson Armour III

Andrew Watson "Butch" Armour III (1908-1991) was a member of the Armour meat-packing family (Armour and Company), a company president, and notable philanthropist who gave millions of dollars to Princeton University, St. Mark's School, Chicago's Field Museum of Natural History, and innumerable other charitable causes.

Biography

Armour was born in 1908 in Chicago, Illinois into vast wealth, later moving to Lake Forest, Illinois, where most of the Armours lived. He prepared at St. Mark's School, then went to Princeton University, dropping out in his junior year. He worked for his family's company for a decade, then joined the Huck Manufacturing Co., eventually rising to the position of president. He served on numerous boards.

According to Princeton University's website, Armour gave nearly six million dollars to the university, funding the Armour Centennial Fellowship, the Armour Faculty Support Fund, and a fund for music. He gave millions more to St. Mark's School, where the athletic cage and an endowed teaching position is named in his honor. Armour was also a major contributor for many years to Chicago's Field Museum of Natural History, where the A. Watson Armour III Spring Symposia are named in his honor.

Princeton University's A. Watson Armour III university professorship of slavic languages and literature is endowed in his honor.

References

* http://webscript.princeton.edu/~paw/memorials/memdisplay.php?id=4781


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