Name/Title
Western Park and Friends- Sarah Armstrong - Jeffrey Pine on Taft Point, Yosemite National ParkDescription
Sarah Armstrong is a trailblazer. Born in 1944 in Oil City, Pennsylvania, she graduated from Cornell with a liberal arts degree in government, intending to become a college teacher. Frustrated with the politics of higher education, she changed careers and worked in Human Resources for three different companies over a total of 39 years. She says that life was challenging in those days for a woman who wanted a career in management. The high point of her career was working at International Telephone & Telegraph, which was like “being paid for going to graduate school in business.” She was the first woman to become a department head there. She was then hired by Campbell Soup Company where she was in charge of executive and employee pay and benefits. She retired from Campbell in 2006 after 20 years of service. Knowing that she loved Berkeley, she bought her house here several years before she retired. She plays classical piano and has recently taken up the cello. She enjoys spending time with her three children and three grandchildren. Her advice is to “know who you are and stand on your own two feet.”