William G. Armstrong

William G. Armstrong Jr., a native of Cleveland, Ohio, holds a degree in political science and journalism from Kent State University. He is a former writer for the Associated Press, assistant dean of the New York University graduate school of business, and worked for more than two decades as a senior public relations executive in New York. He served as a U.S. Navy public affairs officer for 30 years, retiring with the rank of Captain. He has written several specialty books, including a seminal textbook on business-press relations, and two books about ballooning.​ He has been a licensed balloon pilot since 1974 and in 1985 set a U.S. national distance record in a hydrogen gas balloon. He is an officer on several non-profit boards, including Sail250NYC, the Brooks Pond Conservation Association and the Norwalk Stamp Club. He lives in Fairfield County, Connecticut.