James Isbell Armstrong (April 20, 1919 – December 16, 2013) was an American academic who was President of Middlebury College.
[3] He served as a professor of classics and Associate Dean without Portfolio at Princeton prior to his arrival at Middlebury.
[5] He created the month-long Winter Term which allows students to spend four weeks in January to enroll in one intensive course or pursue independent research or internships.
[6] Armstrong is credited with laying the groundwork for Middlebury's emergence as a nationally renowned institution, significantly growing the College's enrollment, endowment and physical plant.
During Armstrong's tenure, the campus saw new styles of architecture reflecting changing national taste, including several controversial buildings.