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Anton Armstrong '78 is finalist for Robert Foster Cherry Award

By Kristina Boyer '05
July 8, 2005

Anton E. Armstrong '78, St. Olaf College's Tosdal Professor of Music and conductor of the St. Olaf Choir, is one of three finalists for Baylor University's Robert Foster Cherry Award for Great Teaching.

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"It is very humbling and greatly affirming, and it recognizes the importance of teaching at St. Olaf," says Armstrong.

The 2006 finalists each receive $15,000, plus $10,000 for their home departments. The award winner, who will be announced in spring 2006, will receive an additional $200,000, plus $25,000 for their home department and will teach in residence at Baylor for a semester during the 2006-07 academic year. The two other finalists are Robert W. Brown at Case Western Reserve University and William R. Cook at State University of New York at Geneseo.

Contact Carole Engblom at 507-646-3271 or leigh@stolaf.edu.