William L. Cary as chairman of the agency and former U.S. Senator J. Allen Frear Jr. to the commission. In 1957, Eisenhower appointed him Assistant Secretary of the Navy and Comptroller of the Navy Department to succeed William B. Franke (who became Under Secretary of the Navy). While Assistant Secretary, he is known for his efforts to establish controls to rein in costs while the Navy was adapting to nuclear power, missiles, and rockets. Later career On January 2, 1959, Armstrong left public office to become executive vice president of The United States Trust Company in New York, where he handled the banking for securities and law firms. He later became associated with the law firm of Whitman, Breed, Abbott & Morgan, where he was involved in securities and banking and historic preservation law, which he was particularly passionate about. From 1970 to 1971, he served as the 77th president of the Saint Andrew's Society of the State of New York. Personal life Armstrong was married four times, with his first three ending in divorce. On June 30, 1940, he was married to debutante Elisabeth Stillman (–1973) at Christ Protestant Episcopal Church in Watertown, Connecticut. Elisabeth was the daughter of the former Katherine Chase and Dr. Edgar Stillman, whose summer home in Watertown, known as Highfield, hosted the wedding reception. Together, they were the parents of two girls and three boys, including: Katherine Chase Armstrong, who resided in Bronxville, New York in 2000. Elisabeth Stillman Armstrong, who married Jon M. Bushey and resided in Deerfield, Massachusetts in 2000. James Sinclair Armstrong III, who resided in Denver, Colorado in 2000. Stephen Howard Armstrong, who resided in Hadley, Massachusetts in 2000. Robert Stillman Armstrong, who resided in Vienna, Virginia in 2000. On November 12, 1960, he was married for the second time to fellow divorcée Joan Shepard (née Miller) Gilchrist. Joan, a daughter of J. Bernard Miller of Manhattan House and Washington, Connecticut, was a graduate of Chatham Hall in Virginia and Smith College. On May 12, 1973, he was married to Radcliffe and Bryn Mawr College graduate Joan Estelle (née Carroll) Evans in Milton, Massachusetts. Joan, the widow of banker Dwight D. Evans, was a daughter of Dr. Henry G. Carroll, a surgeon. On November 22, 1978, he married for the fourth time to Charlotte P. (née Horwood) Faircloth in New York City. Charlotte, a daughter of Dr. Murray P. Horwood