Michael “Gage” Armstrong

Gage Armstrong, son of Michael and Laurie Armstrong, graduated from Chuckey-Doak High School, ranking first in his class and maintaining a 4.0 GPA. He served as co-president of the National Honor Society and played four years of varsity baseball.  He participated in the Greene County Youth Leadership program, the Greene County Youth Council, and served as a student representative on the Greene County Board of Education.  He was recognized as a Tennessee Scholar and served as a regular Volunteer at Laughlin Memorial Hospital.

Gage graduated Summa Cum Laude as a Midway Honors Scholar from East Tennessee State University with a B.S. degree in Biology and a minor in Health Sciences.  During his time at ETSU, Gage worked at a research lab in the Department of Biomedical Sciences at East Tennessee State University’s Quillen College of Medicine.  His work was a special project concerning nervous system and immune system communication in sepsis.

After graduating, Gage lived in Johnson City, Tennessee and worked at Eastman Chemical Company for 8 years in a variety of Technology roles, including an Application Development Scientist and Global Technology Leader for Specialty Plastics.

Gage remotely continues his career in engineered materials as a Senior Application Development Engineer for Celanese, in Providence, Rhode Island, where he and his wife, Raini reside.