The Armin Family Memorial

Clair Armin was a life science instructor at Reedley College from 1956-1978 until he retired. He died November 30, 1980. His teaching career included eight years as a biology instructor at Amarillo College in Texas before coming to Reedley. Prior to World War II, where he served for four and a half years, he taught eighth grade in an elementary school near Bakersfield. Clair’s undergraduate years were at Long Beach City College and U.C. Berkeley. He received his teaching credential at San Jose State. He earned two masters degrees from USC--an M.S. in biology and an M.A. in education. He earned his Ph.D. at Boulder, Colorado. Clair’s main interests included reading, jazz piano, barbershop quartet music, and going to film lectures.

He and his wife, Betty, had six children. Susan, daughter of Clair and Betty Armin, attended Reedley College in 75-76. She had an affinity for travel. Her senior year in high school was spent in Iceland as an I.C.Y.E. exchange student. She also took time out from her college studies to travel to Europe and North Africa. She continued her college education at Sonoma State as a social science major, but her special interest was art. She hoped to write and illustrate children’s books. She liked music, played trombone in high school and piano from an early age. Susan would have received her degree in June 1981 had she not been struck down and killed by a hit-and-run-driver while she was riding her bicycle on April 3, 1981.