Robert Livingston (ice hockey)

Robert Livingston
Personal information
Birth nameRobert Cambridge Livingston
Born(1908-11-03)November 3, 1908
Lawrence, New York, US
DiedApril 2, 1974(1974-04-02) (aged 65)
New Canaan, Connecticut, US
EducationSt. Paul's School
Alma materPrinceton
Spouse
Joan Ordway
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(m. 1942)​
Children4
RelativeSee Livingston family
Medal record
Men's Ice hockey
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1932 Lake Placid Team Competition

Robert Cambridge Livingston (November 3, 1908 – April 2, 1974)[1] was an American ice hockey player who competed in the 1932 Winter Olympics.

Early life

Livingston was born in Lawrence, New York on November 3, 1908 and was named after his paternal grandfather. He was a son of Clara Miller (née Dudley) Livingston and John Griswold Livingston (1872–1961).[2] Among his siblings was brothers John G. Livingston Jr.[3][4] and William Dudley Livingston.[5] His father was the founder and president of J. Livingston & Co., electrical contractors in New York and the first civil governor of the province of Sorsogon in the Philippines in 1902.[2]

His paternal grandparents were Robert Cambridge Livingston and Maria (née Whitney) Livingston (a granddaughter of merchant Stephen Whitney). His aunt, Maud Maria Livingston, was married to Henry Worthington Bull (a son of William L. Bull).[6][7] He was a direct descendant of Philip Livingston, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, and Robert Livingston the Elder, the 1st Lord of Livingston Manor.[2][8] His maternal grandparents were William Dudley and Maria (née Hunt) Dudley of Lexington, Kentucky.[9]

He attended St. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire before Princeton University where he was captain of the Princeton hockey team and a member of Cap and Gown Club. He graduated from Princeton in 1931.[1]

Career

The year after his graduation from Princeton, he was a member of the American ice hockey team in 1932, which won the silver medal. He played one match.[10]

For twelve years, he was a representative of the Grace Line in Peru and served four years as a Lieutenant commander in the U.S. Navy.[1]

Livingston served as president of International Instruments, Inc. until 1969 when it was acquired by Sigma Instruments of Boston. He served on the board of the new firm which manufactured electronic components and devices.[1]

Personal life

On February 21, 1942, Livingston was married to Joan "Muguet" Ordway (1918–2018)[11] in the chapel of St. George's Episcopal Church in Stuyvesant Square in Manhattan,[12] with a reception at the Cosmopolitan Club.[13] Joan, a graduate of the Chapin School and a member of the Junior League who made her debut in 1937,[14] was a daughter of Samuel Gilman Ordway of 25 East End Avenue and East Hampton.[15] Among her family was grandfather Lucius Pond Ordway (a founder of what became 3M) and great-grandfather John M. Gilman (who served in the Ohio and Minnesota House of Representatives). Together, they lived at 969 Park Avenue were the parents of four children, two girls and two boys, including:

  • Robert Cambridge "Chico" Livingston Jr. (b. 1943),[16] a doctor.[11]
  • Patricia Pond Livingston, who married Victor Conrad Stumpf III in 1969.[17] She later married the artist Tom Gottsleben.[11]
  • Philip Livingston, a doctor who married Dr. Lucy Hann.[11]
  • Mildred Dudley "Millie" Livingston (b. 1955),[18]

Livingston died at his home in New Canaan, Connecticut on April 2, 1974.[1] After his death, his widow remarried to Richard Burr Tweedy, a former director of the Stamford Hospital and president of the Stamford Bar Association in 1982, before her death on December 22, 2018 at 100 years of age.[11]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Robert Livingston, Electronics Leader". The New York Times. April 6, 1974. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  2. ^ a b c Times, Special to The New York (10 January 1961). "John G. Livingston of Electrical Firm". The New York Times. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  3. ^ TIMES, Special to THE NEW YORK (October 30, 1937). "MARY T. HARRISON LONG ISLAND BRIDE; Cedarhurst Girl Married to John G. Livingston Jr. in Church Ceremony". The New York Times. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  4. ^ "MRS. D. L COONLEY BRIDE; Former Deborah Locke Is Wed to John G. Livingston Jr". The New York Times. April 27, 1947. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  5. ^ "MISS JANE EDSON TO WED ON JULY 5; Her Marriage to William D. Livingston in St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Sewickley, Pa.DR. HOWELL TO OFFICIATEMiss Kingsley Kohler to Be Maid of Honor--John G. Livingston Jr.His Brother's Best Man". The New York Times. June 23, 1930. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  6. ^ Times, Special to The New York (7 December 1904). "Bull -- Livingston" (PDF). The New York Times. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  7. ^ Times, Special to The New York (8 August 1958). "HENRY W. BULL, 84, EX-TURF CLUB HEAD" (PDF). The New York Times. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  8. ^ Miller, Tom (September 8, 2017). "Daytonian in Manhattan: The Henry W. Bull House – 171 East 62nd Street". daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com. Daytonian in Manhattan. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  9. ^ Leonard, John William (1914). Woman's Who's who of America: A Biographical Dictionary of Contemporary Women of the United States and Canada. American Commonwealth Company. p. 494. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  10. ^ "Robert Cambridge LIVINGSTON - Olympic Ice Hockey | United States of America". www.olympic.org. International Olympic Committee. 17 June 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  11. ^ a b c d e "Obituary: Joan Ordway Livingston Tweedy, 100". Darien Times. 24 December 2018. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  12. ^ "MISS JOAN ORDWAY HONORED AT DINNER; Girl Who Will Be Wed Today to Robert C. Livingston Feted by Parents at Party LUNCHEONS TAKE PLACE Mrs. Robert Mathews and Mrs. Ava Ribblesdale Are Among Those Entertaining". The New York Times. February 21, 1942. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  13. ^ "MISS JOAN ORDWAY WED IN CHAPEL; Wears White Satin Gown at Wedding at St. George's to Robert C. Livingston SHE HAS TEN ATTENDANTS Sister, Mrs. Charles J. Mills,. Patty Ordway and Rosemary Wooster Among Them". The New York Times. February 22, 1942. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  14. ^ "MISS JEAN ORDWAY IS DEBUTANTE HERE; Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. G. Ordway Introduced at a Dinner Dance in Ritz". The New York Times. November 25, 1937. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  15. ^ "MISS JOAN ORDWAY PROSPECTIVE BRIDE; Betrothal of Chapin Alumna to Robert C. Livingston Made Known by Her Parents". The New York Times. January 26, 1942. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  16. ^ "Child Born to Robert Livingstons". The New York Times. January 16, 1943. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  17. ^ "Patricia P. Livingston Is Married". The New York Times. September 14, 1969. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  18. ^ "Child to Mrs. R. C. Livingston". The New York Times. 17 July 1955. Retrieved 31 March 2020.