Colin Hamilton Livingstone (June 3, 1863—February 1, 1943) was an American banker and a president of the
Washington and Old Dominion Railway (W&OD RY), the Virginia Shipbuilding Corporation in
Alexandria, and the Washington and Virginia Real Estate Company.
[.] He was also the first
national president
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of the
Boy Scouts of America (BSA).
Life and career
Livingstone was born in
Saint John, New Brunswick,
British North America, on June 3, 1863, and attended
McGill University in
Montreal.
[(1) ] He served as the president of the BSA from 1910 to 1925.[ During that period, he also became the president of the W&OD RY, which was incorporated during 1911, and served as a vice-president of the American National Bank.][
Livingstone served as a private secretary to Senator Stephen Benton Elkins of West Virginia and as the clerk of the Interstate Commerce Committee of the United States Senate.
Livingstone was the namesake of a Arlington County, Virginia, subdivision, ''Livingstone Heights'', and of a nearby W&OD RY station with same name.][Harwood]
p. 141. "GREAT FALLS DIVISION: .... Livingstone Heights". Arlington's present 24th Street North was Livingstone Street, also named for Livingstone, until the County renamed its streets during 1935.[
Livingstone died at age 79 on February 1, 1943, in Fishersville, Virginia. He is buried with his wife, Anna Louise Van de Boe, within the ]churchyard
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of the Reformed Dutch Church of Claverack
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in Claverack, Columbia County, New York.[
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See also
* History of the Boy Scouts of America
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1863 births
1943 deaths
20th-century American railroad executives
Businesspeople from Saint John, New Brunswick
Presidents of the Boy Scouts of America
Scouting pioneers
Place of birth missing
Place of death missing
Canadian emigrants to the United States