Colin H. Livingstone

Colin H. Livingstone
Livingstone, taken some time between 1905 and 1943
Born
Colin H. Livingstone

June 3, 1863
Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America
DiedFebruary 1, 1943(1943-02-01) (aged 79)

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.[1][2][3][4] He was also the first national president of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA).[5]

  1. ^ "Who's Who In Our City: Being President Seems to Be the Steady Occupation of This Banker, Who Gives a Sensible Recipe for Success". The Washington Herald. District of Columbia. March 30, 1919. p. 16 – via Newspapers.com. President of the Washington and Old Dominion Railway, president of the Virginia Shipbuilding Corporation, president of the Boy Scouts of America, vice president of the American National Bank. Colin H. Livingstone's job in this world is being president. .... he is also the director of about eight other corporations than those ready mentioned. .... He was born at St. John, New Brunswick, Canada, and was educated at McGill University, Montreal
  2. ^ (1) "Virginia Shipbuilding Corporation". George Washington Memorial Parkway. United States Department of the Interior: National Park Service. Archived from the original on October 8, 2017. Retrieved February 5, 2020..
    (2) Jones, Devry Becker (July 22, 2020). Ruppenstein, Andrew (ed.). "A World War I Shipyard Transforms Jones Point: From Shoals to Ships: — 1918-1921 —". Historical Marker Database (HMdb.org). Archived from the original on February 5, 2021. Retrieved February 5, 2020. During World War I (1914-1918), the U.S. government targeted Jones Point as the site for a private shipyard, one of 111 built to aid the war effort. The Virginia Shipbuilding Corporation yard, constructed just before war's end, was designed to build standardized steel cargo ships..
  3. ^ "Reports of Electric Railways: Washington And Old Dominion Railway". Appendix to Fourteenth Annual Report of the State Corporation Commission of Virginia For The Year Ending December 31, 1916. Richmond, Virginia: Davis Bottom, Superintendent Public Printing. 1917. p. 1204. Retrieved February 5, 2021 – via Google Books. Date of organization—May 2, 2011 .... President .. Colin H. Livingstone .. Washington, D.C.
  4. ^ "Old Dominion Citizens' Association Neighborhood Conservation Plan" (PDF). Government of Arlington County, Virginia. pp. 8–10. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 28, 2021. Retrieved January 27, 2021..
  5. ^ Peterson, Robert W. (1984). "Chapter 2: Birth of the BSA". The Boy Scouts: an American adventure. New York: American Heritage Publishing Company. pp. 50, 245. ISBN 0828111731. LCCN 84016748. OCLC 1148008546. Retrieved February 5, 2021 – via Internet Archive. Colin B. Livingstone, a Washington banker, was elected temporary chairman. He would later serve for 15 years as the BSA's first president.; 1910: • November 22 — Colin B. Livingstone elected president pro-tem of the BSA.