Philip Robert Livingston, Jr. is the only child of the late Philip Robert Livingston and Marguerite Emery. He married Sara Ann Weigel June 14, 1969, in Montclair, NJ, after meeting while in college in Fulton, MO. They have two children Emery Rile Livingston (Peter Matthew Flannery) and Philip Robert Livingston III (Kimberly Diane Shumate) and four grandchildren Stella Rile Flannery, Patrick O’Rourke Flannery, Philip Robert Livingston IV and Arthur Remy Livingston.
Mr. Livingston attended Demarest Public grammar & junior high school in Demarest, NJ (1952-1961). He was active in sports and cherished all his friendships and experiences. He played Little League baseball between ages eight to 12 and made the All-Star team as a pitcher, shortstop and batted third in the batting order. At eight years old, his father introduced him to the sport of golf, which he played in high school, college and throughout his life. He graduated from Northern Valley Regional High School in Demarest, NJ in 1965 and throughout his four years played on the NVRHS varsity basketball and golf teams. His senior year, he was named Captain of the Demarest NVRHS golf team and they won their league, Bergen County and New Jersey state high school championships.
He attended and graduated from Westminster College in Fulton, MO with a BA degree majoring in Sociology in 1969. He joined Delta Tau Delta National Fraternity in 1966. In 1978, he attended and graduated from Fairleigh Dickinson University Business School in Teaneck, NJ with a MBA degree majoring in Business and Finance.
Mr. Livingston worked for International Business Machines (IBM) Corporation in Montclair, NJ as a Systems Analyst. He worked in multiple sites throughout the New York City metropolitan area (Ramsey (NJ), Franklin Lakes (NJ), Sterling Forest (NY), Poughkeepsie (NY), Endicott (NY), Kingston (NY), Fishkill (NY) and their national HQs in Armonk (NY). After 45+ years he retired in August 2015. He and his wife moved to North Carolina in 2017 to be near their children and grandchildren.
Memberships
- Descendants of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence Former 1st & 2nd Vice President)
- Society of the Cincinnati (NY State Secretary Emeritus; Current Chairman of Claims and Admissions; 2000-2022 Longest Serving Secretary of the NY State Society)
- One Hundred Living Descendants of Blood Royal
- Colonial Order of the Acorn
- Ancient Heraldic and Chivalric Order of Albion (Knighted; Current Registrar General)
- Order of Colonial Lords of Manors in America
- Saint Nicholas Society of the City of New York
- National Society Americans of Royal Descent (Former Registrar General)
- Order of the Crown of Charlemagne in the United States of America
- Order of Three Crusades 1096-1192
- Order of the Merovingian Dynasty (Assistant Genealogist)
- Baronial Order of Magna Charta
- Holland Society of New York
- Saint Andrew's Society of the State of New York
- Order of Indian Wars of the United States
- Hereditary Order of Descendants of Colonial Governors
- Order of Americans of Armorial Ancestry
- Aztec Club of 1847
- Hereditary Order Descendants Loyalists & Patriots American Revolution
- Order of Descendants of Colonial Physicians and Chirurgiens
- Hereditary Order of the Families of Presidents and First Ladies of America
- Order of Lafayette
- Dutch Settlers Society of Albany
- Netherlands Society of Philadelphia
- The Society of First Families of South Carolina 1670-1700
- General Society Sons of the Revolution in the State of New York
- General Society Sons of the Revolution Pennsylvania Society
- Society of the Descendants of the Colonial Clergy
- Sons and Daughters of the Colonial and Antebellum Bench and Bar 1565-1861
- National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution New Jersey (SAR)
- National Society of Sons of the American Colonists
- National Society Sons and Daughters of Antebellum Planters 1607-1861
- National Huguenot Society
- Plantagenet Society
- Order of Washington
- Colonial Order of the Crown
- Sovereign Colonial Society Americans of Royal Descent
- Society of Descendants of Knights of the Most Noble Order of the Garter
- National Society Sons and Daughters of the Pilgrims
- Order of Alba
- Huguenot Society of South Carolina
- Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States
- Royal Society of Saint George
- Order of Medieval Women: Women of Consequence
- Order of the Founders and Patriots of America
- Military Order of the Crusades
- Presidential Families of America
- The Most Venerable Order of Saint Louis
- Society of Colonial Wars in the State of New Jersey
- Family Bruce Society of America
- The Clan Stewart Society of America
- National Society of Magna Charta Dames and Barons
Other
The Social Register
Life Member Delta Tau Delta National Fraternity (Delta Omicron Chapter)
Westminster College College (1966-1969) was named one of the top 10 chapters of this national Fraternity. DTD had 165 chapters during his four years. He was an officer in the 1968-1969 school year.