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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2020

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S E N A T E   R E S O L U T I O N

EXPRESSING DEEPEST CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF COLONEL GORDON

MITCHELL BRUCE LIVINGSTON (USMC, RETIRED)

     Introduced By: Senator Dawn M. Euer

     Date Introduced: January 14, 2020

     Referred To: Placed on the Senate Consent Calendar

     WHEREAS, It is with great sadness that this Senate has learned of the passing of Gordon

Mitchell Bruce Livingston, beloved husband of the late Lucille Kavanaugh, whom he had married

in 1950, and Anne Russell Maxwell, whom he married in 1982. He was the father of Gordon

Mitchell Bruce Livingston, Jr., Jody McKernan Livingston, Mary Allerton Livingston, and

Phoebe Hayes Livingston. He was also the very proud grandfather of Kavanaugh McKernan

Livingston, Katharine Livingston Luther, and Oliver Bernard Lopez; and

     WHEREAS, Born in Richmond, Virginia, Mr. Livingston was the son of Edith and

Bernard Livingston, and the brother of the late Joan Zshoche. During his youth, he had earned the

rank of Eagle Scout; and

     WHEREAS, Mr. Livingston enlisted in the United State Marine Corps by altering his

birthday by six months so he could serve our country that much sooner. He served with honor

and valor during World War II and later in China. He was what is known as a "mustang", which

is a marine who rises through the enlisted ranks to become an officer; and

     WHEREAS, Upon returning stateside, Mr. Livingston graduated from the Severn School

and attended Johns Hopkins University. He left college to serve in the Korean War as a Captain.

He received a Purple Heart and a Bronze Star with Combat "V" and was promoted to the rank of

Colonel; and

     WHEREAS, Upon his return from Korea, Mr. Livingston graduated from and received

his Master's degree from George Washington University. He returned to combat and fought in

Vietnam where he was awarded a second Bronze Star, and was eminently proud of his duty as

Commander of the Ninth Marine Division in Okinawa, Japan, shortly before his retirement in

1974; and

     WHEREAS, As a civilian, Mr. Livingston moved to Rhode Island where he worked as a

boatbuilder and marine surveyor until well into his eighties. In addition, he served as President of

the Jamestown Senior Center, Commander of Post 9447 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Senior

Warden of Trinity Church, Newport, and was a member of the Conanicut Yacht Club and the

New York Yacht Club; and

     WHEREAS, Colonel Gordon Livingston was a steadfast gentleman and honorable and

dedicated veteran, who left this world a far better place because of his life’s endeavors. He

enriched the lives of all who knew him and he will be dearly missed; now, therefore be it

     RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

hereby expresses our deepest sympathies on the passing of Colonel Gordon Mitchell Bruce

Livingston (USMC, Retired); and be it further

     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to

transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to Anne Russell Maxwell and Family.

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