Parker Chesterfield Livingston ^{3 4 5 6 7 8 9}

   Another name for Parker was Park C. Livingston.¹²

   FamilySearch ID: L6DQ-T3G.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1940 in Oak Park, Cook, IL. ¹³ The 1940 census recorded owning a $3000 home at 2729 N. Railroad Avenue in Oak Park: Park Livington, sales manager for dairy, 33, living with wife Elizabeth, 27, and son Barry N., 1. Park was born in South Dakota, Elizabeth in Nebraska, and Barry in Illinois. They lived in the same place in 1935.

2. Occupation: Employer: Dean Milk Co., 20 N. Wacker Dr., Chicago, IL on 16 Feb 1942 in Chicago, Cook, IL. ⁹

3. He was described as 5'9" 203 pounds blue eyes blonde hair light complexion on 16 Feb 1942 in Chicago, Cook, IL. ⁹

4. Residence: 15 South Stough St., Hinsdale, IL on 16 Feb 1942 in Chicago, Cook, IL. ⁹

5. Census in 1950 in La Grange, Cook, IL. ¹⁴ The 1950 census recorded at 202 Kensington Avenue in La Grange: Park C. Livingston, lawyer for retail milk company, 43, living with wife Elizabeth M., 37; Barry M., 11; David O., 9; Park T., 4; and Linda E. 2. Park was born in South Dakota, Elizabeth in Nebraska, and their children in Illinois. Also in the home is a maid, Edna Brown, negro, 43, born in Tennessee.

6. Newspaper: Chicago Daily Tribune: marriage of Park Livingston and Elvira Kaisser, 12 Nov 1958, Chicago, Cook, IL. ¹⁵ Wedding Nov. 21 (photo)
Park Livingston meets his fiancee, Elvira Kaisser, a stewardess, at Midway airport.

Park Livingson, retiring president of the University of Illinois trustees and vice president of the Dean Milk company, will marry an Eastern Air Lines stewardess, Miss Elvira Kaisser, Nov. 21. The German born Miss Kaisser met Livingston on a flight from Charlotte, N. C. to Chicago. She made her final flight Monday night with Livingston abord the plane to Midway airport. The couple will be married in St. Francis Xavier Catholic church in La Grance, where Livingston lives at 202 S. Kensington av.

7. Newspaper: Journal Gazette: Livingston - Kaisser Wedding, 22 Nov 1958, Mattoon, Coles, IL. ¹⁶ Park Livingston, retiring president of the University of Illinois trustees, and Elvira Kaisser of Wilmette, were married Friday. Miss Kaisser, 27, a German-born airline stewardess, and Livingston, 51, met during a flight. It was the second marriage for Livingston whose first wife died a year ago after a long illness. The wedding ceremony in St. Francis Xavier Church, La Grange, was followed by a reception in the Livingston home in La Grange. Mrs. Norman D. Lerch of Wilmette, sister of the bride, was matron of honor. Livingston's daughter, Linda, 11, was the junior bridesmaid. Livingston's three sons Barry, 20, David, 17, and Thomas 13, were ushers. The couple will honeymoon in the Hawaiian Islands. Livingston is vice president and general counsel of the Dean Milk Co.

8. Residence: 202 S Kensington Ave, LA Grange, IL, 60525-2215 in 1993 in La Grange, Cook, IL. ¹⁰

9. Obituary: Chicago Tribune: obituary of Park Livingston on 9 Jun 1999 in Chicago, Cook, IL. ¹¹ Park Livingston, U. of I. Booster
Park C. Livingston was a self-made man who arrived to study at the University of Illinois with just $19 in savings more than 70 years ago but became an invaluable supporter of the school's growth.
Mr. Livingston, 92, died Friday after a long illness at Manor Care Health Services in Hinsdale.
Mr. Livingston, who at 36 became the youngest person to serve as the president of the U. of I. Board of Trustees, was in the headlines often, making an unsuccessful bid for governor and then U.S. senator in the 1950s. At Dean Foods, he rose to vice president and general counsel and battled with the state legislature and milk delivery companies over replacing glass milk bottles with cardboard cartons.
In a 1954 Tribune article about his Senate campaign, Mr. Livingston credited his mother for his success. "She was always trying to impress on me that, if I ever got anywhere, that I would have to do it on my own--that the world didn't owe me a living but only the right to earn a living."
Mr. Livingston took that to heart, his children said. Born in 1906 in a log cabin on a homestead in South Dakota to a railroading family, he had a high school teacher who encouraged him to attend college out of state. He arrived in Champaign with just $19, he told the Tribune in 1954.
A graduate of U. of I. and John Marshall Law School, Mr. Livingston's alumni relationship with the university began in 1930, when he served as assistant dean of men. He then spent 24 years as a board trustee--10 of those as president. In more recent years, Mr. Livingston served as the university's lobbyist and general counsel. He is credited with helping lay the groundwork for the school's Chicago campus.
U. of I. President James Stukel said that most people probably aren't aware of Mr. Livingston's contributions but that one need only look at the Willard Airport in Champaign, the Chicago campus and the Illinois Medical District on the West Side to see the results of his work.
"He was very much the man that was committed to the institution," Stukel said. "He was an extraordinary man who was one of a kind."
After many years on the board, Mr. Livingston learned how to politic, and he used to help the university, said his son, also named Park.
"He always called politics the art of the possible and the art of the compromise," his son said.
A resident of La Grange for more than 50 years, Mr. Livingston raised two families. After his first wife, Elizabeth Murdock Livingston, died in 1945, he married Elvira Kaisser.
Katie Livingston-Brock said her father taught her there were no limits. At a very young age he made her a cup of Sanka and told her that the world was shrinking and that she needed to learn languages. So she did, paving the way for a career in international management.
"He used to say to me, `quiet patience, persistence and tenacity will fade relative obstacles into mere trifles,' " said Livingston-Brock. "As a father he was one of the most incredible mentors."
Until last year, Mr. Livingston was still lobbying Springfield on the university's behalf, but his family said his health began to fail after the death of his son David.
Other survivors include Mr. Livingston's wife, Vera; a son, Barry; daughters Linda Wintermute and Susan Robertson; 11 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday in the First Presbyterian Church of La Grange, 150 S. Ashland Ave. A reception will follow at the Livingston home, 202 S. Kensington Ave., La Grange.

10. Biography: PoliticalGraveyard.com : biography of Park Livingston b. 1906, In 2010. ¹ Park Livingston (b. 1906) \emdash of Hinsdale, DuPage County, Ill.; La Grange, Cook County, Ill. Born in Philip, Haakon County, S.Dak., December 9, 1906. Republican. Lawyer; vice-president and general counsel, Dean Milk Company, Chicago; University of Illinois trustee, 1941-. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Scottish Rite Masons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Theta Chi. Burial location unknown.
Relatives: Son of George H. Livingston and Grace (Sheehan) Livingston; married, December 19, 1936, to Elizabeth Murdock.
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Parker married Julia Elizabeth Murdock, daughter of Leon Otis Murdock and Ruby V. Carpenter, on 19 Dec 1936 in , Cook, IL.¹ (Julia Elizabeth Murdock was born on 2 Jun 1912 in Wymore, Gage, NE,¹⁷ died on 16 Nov 1957 in Chicago, Cook, IL ¹¹ and was buried on 20 Nov 1957 in Downers Grove, , Illinois, USA ¹⁸.)

Parker next married Elvira Maria Kaisser on 14 Nov 1958 in La Grange, Cook, IL.² (Elvira Maria Kaisser was born on 3 Feb 1932 in Göppingen, , BW, DEU ^{19 20} and died on 18 May 2020 in Westmont, DuPage, IL ²⁰.)