Richard Julian Livingston
August 25, 1932 - March 28, 2021
With a saddened heart, we announce that Julian Livingston, 88 1/2 years old, passed away on March 28, 2021, peacefully in his home in Bloomington, Indiana. Born Richard Julian Livingston, he was brought into this world by his mother, Ruth Evelyn Livingston (Campbell), in his grandparents' kitchen in Spencer, Indiana at 4 am, August 25, 1932. At the time, his father Clifford Archer Livingston was a newspaper editor, so the announcement read, "Editor and Mrs. C. A. Livingston are the proud parents of a young newspaper man, an addition to the Spencer Evening World force." However, the newspaper would not be his calling. Instead, Julian had many lifelong passions including Music, Arts, Literature, Genealogical Research and Engineering. During his degrees, he was a member of Tau Beta Pi and Phi Alpha Sinfonia.
He studied music composition at Indiana University with the famed German composer, Bernhard Heiden. His musical comedy, Welcome to France, co-created with Robert Aichele and produced by the drama department's Jordan River Review, was his first significant success, winning best musical in 1954. His quintet and quartet were also premiered during this time period by the faculty American Quintet and a graduate student quartet. He received his Bachelor of Music degree in 1955.
From 1955-57, he was an army 1st Lieutenant in Korea and eventually commanded his own detached operation. He also received a sharpshooter medal. This was followed by an electrical engineering degree at Purdue University, where he graduated cum laude. Starting in 1960 he researched data transmission via modems at Bell Telephone Laboratories in Murray Hill, NJ. He returned to school and by 1966, obtained a Masters' degree in electrical engineering from the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, part of New York University. In 1985, AT&T awarded him a Distinguished Member of Technical Staff for scientific advances in the field of data transmission; especially notable being his approach to a system wide cleanup of phase jitter from both the analog and digital long distance plant, a notorious limit to data transmission's speed and error performance. He stayed with Bell Labs until he retired in 1989. He also belonged to the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
During his life he composed many pieces of music for piano, voice, chamber groups and orchestra. In 1988, he was listed in Who's Who in Music. As conductor of the Elysium Chorale, he was commissioned by the Battleground Arts Center of Freehold, NJ, to write an opera to celebrate the bicentennial in 1976. He wrote and conducted A Twist of Treason, the story of the events leading to Benedict Arnold's treason. One NJ reviewer wrote, "…much of the score was contemporary in style, with well-conceived use of dissonances, sound effects from the percussions, and from machines on stage." This was also performed in Bloomington, Indiana in 2005. In 1983, he was commissioned again to write a musical to celebrate the Battle of Monmouth. He wrote one about Molly Pitcher, a female patriot that tended to the soldiers on the battlefield. His symphonic overture, Paleophony, was premiered by the New Jersey State Symphony Orchestra. Ann Rutledge was sung by the Women's Chorus of Monmouth Conservatory. His Concerto for Small Orchestra has also been read by the Bloomington Camerata.
Throughout his musical career, Julian frequently sought to leverage the artistic talents of his family. Grandchildren would have supporting roles in performances and music composition lessons. Evelyn Binz, (sister-in-law) premiered his Sonata No. 1 for Piano at her New York Lincoln Center debut. The Ancient Spake, a song cycle based on a poem by his father Clifford Livingston, was premiered in February of 1997 by his daughter Diana. In addition, Diana premiered Poseidon and Aphrodite (1990) and Three Poems by Emily Dickinson (1987). Julian Livingston was a long time member of The Composer's Guild of New Jersey.
After retirement, one of Julian's many passions was Genealogy. He researched his DNA lineage for his parents and several family lines. He gave talks about old photographs and tintypes and how to date and interpret their contents. He has been on the board of the Monroe County Historical Society serving over time as President, Vice President, Chair of the Archive Committee, and Director of the Genealogical Library. Following two terms of presidency, Julian received the Society's Gayle Cook award and they have since named the archives in his honor. He wrote a number of books about his ancestors, including The Serious Business series and The Gallups of Spencer.
After retirement, Julian created inventory programs for local businesses. Also, he created and managed websites for the county museum on historical subjects. In addition, Julian and Mary Pat spent many years traveling through Europe and the British Isles. Julian also took Susan to Scotland.
Writing and painting were other lifetime pursuits. He won best painting for "Ruined City," a grim, apocalyptic city scene that took Best In Show at the Manalapan Art Fair in 1964. Because he had won the previous year, he was under enormous pressure to enter another art work so he took a tire, tipped up a plastic foot bath and made a face on it. Under the tire, he wrote, "I'm tired," entered it and won Most Original and Best In Show at a Bell Labs in-house exhibit in 1977. Other oil paintings have taken first place in various exhibits as well. He has also written and published works of fiction under Xlibris, The Anonymous North American Tour of Franz Liszt and a sequel, Paganini, the Vampire Career, published by AuthorHouse in Bloomington, Indiana.
He is survived by his wife, Mary Pat (Heliker) Livingston and his daughters by Lillian Livingston; namely, Susan and her husband, Peter Washabaugh; Diana and husband Geoffrey Friedley. Through marriage to Mary Pat, his other children fathered by Archie M. Bowser Junior (deceased) were Debbie and husband Dale Glenn; and David, recently deceased, and wife Patricia (Steele) Bowser. He also leaves behind his grandchildren Pearce Washabaugh and wife Masa Aleckovic; Alec and wife Anna (Buzolits) Washabaugh; Grace Friedley; Lainey (Glenn) and husband Joshua Clark; Andrew and wife Michelle Glenn; Tyler Glenn; Jeremy and wife, Heidi Glenn; Katlyn (Bowser) and husband Scott Gordon; David C. Bowser, II and wife Amber; Kara Bowser and several great grandchildren.
Graveside services for Julian complete with with military honors will be held Saturday, April 10, 2021 at 3:00PM at the Riverside Cemetery in Spencer, Indiana. Visitation for Julian will be held Saturday April 10, 2021 from 12 PM Noon until 2:00PM at Allen Funeral Home and Crematory 4155 South Old State Road 37.
Obituary courtesy of the Allen Funeral Home and Crematory of Bloomington, Indiana.
August 25, 1932 - March 28, 2021
With a saddened heart, we announce that Julian Livingston, 88 1/2 years old, passed away on March 28, 2021, peacefully in his home in Bloomington, Indiana. Born Richard Julian Livingston, he was brought into this world by his mother, Ruth Evelyn Livingston (Campbell), in his grandparents' kitchen in Spencer, Indiana at 4 am, August 25, 1932. At the time, his father Clifford Archer Livingston was a newspaper editor, so the announcement read, "Editor and Mrs. C. A. Livingston are the proud parents of a young newspaper man, an addition to the Spencer Evening World force." However, the newspaper would not be his calling. Instead, Julian had many lifelong passions including Music, Arts, Literature, Genealogical Research and Engineering. During his degrees, he was a member of Tau Beta Pi and Phi Alpha Sinfonia.
He studied music composition at Indiana University with the famed German composer, Bernhard Heiden. His musical comedy, Welcome to France, co-created with Robert Aichele and produced by the drama department's Jordan River Review, was his first significant success, winning best musical in 1954. His quintet and quartet were also premiered during this time period by the faculty American Quintet and a graduate student quartet. He received his Bachelor of Music degree in 1955.
From 1955-57, he was an army 1st Lieutenant in Korea and eventually commanded his own detached operation. He also received a sharpshooter medal. This was followed by an electrical engineering degree at Purdue University, where he graduated cum laude. Starting in 1960 he researched data transmission via modems at Bell Telephone Laboratories in Murray Hill, NJ. He returned to school and by 1966, obtained a Masters' degree in electrical engineering from the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, part of New York University. In 1985, AT&T awarded him a Distinguished Member of Technical Staff for scientific advances in the field of data transmission; especially notable being his approach to a system wide cleanup of phase jitter from both the analog and digital long distance plant, a notorious limit to data transmission's speed and error performance. He stayed with Bell Labs until he retired in 1989. He also belonged to the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
During his life he composed many pieces of music for piano, voice, chamber groups and orchestra. In 1988, he was listed in Who's Who in Music. As conductor of the Elysium Chorale, he was commissioned by the Battleground Arts Center of Freehold, NJ, to write an opera to celebrate the bicentennial in 1976. He wrote and conducted A Twist of Treason, the story of the events leading to Benedict Arnold's treason. One NJ reviewer wrote, "…much of the score was contemporary in style, with well-conceived use of dissonances, sound effects from the percussions, and from machines on stage." This was also performed in Bloomington, Indiana in 2005. In 1983, he was commissioned again to write a musical to celebrate the Battle of Monmouth. He wrote one about Molly Pitcher, a female patriot that tended to the soldiers on the battlefield. His symphonic overture, Paleophony, was premiered by the New Jersey State Symphony Orchestra. Ann Rutledge was sung by the Women's Chorus of Monmouth Conservatory. His Concerto for Small Orchestra has also been read by the Bloomington Camerata.
Throughout his musical career, Julian frequently sought to leverage the artistic talents of his family. Grandchildren would have supporting roles in performances and music composition lessons. Evelyn Binz, (sister-in-law) premiered his Sonata No. 1 for Piano at her New York Lincoln Center debut. The Ancient Spake, a song cycle based on a poem by his father Clifford Livingston, was premiered in February of 1997 by his daughter Diana. In addition, Diana premiered Poseidon and Aphrodite (1990) and Three Poems by Emily Dickinson (1987). Julian Livingston was a long time member of The Composer's Guild of New Jersey.
After retirement, one of Julian's many passions was Genealogy. He researched his DNA lineage for his parents and several family lines. He gave talks about old photographs and tintypes and how to date and interpret their contents. He has been on the board of the Monroe County Historical Society serving over time as President, Vice President, Chair of the Archive Committee, and Director of the Genealogical Library. Following two terms of presidency, Julian received the Society's Gayle Cook award and they have since named the archives in his honor. He wrote a number of books about his ancestors, including The Serious Business series and The Gallups of Spencer.
After retirement, Julian created inventory programs for local businesses. Also, he created and managed websites for the county museum on historical subjects. In addition, Julian and Mary Pat spent many years traveling through Europe and the British Isles. Julian also took Susan to Scotland.
Writing and painting were other lifetime pursuits. He won best painting for "Ruined City," a grim, apocalyptic city scene that took Best In Show at the Manalapan Art Fair in 1964. Because he had won the previous year, he was under enormous pressure to enter another art work so he took a tire, tipped up a plastic foot bath and made a face on it. Under the tire, he wrote, "I'm tired," entered it and won Most Original and Best In Show at a Bell Labs in-house exhibit in 1977. Other oil paintings have taken first place in various exhibits as well. He has also written and published works of fiction under Xlibris, The Anonymous North American Tour of Franz Liszt and a sequel, Paganini, the Vampire Career, published by AuthorHouse in Bloomington, Indiana.
He is survived by his wife, Mary Pat (Heliker) Livingston and his daughters by Lillian Livingston; namely, Susan and her husband, Peter Washabaugh; Diana and husband Geoffrey Friedley. Through marriage to Mary Pat, his other children fathered by Archie M. Bowser Junior (deceased) were Debbie and husband Dale Glenn; and David, recently deceased, and wife Patricia (Steele) Bowser. He also leaves behind his grandchildren Pearce Washabaugh and wife Masa Aleckovic; Alec and wife Anna (Buzolits) Washabaugh; Grace Friedley; Lainey (Glenn) and husband Joshua Clark; Andrew and wife Michelle Glenn; Tyler Glenn; Jeremy and wife, Heidi Glenn; Katlyn (Bowser) and husband Scott Gordon; David C. Bowser, II and wife Amber; Kara Bowser and several great grandchildren.
Graveside services for Julian complete with with military honors will be held Saturday, April 10, 2021 at 3:00PM at the Riverside Cemetery in Spencer, Indiana. Visitation for Julian will be held Saturday April 10, 2021 from 12 PM Noon until 2:00PM at Allen Funeral Home and Crematory 4155 South Old State Road 37.
Obituary courtesy of the Allen Funeral Home and Crematory of Bloomington, Indiana.
Richard Julian Livingston
August 25, 1932 - March 28, 2021
With a saddened heart, we announce that Julian Livingston, 88 1/2 years old, passed away on March 28, 2021, peacefully in his home in Bloomington, Indiana. Born Richard Julian Livingston, he was brought into this world by his mother, Ruth Evelyn Livingston (Campbell), in his grandparents' kitchen in Spencer, Indiana at 4 am, August 25, 1932. At the time, his father Clifford Archer Livingston was a newspaper editor, so the announcement read, "Editor and Mrs. C. A. Livingston are the proud parents of a young newspaper man, an addition to the Spencer Evening World force." However, the newspaper would not be his calling. Instead, Julian had many lifelong passions including Music, Arts, Literature, Genealogical Research and Engineering. During his degrees, he was a member of Tau Beta Pi and Phi Alpha Sinfonia.
He studied music composition at Indiana University with the famed German composer, Bernhard Heiden. His musical comedy, Welcome to France, co-created with Robert Aichele and produced by the drama department's Jordan River Review, was his first significant success, winning best musical in 1954. His quintet and quartet were also premiered during this time period by the faculty American Quintet and a graduate student quartet. He received his Bachelor of Music degree in 1955.
From 1955-57, he was an army 1st Lieutenant in Korea and eventually commanded his own detached operation. He also received a sharpshooter medal. This was followed by an electrical engineering degree at Purdue University, where he graduated cum laude. Starting in 1960 he researched data transmission via modems at Bell Telephone Laboratories in Murray Hill, NJ. He returned to school and by 1966, obtained a Masters' degree in electrical engineering from the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, part of New York University. In 1985, AT&T awarded him a Distinguished Member of Technical Staff for scientific advances in the field of data transmission; especially notable being his approach to a system wide cleanup of phase jitter from both the analog and digital long distance plant, a notorious limit to data transmission's speed and error performance. He stayed with Bell Labs until he retired in 1989. He also belonged to the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
During his life he composed many pieces of music for piano, voice, chamber groups and orchestra. In 1988, he was listed in Who's Who in Music. As conductor of the Elysium Chorale, he was commissioned by the Battleground Arts Center of Freehold, NJ, to write an opera to celebrate the bicentennial in 1976. He wrote and conducted A Twist of Treason, the story of the events leading to Benedict Arnold's treason. One NJ reviewer wrote, "…much of the score was contemporary in style, with well-conceived use of dissonances, sound effects from the percussions, and from machines on stage." This was also performed in Bloomington, Indiana in 2005. In 1983, he was commissioned again to write a musical to celebrate the Battle of Monmouth. He wrote one about Molly Pitcher, a female patriot that tended to the soldiers on the battlefield. His symphonic overture, Paleophony, was premiered by the New Jersey State Symphony Orchestra. Ann Rutledge was sung by the Women's Chorus of Monmouth Conservatory. His Concerto for Small Orchestra has also been read by the Bloomington Camerata.
Throughout his musical career, Julian frequently sought to leverage the artistic talents of his family. Grandchildren would have supporting roles in performances and music composition lessons. Evelyn Binz, (sister-in-law) premiered his Sonata No. 1 for Piano at her New York Lincoln Center debut. The Ancient Spake, a song cycle based on a poem by his father Clifford Livingston, was premiered in February of 1997 by his daughter Diana. In addition, Diana premiered Poseidon and Aphrodite (1990) and Three Poems by Emily Dickinson (1987). Julian Livingston was a long time member of The Composer's Guild of New Jersey.
After retirement, one of Julian's many passions was Genealogy. He researched his DNA lineage for his parents and several family lines. He gave talks about old photographs and tintypes and how to date and interpret their contents. He has been on the board of the Monroe County Historical Society serving over time as President, Vice President, Chair of the Archive Committee, and Director of the Genealogical Library. Following two terms of presidency, Julian received the Society's Gayle Cook award and they have since named the archives in his honor. He wrote a number of books about his ancestors, including The Serious Business series and The Gallups of Spencer.
After retirement, Julian created inventory programs for local businesses. Also, he created and managed websites for the county museum on historical subjects. In addition, Julian and Mary Pat spent many years traveling through Europe and the British Isles. Julian also took Susan to Scotland.
Writing and painting were other lifetime pursuits. He won best painting for "Ruined City," a grim, apocalyptic city scene that took Best In Show at the Manalapan Art Fair in 1964. Because he had won the previous year, he was under enormous pressure to enter another art work so he took a tire, tipped up a plastic foot bath and made a face on it. Under the tire, he wrote, "I'm tired," entered it and won Most Original and Best In Show at a Bell Labs in-house exhibit in 1977. Other oil paintings have taken first place in various exhibits as well. He has also written and published works of fiction under Xlibris, The Anonymous North American Tour of Franz Liszt and a sequel, Paganini, the Vampire Career, published by AuthorHouse in Bloomington, Indiana.
He is survived by his wife, Mary Pat (Heliker) Livingston and his daughters by Lillian Livingston; namely, Susan and her husband, Peter Washabaugh; Diana and husband Geoffrey Friedley. Through marriage to Mary Pat, his other children fathered by Archie M. Bowser Junior (deceased) were Debbie and husband Dale Glenn; and David, recently deceased, and wife Patricia (Steele) Bowser. He also leaves behind his grandchildren Pearce Washabaugh and wife Masa Aleckovic; Alec and wife Anna (Buzolits) Washabaugh; Grace Friedley; Lainey (Glenn) and husband Joshua Clark; Andrew and wife Michelle Glenn; Tyler Glenn; Jeremy and wife, Heidi Glenn; Katlyn (Bowser) and husband Scott Gordon; David C. Bowser, II and wife Amber; Kara Bowser and several great grandchildren.
Graveside services for Julian complete with with military honors will be held Saturday, April 10, 2021 at 3:00PM at the Riverside Cemetery in Spencer, Indiana. Visitation for Julian will be held Saturday April 10, 2021 from 12 PM Noon until 2:00PM at Allen Funeral Home and Crematory 4155 South Old State Road 37.
Obituary courtesy of the Allen Funeral Home and Crematory of Bloomington, Indiana.
August 25, 1932 - March 28, 2021
With a saddened heart, we announce that Julian Livingston, 88 1/2 years old, passed away on March 28, 2021, peacefully in his home in Bloomington, Indiana. Born Richard Julian Livingston, he was brought into this world by his mother, Ruth Evelyn Livingston (Campbell), in his grandparents' kitchen in Spencer, Indiana at 4 am, August 25, 1932. At the time, his father Clifford Archer Livingston was a newspaper editor, so the announcement read, "Editor and Mrs. C. A. Livingston are the proud parents of a young newspaper man, an addition to the Spencer Evening World force." However, the newspaper would not be his calling. Instead, Julian had many lifelong passions including Music, Arts, Literature, Genealogical Research and Engineering. During his degrees, he was a member of Tau Beta Pi and Phi Alpha Sinfonia.
He studied music composition at Indiana University with the famed German composer, Bernhard Heiden. His musical comedy, Welcome to France, co-created with Robert Aichele and produced by the drama department's Jordan River Review, was his first significant success, winning best musical in 1954. His quintet and quartet were also premiered during this time period by the faculty American Quintet and a graduate student quartet. He received his Bachelor of Music degree in 1955.
From 1955-57, he was an army 1st Lieutenant in Korea and eventually commanded his own detached operation. He also received a sharpshooter medal. This was followed by an electrical engineering degree at Purdue University, where he graduated cum laude. Starting in 1960 he researched data transmission via modems at Bell Telephone Laboratories in Murray Hill, NJ. He returned to school and by 1966, obtained a Masters' degree in electrical engineering from the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, part of New York University. In 1985, AT&T awarded him a Distinguished Member of Technical Staff for scientific advances in the field of data transmission; especially notable being his approach to a system wide cleanup of phase jitter from both the analog and digital long distance plant, a notorious limit to data transmission's speed and error performance. He stayed with Bell Labs until he retired in 1989. He also belonged to the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
During his life he composed many pieces of music for piano, voice, chamber groups and orchestra. In 1988, he was listed in Who's Who in Music. As conductor of the Elysium Chorale, he was commissioned by the Battleground Arts Center of Freehold, NJ, to write an opera to celebrate the bicentennial in 1976. He wrote and conducted A Twist of Treason, the story of the events leading to Benedict Arnold's treason. One NJ reviewer wrote, "…much of the score was contemporary in style, with well-conceived use of dissonances, sound effects from the percussions, and from machines on stage." This was also performed in Bloomington, Indiana in 2005. In 1983, he was commissioned again to write a musical to celebrate the Battle of Monmouth. He wrote one about Molly Pitcher, a female patriot that tended to the soldiers on the battlefield. His symphonic overture, Paleophony, was premiered by the New Jersey State Symphony Orchestra. Ann Rutledge was sung by the Women's Chorus of Monmouth Conservatory. His Concerto for Small Orchestra has also been read by the Bloomington Camerata.
Throughout his musical career, Julian frequently sought to leverage the artistic talents of his family. Grandchildren would have supporting roles in performances and music composition lessons. Evelyn Binz, (sister-in-law) premiered his Sonata No. 1 for Piano at her New York Lincoln Center debut. The Ancient Spake, a song cycle based on a poem by his father Clifford Livingston, was premiered in February of 1997 by his daughter Diana. In addition, Diana premiered Poseidon and Aphrodite (1990) and Three Poems by Emily Dickinson (1987). Julian Livingston was a long time member of The Composer's Guild of New Jersey.
After retirement, one of Julian's many passions was Genealogy. He researched his DNA lineage for his parents and several family lines. He gave talks about old photographs and tintypes and how to date and interpret their contents. He has been on the board of the Monroe County Historical Society serving over time as President, Vice President, Chair of the Archive Committee, and Director of the Genealogical Library. Following two terms of presidency, Julian received the Society's Gayle Cook award and they have since named the archives in his honor. He wrote a number of books about his ancestors, including The Serious Business series and The Gallups of Spencer.
After retirement, Julian created inventory programs for local businesses. Also, he created and managed websites for the county museum on historical subjects. In addition, Julian and Mary Pat spent many years traveling through Europe and the British Isles. Julian also took Susan to Scotland.
Writing and painting were other lifetime pursuits. He won best painting for "Ruined City," a grim, apocalyptic city scene that took Best In Show at the Manalapan Art Fair in 1964. Because he had won the previous year, he was under enormous pressure to enter another art work so he took a tire, tipped up a plastic foot bath and made a face on it. Under the tire, he wrote, "I'm tired," entered it and won Most Original and Best In Show at a Bell Labs in-house exhibit in 1977. Other oil paintings have taken first place in various exhibits as well. He has also written and published works of fiction under Xlibris, The Anonymous North American Tour of Franz Liszt and a sequel, Paganini, the Vampire Career, published by AuthorHouse in Bloomington, Indiana.
He is survived by his wife, Mary Pat (Heliker) Livingston and his daughters by Lillian Livingston; namely, Susan and her husband, Peter Washabaugh; Diana and husband Geoffrey Friedley. Through marriage to Mary Pat, his other children fathered by Archie M. Bowser Junior (deceased) were Debbie and husband Dale Glenn; and David, recently deceased, and wife Patricia (Steele) Bowser. He also leaves behind his grandchildren Pearce Washabaugh and wife Masa Aleckovic; Alec and wife Anna (Buzolits) Washabaugh; Grace Friedley; Lainey (Glenn) and husband Joshua Clark; Andrew and wife Michelle Glenn; Tyler Glenn; Jeremy and wife, Heidi Glenn; Katlyn (Bowser) and husband Scott Gordon; David C. Bowser, II and wife Amber; Kara Bowser and several great grandchildren.
Graveside services for Julian complete with with military honors will be held Saturday, April 10, 2021 at 3:00PM at the Riverside Cemetery in Spencer, Indiana. Visitation for Julian will be held Saturday April 10, 2021 from 12 PM Noon until 2:00PM at Allen Funeral Home and Crematory 4155 South Old State Road 37.
Obituary courtesy of the Allen Funeral Home and Crematory of Bloomington, Indiana.
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