1961 Press Photo LIVINGSTON MERCHANT UNITED STATES OFFICIAL DIPLOMAT

ACTING SECRETARY OF STATE LIVINGSTON MERCHANT LEAVES THE WHITE COURT.Livingston Tallmadge Merchant (November 23, 1903 – May 15, 1976) was a United States official and diplomat. He twice served as United States ambassador to Canada and was Under Secretary for Political Affairs from 1959 to 1961.Merchant was educated at the Hotchkiss School and Princeton, where he was a member of the University Cottage Club. He joined Scudder Stevens and Clark, an investment counselling firm. He became a general partner in 1930.(WIKIPEDIA)