Godfrey Stillman Rockefeller (May 1, 1899 – February 23, 1983) was an American financier and chairman of Cranston Print Works, a Rockefeller-owned textile company.
Early life
Godfrey Stillman Rockefeller was born on May 1, 1899 and was the second son of
William Goodsell Rockefeller (1870–1922) and Sarah Elizabeth "Elsie" Stillman (1872–1935). His paternal grandfather was
William Rockefeller Jr. (1841–1922), brother of
John D. Rockefeller, the co-founders of
Standard Oil
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.
His maternal grandfather was
James Jewett Stillman (1850–1918), a businessman who was
chairman of the board of directors
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of the
National City Bank.
He was a member of the
Skull and Bones society and graduated from Yale University in 1921.
Career
Rockefeller served as a second lieutenant in World War One and served as a lieutenant colonel during World War Two. He was partner in
Clark, Dodge & Company; stockholder in the Enterprise Development Corporation; chairman of the Cranston Print Works; director of Benson & Hedges; trustee of the Fairfield Foundation; and had been a director of
Freeport-McMoRan since December 1931.
Personal life
He was married to Helen Gratz, sister-in-law of
Edward H. Watson
Edward Howe Watson (February 28, 1874 – January 7, 1942) was a career United States Navy officer, who led a squadron of destroyers aground off Point Honda on the California coast in 1923.
Early life and marriage
Watson was born in Frankf ...
. They were the parents of five children:
*
Godfrey Anderson Rockefeller (1924–2010).
*Peter Rockefeller
*Lucy Rockefeller Stewart
*Marion Rockefeller Stone
*Audrey Rockefeller Blair
Rockefeller died on February 23, 1983 of leukemia in
Greenwich, Connecticut.
See also
*
Rockefeller family
References
External links
The Benno C. Schmidt Page
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1899 births
1983 deaths
American people of English descent
American people of German descent
American people of Scotch-Irish descent
Rockefeller family
American financiers
Yale University alumni