Percy Avery Rockefeller (February 27, 1878 — September 25, 1934)
was a board director who founded and was vice president of Owenoke Corporation. He is the son of American Businessman
William Avery Rockefeller Jr. and the nephew of
Standard Oil
Standard Oil Company, Inc., was an American oil production, transportation, refining, and marketing company that operated from 1870 to 1911. At its height, Standard Oil was the largest petroleum company in the world, and its success made its co-f ...
co-founder
John D. Rockefeller
John Davison Rockefeller Sr. (July 8, 1839 – May 23, 1937) was an American business magnate and philanthropist. He has been widely considered the wealthiest American of all time and the richest person in modern history. Rockefeller was ...
.
Early life
Percy was the youngest son of
William Avery Rockefeller Jr. and Almira Geraldine Goodsell.
[ His father was a ]Standard Oil
Standard Oil Company, Inc., was an American oil production, transportation, refining, and marketing company that operated from 1870 to 1911. At its height, Standard Oil was the largest petroleum company in the world, and its success made its co-f ...
co-founder along with his uncle John D. Rockefeller
John Davison Rockefeller Sr. (July 8, 1839 – May 23, 1937) was an American business magnate and philanthropist. He has been widely considered the wealthiest American of all time and the richest person in modern history. Rockefeller was ...
. He attended Yale University
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from 1897 to 1900,[ where he was a member of ]Skull and Bones
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. Rockefeller was manager of the 1899 Yale Bulldogs football team and earned a varsity letter for his efforts.
Board memberships
He was a board director of Air Reduction Company, American International Corporation, Atlantic Fruit Company, Anaconda Copper Mining Company
The Anaconda Copper Mining Company, known as the Amalgamated Copper Company between 1899 to 1915, was an American mining company headquartered in Butte, Montana. It was one of the largest trusts of the early 20th century and one of the largest mi ...
, Bethlehem Steel Corporation
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, Bowman Biltmore Hotels Bowman-Biltmore Hotels was a hotel chain created by the hotel magnate John McEntee Bowman.
The name evokes the Vanderbilt family's Biltmore Estate, whose buildings and the gardens within are privately owned historical landmarks and tourist attra ...
Company, Cuba Company, Chile Copper Company, Consolidated Gas Company, Greenwich Trust Company, W. A. Harriman & Co. & Brown Brothers Harriman & Company
Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. (BBH) is the oldest and one of the largest private investment banks in the United States.
* a "Brown Brothers, who are the oldest as well as one of the largest private banking concerns in the country" — ¶ 2
* b "T ...
, Mesabi Iron Company, National City Bank of New York
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, National City Company, New York Edison Company
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, North American Reassurance Company, National Surety Company, Provident Loan Society
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, Remington Arms
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, United Electric Light & Power Company, and Western Union
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Founded in 1851 as the New York and Mississippi Valley Printing Telegraph Company in Rochester, New York, the company chang ...
.
Personal life
On April 23, 1901, Percy married Isabel Goodrich Stillman (died 1935). She was the younger daughter of First National City Bank
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president James Jewett Stillman
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(now known as Citibank) and Sarah Elizabeth Rumrill. Together, they had:
# Isabel Stillman Rockefeller (1902–1980). She was a bride's maid at the wedding of Prescott Sheldon Bush (1895—1972) and Dorothy Wear Walker (1901–1992).
#Avery Rockefeller
Avery Rockefeller (September 11, 1903 – May 22, 1986) was an American investment banker and conservationist who was a member of the Rockefeller family.
Early life
Rockefeller was born on September 11, 1903, to Percy Avery Rockefeller and Isabel ...
(1903–1986)
#Winifred Rockefeller (1904–1951)
#Faith Rockefeller (1909–1960)
#Gladys Rockefeller (1910–1988)
He died on September 25, 1934.
References
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1878 births
1934 deaths
American people of English descent
American people of German descent
Rockefeller family
Yale University alumni