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
William Goodsell Rockefeller (May 21, 1870 – November 30, 1922) was a director of the Consolidated Textile Company and a member of the prominent Rockefeller family.
Early life
He was born on May 21, 1870 in Manhattan, New York City. He was the ...
(1870–1922) and Sarah Elizabeth "Elsie" Stillman (1872–1935). His paternal grandfather was
William Rockefeller Jr.
William Avery Rockefeller Jr. (May 31, 1841 – June 24, 1922) was an American businessman and financier. Rockefeller was a co-founder of Standard Oil along with his elder brother John Davison Rockefeller. He was also part owner of the Anaconda ...
(1841–1922), brother of
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 ...
, the co-founders of
Standard Oil.
His maternal grandfather was
James Jewett Stillman
James Jewett Stillman (June 9, 1850 – March 15, 1918) was an American businessman who invested in land, banking, and railroads in New York, Texas, and Mexico. He was chairman of the board of directors of the National City Bank. He forged all ...
(1850–1918), a businessman who was
chairman of the board of directors of the
National City Bank.
He was a member of the
Skull and Bones
Skull and Bones, also known as The Order, Order 322 or The Brotherhood of Death, is an undergraduate senior secret student society at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. The oldest senior class society at the university, Skull and Bone ...
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
Freeport-McMoRan Inc., often called Freeport, is an American mining company based in the Freeport-McMoRan Center, in Phoenix, Arizona. The company is the world's largest producer of molybdenum, is a major copper producer and operates the world's ...
since December 1931.
Personal life
He was married to Helen Gratz, sister-in-law of
Edward H. Watson. 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
Greenwich (, ) is a town in southwestern Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. At the 2020 census, the town had a total population of 63,518. The largest town on Connecticut's Gold Coast, Greenwich is home to many hedge funds and other ...
.
See also
*
Rockefeller family
The Rockefeller family () is an American industrial, political, and banking family that owns one of the world's largest fortunes. The fortune was made in the American petroleum industry during the late 19th and early 20th centuries by brot ...
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