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

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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

co-founder along with his uncle

. He attended

Yale University Yale University is a private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and among the most prestigious in the w ...

from 1897 to 1900, where he was a member of

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. Rockefeller was manager of the

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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,

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, Bowman

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Company, Cuba Company, Chile Copper Company, Consolidated Gas Company, Greenwich Trust Company, W. A. Harriman & Co. &

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, Mesabi Iron Company,

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, National City Company, New York Edison Company, North American Reassurance Company, National Surety Company,

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, United Electric Light & Power Company, and

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Personal life

On April 23, 1901, Percy married Isabel Goodrich Stillman (died 1935). She was the younger daughter of First National City Bank president James Jewett Stillman (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 (1903–1986) #Winifred Rockefeller (1904–1951) #Faith Rockefeller (1909–1960) #Gladys Rockefeller (1910–1988) He died on September 25, 1934.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rockefeller, Percy Avery 1878 births 1934 deaths American people of English descent American people of German descent Rockefeller family Yale University alumni