Percy Avery Rockefeller (February 27, 1878 — September 25, 1934) was a board director who founded and was vice president of Owenoke Corporation. He was a son of American Businessman William Avery Rockefeller Jr. and a nephew of

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co-founder

John D. Rockefeller John Davison Rockefeller Sr. (July 8, 1839 – May 23, 1937) was an American businessman and philanthropist. He was one of the List of richest Americans in history, wealthiest Americans of all time and one of the richest people in modern hist ...

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 university, private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701, Yale is the List of Colonial Colleges, third-oldest institution of higher education in the United Stat ...

from 1897 to 1900, where he was a member of

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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 Company, also known historically as the Anaconda Gold and Silver Mining Company (1881–1891), Anaconda Mining Company (1891–1895), Anaconda Copper Mining Company (1895–1899), Amalgamated Copper Company (1899–1915), and Anacon ...

, Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Bowman Biltmore Hotels Company, Cuba Company, Chile Copper Company, Consolidated Gas Company, Greenwich Trust Company, W. A. Harriman & Co. & Brown Brothers Harriman & Company, Mesabi Iron Company,

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, National City Company, New York Edison Company, North American Reassurance Company, National Surety Company, Provident Loan Society,

Remington Arms Remington Arms Company, LLC, was an American firearms manufacturer, manufacturer of firearms and ammunition. It was formerly owned by the Remington Outdoor Company, which went bankrupt in 2020 with its lines of business sold to several purchase ...

, United Electric Light & Power Company, and

Western Union The Western Union Company is an American multinational financial services corporation headquartered in Denver, Denver, Colorado. Founded in 1851 as the New York and Mississippi Valley Printing Telegraph Company in Rochester, New York, the co ...

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

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