Percy Avery Rockefeller (February 27, 1878 — September 25, 1934)[1] 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 Standard Oil co-founder John D. Rockefeller.
Percy was the youngest son of William Avery Rockefeller Jr. and Almira Geraldine Goodsell.[2] His father was a Standard Oil co-founder along with his uncle John D. Rockefeller. He attended Yale University from 1897 to 1900,[2] where he was a member of Skull and Bones.[1] Rockefeller was manager of the 1899 Yale Bulldogs football team and earned a varsity letter for his efforts.[3]
He was a board director of Air Reduction Company, American International Corporation, Atlantic Fruit Company, Anaconda Copper Mining Company, 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, National City Bank of New York, National City Company, New York Edison Company, North American Reassurance Company, National Surety Company, Provident Loan Society, Remington Arms, United Electric Light & Power Company, and Western Union.
On April 23, 1901, Percy married Isabel Goodrich Stillman (died 1935).[4] She was the younger daughter of First National City Bank president James Jewett Stillman (now known as Citibank) and Sarah Elizabeth Rumrill.[5] Together, they had:
He died on September 25, 1934.[2]
Percy Avery Rockefeller was born in New York February 1878 which was some time after the migration of his parents, William and Almira Goodsell Rockefeller,.....
The wedding of Percy Avery Rockefeller, son of William Rockefeller, and Miss Isabel Stillman, daughter of James Stillman, was celebrated at 3:30 o'clock ...
Mrs. Percy Avery Rockefeller. daughter of one of America's great financiers and daughter-in-law of another, who died at her home last night, less than a year fitter the.....
Mr. and Mrs. Percy Avery Rockefeller of 300 Park Avenue, this city, and Owenoke Farm, Greenwich, Conn., have announced the engagement of their second ...
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