Percy Avery Rockefeller
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Percy Avery Rockefeller (February 27, 1878 — September 25, 1934)<ref name="yale"/> 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.
Early lifeEdit
Percy was the youngest son of William Avery Rockefeller Jr. and Almira Geraldine Goodsell.<ref name=obit/> His father was a Standard Oil co-founder along with his uncle John D. Rockefeller. He attended Yale University from 1897 to 1900,<ref name=obit/> where he was a member of Skull and Bones.<ref name="yale">Template:Cite book</ref> Rockefeller was manager of the 1899 Yale Bulldogs football team and earned a varsity letter for his efforts.<ref>2003 Yale Football Media Guide, All Time Letterwinners, pg. 106</ref>
Board membershipsEdit
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.
Personal lifeEdit
On April 23, 1901, Percy married Isabel Goodrich Stillman (died 1935).<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> She was the younger daughter of First National City Bank president James Jewett Stillman (now known as Citibank) and Sarah Elizabeth Rumrill.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> 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) <ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- Faith Rockefeller (1909–1960)
- Gladys Rockefeller (1910–1988)
He died on September 25, 1934.<ref name=obit>Template:Cite news</ref>