Percy Avery Rockefeller

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Percy Avery Rockefeller

Percy Avery Rockefeller (born February 27, 1878 in New York City , † September 25, 1934 there ) was an American entrepreneur. He has been a director of more than 50 companies.

Percy Avery Rockefeller was born to William Rockefeller and his wife Almira Geraldine Goodsell. He was the nephew of John D. Rockefeller .

He graduated from Yale University from 1897 to 1900 and was accepted into the Skull & Bones fraternity there. He then worked at Remington Arms, among others .

On April 23, 1901, he married Isabel Goodrich Stillman, daughter of James Stillman , President of First National City Bank (now Citibank ). His father was involved in this bank and controlled the company together with the Stillman family. Percy Avery Rockefeller ran the business together with his father from 1900 to 1922. PA Rockefeller was involved in the so-called ' Kreuger swindle' in 1932 , which resulted in losses of approximately 200 million US dollars.

Percy was buried in the mausoleum built by his father in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Tarrytown, NY.

Descendants

Percy Avery Rockefeller (1878–1934) ⚭ Isabel Stillman the Elder 1935

  • Isabel Rockefeller Lincoln Frederick W Lincoln, Jr.

1. → Isabel Lincoln

2. → Calista Lincoln

  • Avery Rockefeller (1903 / 4-1986) ⚭ 1923 Anna Griffith Mark (1906–96)

1. → Avery Rockefeller Jr. * August 30, 1924 dies before his father

2. → Isabel Ann Rockefeller * October 12, 1926

3. → Anna Mark Rockefeller ⚭ Elliman

1. → → Ted Elliman

2. → → Mary Elliman ⚭ Runestad

3. → → David Elliman

4. → → Joan Rockefeller ⚭ McAlpin

  • Winifred Rockefeller ⚭ December 15, 1928 Brooks Emeny

1. → Elizabeth Brooks Emeny

2. → Faith Rockefeller Emeny

  • Faith Rockefeller (probably unmarried, called "Miss Faith of Greenwich" in 1937)
  • Gladys Rockefeller († after May 1986) ⚭ September 2, 1937 Dudley Underhill

Web links

Commons : Sleepy Hollow Cemetery  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ PDF , 260 pages (English) Yale University : Bulletin of Yale University. Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale University Deceased during the Year 1934-1935 , pp. 106-107. (PDF; 20.1 MB)
  2. ↑ (Engl.) Time magazines (Monday, Jan. 28, 1957): World's Greatest Swindler ; see also ibid. (September 5, 1935): Kreuger's Trail (accessed June 2, 2007)
personal data
SURNAME Rockefeller, Percy Avery
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH February 27, 1878
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City
DATE OF DEATH September 25, 1934
Place of death New York City