Elizabeth Rockefeller Strong
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1866 – 1906
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Who was Elizabeth Rockefeller Strong?
Elizabeth "Bessie" Rockefeller was the eldest child of Standard Oil co-founder John Davison Rockefeller and school teacher Laura Celestia "Cettie" Spelman.
Bessie Rockefeller was a special student at Vassar College 1886—1888; Strong Hall. The school's first dormitory, was named in honor of Bessie in 1893 by her father who contributed $35,000 toward the expense of the construction.
On March 22, 1889, she married philosopher and psychologist Charles Augustus Strong and had one daughter, Margaret Rockefeller Strong.
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- Born
- Aug 23, 1866
- Parents
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Education
- Vassar College
- Died
- Nov 14, 1906
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on July 23, 2013
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