John Sterling Rockefeller
Family member
1904 – 1988
Who was John Sterling Rockefeller?
John Sterling Rockefeller was the fourth son of William Goodsell Rockefeller and Sarah Elizabeth Stillman. Rockefeller is a grandson of Standard Oil co-founder, William Avery Rockefeller, Jr. and businessman James Jewett Stillman.
Rockefeller attended Yale University and was a member of Scroll and Key. He purchased Kent's Island in the Bay of Fundy in 1930 as a bird sanctuary for the eider ducks there. In 1935, Rockefeller gave the island to Bowdoin College under the condition that it be maintained as a sanctuary and a scientific station for students of all institutions. Rockefeller married Paula Watjen on May 7, 1931.
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- Born
- Oct 28, 1904
New York City - Nationality
- United States of America
- Education
- Yale University
- Lived in
- Greenwich
- Died
- May 10, 1988
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on July 23, 2013
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