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John Sterling Rockefeller (October 28, 1904 New York City – May 10, 1988 Greenwich, Connecticut) is the fourth son of William Goodsell Rockefeller (1870–1922) and Sarah Elizabeth Stillman (1872–1935). Rockefeller is a grandson of Standard Oil co-founder, William Rockefeller (1848–1922).
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 (born 1905) on May 7, 1931.
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Rockefeller family |
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Johann Peter Rockefeller (1682–1763) (Arrived in America ca.1723) • (Grandson) William Rockefeller • Godfrey Rockefeller (1745–1818) • Godfrey Lewis Rockefeller (1784–1857) • William Avery Rockefeller |
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| William Avery Rockefeller (1810–1906) |
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John Davison Rockefeller (1839–1937)
William Rockefeller (1841–1922) |
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Elizabeth Rockefeller Strong (1866–1906)
Alta Rockefeller Prentice (1871–1962)
John Davison Rockefeller, Jr. (1874–1960)
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William Goodsell Rockefeller (1870–1922)
Percy Avery Rockefeller (1878–1934)
Geraldine Rockefeller Dodge (1882–1973) |
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John Rockefeller Prentice (1902–1972)
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John D. Rockefeller III (1906–1978)
Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller (1908–1979)
Laurance Spelman Rockefeller (1910–2004)
Winthrop Rockefeller (1912–1973)
David Rockefeller (1915)
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Faith Rockefeller Model (1909–1960) |
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Jay Rockefeller (1937)
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Rodman Rockefeller (1932–2000)
Steven Clark Rockefeller (1936) |
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