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{{Short description|American investment banker and conservationist}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Avery Rockefeller
| image = Avery Rockefeller.jpeg
| caption =
| birth_date = {{birth date|1903|9|11}}
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| occupation = Banker
| alma_mater = [[Yale University]]
| nationality = [[United States]]American
| parents = [[Percy Avery Rockefeller]]<br>Isabel Goodrich Stillman
| spouse = {{marriage|Anna Griffith Mark|1923||}}
| children = 3
| relations = See ''[[Rockefeller family]]''
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==Early life==
Rockefeller was born on September 11, 1903, to [[Percy Avery Rockefeller]] and Isabel Goodrich Stillman.<ref name=PAR1934obit>{{cite news |title=Leaves Millions. Percy Rockefeller, Nephew of John Passes |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rq9fAAAAIBAJ&sjid=zzIMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1477,1491319&dq=percy+rockefeller&hl=en |quote=Percy Avery Rockefeller was born in New York February 1878 which was some time after the migration of his parents, William and Almira Goodsell Rockefeller,..... |newspaper=[[Associated Press]] |date=September 26, 1934 |accessdate=2012-11-04 }}</ref> His paternal grandparents were [[William Rockefeller|William Avery Rockefeller Jr.]] and Almira Geraldine Goodsell. His maternal grandfather was [[James Stillman|James Jewett Stillman]] (1850–1918), the [[Chairman|chairman of the board of directors]] of the [[Citibank|National City Bank]].<ref name=obitnyt>{{cite news |author= |coauthors= |title=James Stillman, Head Of City Bank, Dies Suddenly |url=https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0911FE3B5F1B7A93C4A81788D85F4C8185F9 |quote=James Stillman, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the National City Bank, the Presidency of which he resigned in 1908, when he was succeeded by Frank A. Vanderlip, died suddenly yesterday afternoon at 5:30 O'clock at his home, 9 East Seventy-second Street. ...|newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=Mar 16, 1918 |accessdate=2012-09-16 }}</ref> His father's brother, [[William Goodsell Rockefeller]] (1870–1922), married his mother's sister, Elsie Stillman (1872–1935).<ref>{{cite news|last1=Stillman|first1=Times Wide World Photo mrs James A.|title=MRS. J.A. STILLMAN GETS DIVORCE, WEDS FOWLER M'CORMICK; PRINCIPALS IN SURPRISE WEDDING.|url=https://querywww.nytimes.com/gst1931/abstract06/06/archives/mrs-ja-stillman-gets-divorce-weds-fowler-mcormick-principals-in.html?res=9D0CEFD6163DEE32A25755C0A9609C946094D6CF&legacy=true|accessdate=3 March 2017|worknewspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=6 June 1931}}</ref>
He attended [[Yale University]], graduating in 1926.<ref name="ARObit1986"/>
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In 1928, Rockefeller joined the storied [[Schroders|J. Henry Schroder Banking Corporation]] and became Assistant Treasurer in 1931.
On July 8, 1936, Rockefeller co-founded Schroder, Rockefeller & Co., Inc.<ref name="SchroderRockefeller1936">{{cite news|title=Schroder Rockefeller Formed|url=https://querywww.nytimes.com/gst1936/abstract07/14/archives/schroder-rockefeller-formed.html?res=9C0CE7DB143CE53ABC4C52DFB166838D629EDE&legacy=true|accessdate=1 May 2017|worknewspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=14 July 1936}}</ref> Its purpose was to take over the underwriting and general securities business formerly carried out by the J. Henry Schroder Banking Corporation. The firm had a capital of $3,000,000.<ref name="SchroderRockefeller1936"/> Its first President, [[Carlton P. Fuller]], was former Vicevice Presidentpresident of the J. Henry Schroder Banking Corporation. The original stock holders were Rockfeller, Fuller, [[Gerald E. Donovan]], [[John. L. Simpson]], [[Frederick B. Adams]] and the J. Henry Schroder Banking Corporation itself.<ref name="Banking1936">{{cite news|title=ROCKEFELLER KIN IN BANKING FIELD; Avery, Grandson of William Rockefeller, a Founder of New Investment Concern. A PRINCIPAL STOCKHOLDER Schroder, Rockefeller & Co., Inc., Will Do Underwriting and Securities Business.|url=https://querywww.nytimes.com/gst1936/07/09/abstractarchives/rockefeller-kin-in-banking-field-avery-grandson-of-william.html?res=980CE5DF1E3FEE3BBC4153DFB166838D629EDE&legacy=true|accessdate=1 May 2017|worknewspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=9 July 1936}}</ref> He served as Vicevice Presidentpresident and Laterlater Presidentpresident of Schroder, Rockefeller & Co.<ref name="FROEDTERT1947">{{cite news|title=FROEDTERT GRAIN PLANNING MERGER; Schroder Rockefeller Seeks to Bring Concern Together With Rockwood & Co.|url=https://querywww.nytimes.com/gst1947/abstract01/22/archives/froedtert-grain-planning-merger-schroder-rockefeller-seeks-to-bring.html?res=9E02E3DF123EEE3BBC4A51DFB766838C659EDE&legacy=true|accessdate=1 May 2017|worknewspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=22 January 1947}}</ref>
In 1961, James E. Madden was appointed as Presidentpresident and Avery Rockefeller was appointed as Chairmanchairman of the Boardboard. Rockefeller retired in 1967 and the company was merged into the J. Henry Schroder Banking Corporation.<ref>{{cite news|title=Schroder, Rockefeller Elects|url=https://querywww.nytimes.com/gst1967/abstract04/26/archives/schroder-rockefeller-elects.html?res=9E07E2DB103BEF31A25755C2A9629C946691D6CF&legacy=true|accessdate=1 May 2017|worknewspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=26 April 1967}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=New Chairman Named By Schroder Banking|url=https://querywww.nytimes.com/gst1967/abstract07/08/archives/new-chairman-named-by-schroder-banking.html?res=9B0DE5D7103AE63ABC4053DFB166838C679EDE&legacy=true|accessdate=1 May 2017|worknewspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=8 July 1967}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=International Holdings Elects New President|url=https://querywww.nytimes.com/gst1967/abstract12/22/archives/international-holdings-elects-new-president.html?res=9505E1D61F3DEE3BBC4A51DFB467838C679EDE&legacy=true|accessdate=1 May 2017|worknewspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=22 December 1967}}</ref>
In 1950, he was elected a director of J. Henry Schroder Banking Corporation,<ref name="Director1950">{{cite news|last1=Times|first1=Special To The New York|title=Schroder Elects Rockefeller|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1950/12/13/archives/schroder-elects-rockefeller.html|accessdate=1 May 2017|worknewspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=13 December 1950}}</ref> and served until 1970.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Times|first1=Special To The New York|title=Job Changes:|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1970/07/26/archives/job-changes-2-concerns-appoint.html|accessdate=1 May 2017|worknewspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=26 July 1970}}</ref> He was also a director of the Air Reduction Company, the J. Henry Schroder Bank & Trust Company.<ref name="Director1950"/>
===Philanthropy===
Rockefeller founded the Wild Wings Foundation, a conservation organisationorganization with projects in [[Belize]] and the [[Adirondacks]].<ref name="ARObit1986"/>
==Personal life==
On September 20, 1923, Rockefeller secretly married Anna Griffith Mark (1906–1996), the daughter of [[Clayton Mark]] (1858–1936), a wealthy steel manufacturer.<ref>Smith, S. & Mark, S. (2011). Marktown: Clayton Mark's Planned Worker Community in Northwest Indiana. South Shore Journal, 4. {{cite web|url=http://www.southshorejournal.org/index.php/issues/volume-4-2011/82-marktown-clayton-marks-planned-worker-community-in-northwest-indiana |title=South Shore Journal – Marktown: Clayton Mark's Planned Worker Community in Northwest Indiana |accessdate=2012-08-29 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120913013603/http://www.southshorejournal.org/index.php/issues/volume-4-2011/82-marktown-clayton-marks-planned-worker-community-in-northwest-indiana |archive-date=2012-09-13 }}</ref> Following the marriage, the newlyweds eloped, planning to complete their education before telling their parents. However, the arrival of their first child in 1924 forced them to reveal the marriage.<ref name="SecretWedding1924">{{cite news|title=AVERY ROCKEFELLER SECRETLY WEDDED; Grandnephew of John D. and Miss Anna Mark of Chicago Wed Over Year Ago.|url=https://querywww.nytimes.com/gst1924/abstract12/09/archives/avery-rockefeller-secretly-wedded-grandnephew-of-john-d-and-miss.html?res=9A05E0DB143FE733A2575AC0A9649D946595D6CF&legacy=true|accessdate=1 May 2017|worknewspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=9 December 1924}}</ref> By his wife Anna he had three children:
* [[Avery Rockefeller Jr.]] (1924–1979),<ref name="1924Wedding">{{cite news|last1=Times|first1=Special Cable To The New York|title=AVERY ROCKEFELLER AND WIFE IN FRANCE; London Paper Says They and Baby Son Left England a Week Ago After Sightseeing.|url=https://querywww.nytimes.com/gst1924/abstract12/10/archives/avery-rockefeller-and-wife-in-france-london-paper-says-they-and.html?res=9D01EFDA143FE733A25753C1A9649D946595D6CF&legacy=true|accessdate=1 May 2017|worknewspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=10 December 1924}}</ref><ref name="ARJrObit1979">{{cite news|last1=Times|first1=Special To The New York|title=Avery Rockefeller Jr., Grolier Executive, 55|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1979/12/07/archives/avery-rockefeller-jr-grolier-executive-55.html|accessdate=1 May 2017|worknewspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=7 December 1979}}</ref> who married Lucia Peavy Ewing, daughter of Sherman Ewing, in 1948.<ref name="1948Wedding">{{cite news|last1=Times|first1=Special to the New York|title=MISS LUCIA EWING MINNESOTA BRIDE; Wed to Avery Rockefeller Jr. in Home of Grandfather, Frank T. Heffelfinger|url=https://querywww.nytimes.com/gst1948/abstract07/04/archives/miss-lijfia-ewin6-minnesota-bride-wed-to-avery-rockefeller-jr-in.html?res=9A02EED9123EE03BBC4C53DFB1668383659EDE&legacy=true|accessdate=1 May 2017|worknewspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=4 July 1948}}</ref>
* Ann Rockefeller (b. 1926 – d. 2023),<ref name="Birth1926">{{cite news|title=A Daughter to Mrs. A. Rockefeller.|url=https://querywww.nytimes.com/gst1926/abstract10/12/archives/i-a-daughter-to-mrs-a-rookefeller.html?res=9B06E5D81F3AEE3ABC4A52DFB667838D639EDE&legacy=true|accessdate=1 May 2017|worknewspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=12 October 1926}}</ref> who married Edward Scales Elliman (1923–2009),<ref name="EdwardEllimanObit2009">{{cite news|title=Paid Notice: Deaths ELLIMAN, EDWARD S.|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940DE4DF153AF936A15751C0A96F9C8B63|accessdate=1 May 2017|worknewspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=25 February 2009}}</ref> son of [[Douglas Elliman]], president of the same real estate company.<ref name="1945Engagement">{{cite news|title=ANN ROCKEFELLER BECOMES ENGAGED; Great-Grandniece of the Late John D. Is to Be Married to Seaman Edward S. Elliman|url=https://querywww.nytimes.com/gst1945/abstract09/26/archives/ann-rockefeller-becomes-engaged-greatgrandniece-of-the-late-john-d.html?res=9E07EFD61F3BEE3BBC4E51DFBF66838E659EDE&legacy=true|accessdate=1 May 2017|worknewspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=26 September 1945}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Times|first1=Special To The New York|title=ANN ROCKEFELLER TO BE WED DEC. 21; Marriage to Edward Elliman to Take Place in Greenwich --Reception at Field Club|url=https://querywww.nytimes.com/gst1946/abstract11/15/archives/ann-rockefeller-to-be-wed-dec-21-marriage-to-edward-elliman-to-take.html?res=9C06E2D71138E53ABC4D52DFB767838D659EDE&legacy=true|accessdate=1 May 2017|worknewspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=15 November 1946}}</ref><ref name="1946Wedding">{{cite news|last1=Winburn|first1=Jay Te|title=ANN ROCKEFELLER GREENWICH BRIDE; Great-Grandniece of Late John D. Rockefeller Is Married to Edward Scales Elliman GOWNED IN WHITE SATIN Judy Peck Serves as Maid of Honor--D.L. Elliman, Realty Leader, Best Man for Son|url=https://querywww.nytimes.com/gst1946/abstract12/22/archives/ann-rockefeller-greenwich-bride-greatgrandniece-of-late-john-d.html?res=9F07E3DF1631E33ABC4A51DFB467838D659EDE&legacy=true|accessdate=1 May 2017|worknewspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=22 December 1946}}</ref>
* Joan Rockefeller (1931–1992), who married David Hunter McAlpin, Jr. (1928–2022), a minister,<ref name="McAlpin1957">{{cite news|last1=Times|first1=Special To The New York|title=NEGROES INDUCT WHITE MINISTER; 115-Year-Old Presbyterian Church in Princeton Heeds Assembly Stand on Bias|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/01/14/archives/negroes-induct-white-minister-115yearold-presbyterian-church-in.html|accessdate=1 May 2017|worknewspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=14 January 1957}}</ref> in 1953.<ref name="1952Engagement">{{cite news|last1=Time|first1=Special to the New York|title=JOAN ROOKBLLER. BECOMES ENGAGED; Greenwich Girl, a Student at Columbia, to Be Bride of David Hunter McAIpin Jr.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1952/11/17/archives/joan-rookbller-become8-engaged-greenwich-girl-a-student-at-columbia.html|accessdate=1 May 2017|worknewspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=17 November 1952}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Times|first1=Special To The New York|title=JOAN ROCKEFELLER WED IN GREENWICH; Alumna of Briarcliff Junior College Becomes the Bride of David H. McAlpin Jr.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1953/06/14/archives/joan-rockefeller-wed-in-greenwich-alumna-of-briarcliff-junior.html|accessdate=1 May 2017|worknewspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=14 June 1953}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Vernet |first=Emmye |date=2022-08-26 |title=In Memoriam: David Hunter McAlpin Jr. |url=https://utsnyc.edu/in-memoriam-david-hunter-mcalpin-jr/ |access-date=2024-03-12 |website=Union Theological Seminary }}</ref>
Avery, like his father, had a large collection of jewelry and valuable items. In 1935, Avery's home was looted of jewelry, only a few years after his father's house had been looted.
Rockefeller died of a heart attack at his home in [[Overhills, North Carolina]] on May 22, 1986.<ref name="ARObit1986">{{cite news|title=AVERY ROCKEFELLER, INVESTMENT BANKER AND CONSERVATIONIST|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/05/23/obituaries/avery-rockefeller-investment-banker-and-conservationist.html|accessdate=1 May 2017|worknewspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=23 May 1986}}</ref>
==References==
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[[Category:PeopleBusinesspeople from Manhattan]]
[[Category:Rockefeller family]]
[[Category:Yale University alumni]]
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