James Rockefeller
| James Stillman Rockefeller | |
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Rockefeller in Time magazine in 1924
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| Born |
June 8, 1902 Manhattan, New York City |
| Died | August 10, 2004 (aged 102) Greenwich, Connecticut |
| Cause of death | Stroke |
| Education | Yale University (1924) |
| Spouse(s) | Nancy Carnegie (m. 1925; her death 1994) |
| Parent(s) |
William Goodsell Rockefeller Elsie Stillman |
| Relatives |
William Rockefeller (grandfather) James Stillman (grandfather) |
| Medal record | ||
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| Men's rowing | ||
Representing the  United States
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| Olympic Games | ||
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1924 Paris | Men's eight |
James Stillman Rockefeller (June 8, 1902 – August 10, 2004) was a member of the prominent U.S. Rockefeller family. He won an Olympic rowing title for the United States then became president of what eventually became Citigroup. He was a trustee of the American Museum of Natural History and a member of the board of overseers of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.
He was born on June 8, 1902 to William Goodsell Rockefeller (1870–1922) and Elsie Stillman, daughter of James Stillman, in Manhattan, New York City. He graduated from Yale University in 1924, where he was elected to Scroll and Key and Phi Beta Kappa. He was also a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon. That same year Rockefeller captained a crew of Yale teammates that included Benjamin Spock. They won a gold medal in rowing at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. He appeared on the cover of Time magazine on July 7, 1924.
He spent six years with the Wall Street banking firm of Brown Bros. & Co.. He joined the National City Bank in New York in 1930 and was president from 1952 to 1959 and chairman from 1959 to 1967. He retired as chairman in 1967. During his tenure, the bank merged with the smaller First National Bank and took the name The First National City Bank of New York.
Under each of his successors, the bank's name has changed: George Moore shortened it to "First National City Bank" and formed a holding company, First National City Corp.; under Walter B. Wriston these became "Citibank" and "Citicorp"; under John Reed the firm merged with Travelers Group to become Citigroup. During World War II, Rockefeller served in the Airborne Command.
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