Background
ROCKEFELLER, James was born on June 8, 1902 in New York, United States. Son of William G. and Elsie (Stillman) Rockefeller.
ROCKEFELLER, James was born on June 8, 1902 in New York, United States. Son of William G. and Elsie (Stillman) Rockefeller.
He graduated from Yale University in 1924, where he was elected to Scroll and Key and Phi Beta Kappa.
Rockefeller was survived by four children, fourteen grandchildren, thirty-seven great-grandchildren, and one great-great granddaughter. His house was sold in 2004 for $13.4 million and resold again in 2009 for $23.9 million. Rockefeller joined the National City Bank in 1930 after working at Brown Brothers Harriman and served as lieutenant was during his tenure that the bank merged with the smaller First National Bank and took the name The First National City Bank of New 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 Corporation
Under Walter B. Wriston these became "Citibank" and "Citicorp". Under John Reed the firm merged with Travelers Group to become 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.
Married Nancy Carnegie in 1925.