James Stillman Rockefeller
Rockefeller inTime magazine in 1924
Born	(1902-06-08)June 8, 1902 Manhattan, New York City, US
Died	August 10, 2004(2004-08-10) (aged 102) Greenwich, Connecticut, US
Education	The Taft School (1920);Yale University (1924)
Spouse	Nancy Carnegie ​ ​ (m. 1925; died 1994)​
Children	4
Parent(s)	William Goodsell Rockefeller Elsie Stillman
Relatives	Rockefeller family

James Stillman Rockefeller

Medal record
Men'srowing
Representingthe United States
Olympic Games
	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,^[1] then became president of what eventually becameCitigroup. He was a trustee of theAmerican Museum of Natural History and a member of the board of overseers ofMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.^[2]

He was born on June 8, 1902, toWilliam Goodsell Rockefeller (1870–1922) and Elsie Stillman, daughter ofJames Stillman, in theManhattan borough ofNew York City.^[2] He graduated fromThe Taft School,Watertown, Connecticut, in 1920, and graduated fromYale University in 1924, where he was elected toScroll and Key andPhi Beta Kappa. He was also a member ofDelta Kappa Epsilon. That same year Rockefeller captained a crew of Yale teammates that includedBenjamin Spock. Theywon a gold medal inrowing at the1924 Summer Olympics inParis, France.^[2] Rockefeller appeared on the cover ofTime magazine on July 7, 1924.

Rockefeller returned from the Olympics and spent the next six years with the Wall Street banking firm ofBrown Bros. & Co.^[2] In 1930, he joined theNational City Bank in New York, of which his maternal grandfather,James Stillman, had once been president and chairman of the board.^[3] Rockefeller himself became president of the bank in 1952, and chairman of the board in 1959. He retired as chairman in 1967.^[2][4] During his tenure, the bank merged with the smaller First National Bank and took the name The First National City Bank of New York.^{[citation needed]}

Under each of his successors, the bank's name has changed:George S. Moore shortened it to "First National City Bank" and formed a holding company, First National City Corp. UnderWalter B. Wriston these became "Citibank" (the bank's long-time nickname) and "Citicorp" respectively. UnderJohn Reed the firm merged withTravelers Group to becomeCitigroup. DuringWorld War II, Rockefeller served in the Airborne Command.^[2]

On April 15, 1925, he married Nancy Carnegie, who died in 1994.^[5] She was a granddaughter ofThomas M. Carnegie and grandniece ofAndrew Carnegie. Nancy helped establish the Greenwich Maternal Health Center in 1935.^[5] Together, they had four children:

• James Stillman Rockefeller Jr. (1926–2025), who was married to Liv Coucheron Torp (d. 1969), who had previously been married toThor Heyerdahl.^[6] He had previously been engaged toMargaret Wise Brown before her death.
• Nancy Sherlock Rockefeller, who married Barclay McFadden Jr.^[7] (d. 1973),^[8][9] After his death, she married Daniel Noyes Copp (d. 2015)^[10][11]
• Andrew Carnegie Rockefeller, who married Jean Victoria Mackay^[12]
• Georgia Stillman Rockefeller, who married James Harden Rose^[13]

Rockefeller died on August 10, 2004, at the age of 102 inGreenwich, Connecticut, following astroke.^[2]

Rockefeller lived inGreenwich, Connecticut, in a 19,000-square-foot (1,800 m²) brick Georgian mansion, built in 1929, with 11 bedrooms and 16 marble bathrooms on four levels. There are 12 fireplaces, an elevator, an outdoor pool and English gardens.^[14] His house was sold in 2004 for $13.4 million and resold in 2009 for $23.9 million.^{[citation needed]}

In January 1937, he became the full owner ofLong Valley Farm nearSpring Lake inCumberland County andHarnett County, North Carolina.^[15]

At the time of his death, Rockefeller had four children, fourteen grandchildren, thirty-seven great-grandchildren, and one great-great-granddaughter. Aged 102, he was America's oldest living Olympic champion, and the earliest living cover subject ofTime magazine.^{[citation needed]}

• Time Magazine Cover July 7, 1924
• Yale Olympic Rower Passes Away at 102

• 1902 births
• 2004 deaths
• Rowers from New York City
• Philanthropists from New York (state)
• American male rowers
• Olympic gold medalists for the United States in rowing
• Rowers at the 1924 Summer Olympics
• Rockefeller family
• Taft School alumni
• Yale University alumni
• American men centenarians
• Medalists at the 1924 Summer Olympics
• Delta Kappa Epsilon

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