(January 29, 1874–May 11, 1960), was the son of industrialist and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller. He was an assistant to his father in managing the Rockefeller enterprises, 1897; and upon his father’s retirement, assumed the general superintendency, 1911. He later concerned himself mainly with the Rockefeller philanthropies, being the chairman of the Board of Directors of the Rockefeller Foundation; a director of the General Education Board, and president of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research. He build Rockefeller Center in mid-Manhattan, New York City, 1935; and donated the land bordering the East River between 41st and 47th to the United Nations for its headquarters.
As reported in the news, January 12, 1955, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. announced the largest single grant for the purposes of religious training in a two-sentence letter to the Sealantic Fund, Inc.:
Gentlemen: I am giving your corporation as of this date securities having a present market value of approximately twenty million dollars. The purpose of the gift is to strengthen and develop Protestant theological education in this country.3213