In 1935, Rockefeller gave the island to Bowdoin College under the condition that it be maintained as a sanctuary and a scientific station for students of all institutions.
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Rockefeller is a grandson of Standard Oil co-founder, William Avery Rockefeller, Jr. (1841—1922) and businessman James Jewett Stillman (1850—1918).
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