Last week the following was news: John D. Rockefeller became a member of the New York State Chamber of Commerce in 1889 when he was 50. John D. Rockefeller Jr. was elected a member in 1900 when he was 26. Last week John D. Rockefeller 3rd, 28, and Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller, 26, were elected members on their grandfather's nomination, which was seconded by their father. It was the first time three generations of a family had ever served simultaneously on the New York Chamber, oldest of its kind in the world.
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