Elizabeth Rockefeller Strong
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Elizabeth "Bessie" Rockefeller Strong (1866–1906) was the oldest child of oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller (1839–1937) and his wife Laura Celestia "Cettie" Spelman (1839–1915).
Bessie Rockefeller was a special student at Vassar College 1886–1888. Strong Hall, the school's first dormitory, was named in honor of Bessie in 1893 by her father who contributed $35,000 toward the expense of the construction. She married philosopher and psychologist Dr. Charles Augustus Strong (1862–1940). Bessie and Charles had one daughter, Margaret Rockefeller Strong de Larraín, Marquesa de Cuevas (1897–1985).
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