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American philanthropist
Abra Prentice Wilkin
(born July 30, 1942) is an American
philanthropist
. She is the daughter of
John Rockefeller Prentice
(1902?1972) and his wife, Abbie Cantrill Prentice. Wilkin is a great-granddaughter of
Standard Oil
tycoon
John D. Rockefeller
(1839?1937).
[1]
Prentice Wilkin attended both
The Latin School of Chicago
and
The Ethel Walker School
in
Simsbury
,
Connecticut
.
She has been married twice. Her first marriage was to journalist Jon Anderson, and she has three children by that marriage: two daughters, Ashley Anderson Norton and Abra Anderson, and a son, Anthony Anderson. The couple was divorced in 1976 and Anderson died in 2014 aged 77.
[2]
After their divorce, She married James Wilkin, a consultant on architectural
millwork
.
[3]
There are no children by this marriage.
Some of Wilkin's contributions to the city of Chicago include the Prentice Pavilion (the largest birthing center in the
Midwest
region and among the top 25 birthing centers in the
United States
) and the
Prentice Women's Hospital
, which is affiliated with
Lurie Children's Hospital
and
Northwestern Memorial Hospital
on the Northwestern University medical campus near downtown Chicago. Wilkin is currently a
trustee
of
The Taft School
in
Watertown, Connecticut
and the Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago. She is a former trustee of The Ethel Walker School and The Latin School of Chicago.
References
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"Abra Prentice Wilkin, 58"
,
Chicago Sun-Times
, October 29, 2000, Author:Dave Newbart. Online at Highbeam.com
- ^
RIP Jon Anderson: Writer, publisher, swell guy
, By Michael Miner, 2014/01/17, Bleader
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WEDDINGS; Ashley Anderson, Alexander Norton
, July 26, 1998, The New York Times
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children of
William Avery Rockefeller Sr.
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children of
John Davison Rockefeller
children of William Avery Rockefeller Jr.
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children of
Elizabeth Rockefeller
children of Alta Rockefeller
children of John Davison Rockefeller Jr.
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children of William Goodsell Rockefeller
children of Percy Avery Rockefeller
children of Ethel Geraldine Rockefeller
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children of John Rockefeller Prentice (1902?1972)
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children of John Davison Rockefeller III
children of Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller
children of Laurance Spelman Rockefeller
children of Winthrop Rockefeller
children of David Rockefeller
children of Godfrey Stillman Rockefeller
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children of John Davison Rockefeller IV
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children of Rodman Clark Rockefeller
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