Show JOHN D IS- IS IS 95 95 I On July 8 John D Rockefeller reaches the age of 95 and seems reasonably certain to attain the century mark This remarkable nan an once generally hated and feared as the head of the great Standard Oil monopoly has lived to be honored as one of the worlds world's outstanding philanthropists He Ee was born in Richford N Y and after receiving a very limited schooling became a clerk in Cleveland and at 19 was a partner in a commission house In 1862 he engaged in the busi- busi business business ness of refining petroleum then an infant industry and lie he est established the Standard Oil refinery the original unit of what was destined to control for several years nearly the en- en entire tire oil business of the country tIn I In 1890 Mr l Rockefeller founded the University of Chicago later he established the Rockefeller InstItute for Medical l Re- Re the General EducatIon Board i the Laura Spelman Rocke- Rocke Rockefeller feller Memorial m in memory of his wife i the Rockefeller Foundation and other phIlanthropic enterprises Through these several agencies he has given mOl moi e a than for educational relIgious phIlanthropic and charit- charit charitable charitable able purposes He retIred from active business In 1911 since which time hIS vast benefactIOns have been largely directed by his hisson hisson son John D Jr The aged capitalist still plays golf and takes a lIvely interest in current affaIrs A recent lecent project financed from his great for for- fortune tune IS RadIo CIty in New York YOlk one of the most imposing groups of buildings in the world |