Abra Prentice Anderson Wilkin (born 1942) is an American philanthropist

Philanthropy

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. She is the daughter of John Rockefeller Prentice

John Rockefeller Prentice

John Rockefeller Prentice was born to Chicago lawyer Ezra Parmalee Prentice and Alta Rockefeller Prentice in New York. Prentice's maternal grandfather is the Standard Oil tycoon, John D. Rockefeller ....

 (1902–1972) and his wife, Abbie Cantrill Prentice. Wilkin is the great-granddaughter of the Standard Oil

Standard Oil

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 tycoon, John D. Rockefeller

John D. Rockefeller

John Davison Rockefeller was an American oil industrialist, investor, and philanthropist. He was the founder of the Standard Oil Company, which dominated the oil industry and was the first great U.S. business trust. Rockefeller revolutionized the petroleum industry and defined the structure of...

 (1839–1937).

Wilkin attended both The Latin School of Chicago

The Latin School of Chicago

The Latin School of Chicago is a private elementary, middle and high school in the Gold Coast neighborhood in Chicago. The school was founded in 1888 by Mabel Slade Vickery.- History :...

 and The Ethel Walker School in Simsbury

Simsbury, Connecticut

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, Connecticut

Connecticut

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. She has become one of Chicago's most treasured philanthropists. 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 birth centers in the United States

United States

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) and the new Prentice Hospital. Wilkin is currently a trustee

Trustee

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 of The Taft School

The Taft School

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 in Watertown, Connecticut

Watertown, Connecticut

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and a senior trustee of The Latin School of Chicago.

She is married to James Wilkin and has three children from a previous marriage: Ashley, Abra and Anthony Anderson.