Faith Rockefeller Model (May 30, 1909 – July 2, 1960) was a daughter of Percy Avery Rockefeller

Percy Avery Rockefeller

Percy Avery Rockefeller was founder and vice president of Owenoke Corporation. He was a board director of Air Reduction Company, American International Corporation, Atlantic Fruit Company, Anaconda Copper Mining Company, Bethlehem Steel Corporation, Bowman Biltmore Hotels Company, Cuba Company,...

 (1878–1934) and granddaughter of Standard Oil

Standard Oil

Standard Oil was a predominant American integrated oil producing, transporting, refining, and marketing company. Established in 1870 as a corporation in Ohio, it was the largest oil refiner in the world and operated as a major company trust and was one of the world's first and largest multinational...

 co-founder William Rockefeller

William Rockefeller

William Avery Rockefeller, Jr. , American financier, was a co-founder with his older brother John D. Rockefeller of the prominent United States Rockefeller family. He was the son of William Avery Rockefeller, Sr. and Eliza Rockefeller.-Youth, education:Rockefeller was born in Richford, New York,...

 (1841–1922). Model was born and died in the city of Greenwich

Greenwich, Connecticut

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, Connecticut

Connecticut

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. She married a Belgian, Jean Model, on May 7, 1941 and the couple had three children: Robert, Jeanette, and Richard.

The Faith Rockefeller Model Center for the Arts at Elon University

Elon University

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 in Elon

Elon, North Carolina

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, North Carolina

North Carolina

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 was named for her in 1994 by her son and 1967 Elon alumnus, Robert Model. The town of Faith

Faith, South Dakota

Faith is a city in Meade County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 421 at the 2010 census. Sue, the most complete Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton known, was discovered about 15 miles north and east of Faith in December 1990.-Geography:...

, South Dakota

South Dakota

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 is rumored to have been named for her as well because of her father's investment in the railroad responsible for the town's founding.