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Benjamin Brewster Jennings (June 9, 1898 — October 2, 1968) was a founder and president of the Socony-Vacuum company, which became, in 1955, the Standard Oil Company of New York (Socony), which would later become Mobil Oil, and then merged to become part of ExxonMobil.〔("High-Flying Horse" ), ''Time'', February 11, 1952, accessed May 5, 2007.〕〔Vincent Ferraro, Ruth C. Lawson Professor of International Politics, Mount Holyoke College, ("The Forrestal Diaries" ), inc. bibliographical reference for Walter Millis, ed. ''The Forrestal Diaries'' (New York: The Viking Press, 1951); rpt. of "Entry of 6 January 1948 on a Discussion with Brewster Jennings, President of Socony-Vacuum on the Importance the Palestine Issue to Middle Eastern Oil, p. 272", online posting on Professor Ferraro's grant-supported webpage at Mount Holyoke College, accessed May 5, 2007.〕 ==Early life and family== B. B. Jennings was born to Oliver Gould Jennings and Mary Dows Brewster. Both his paternal grandfather Oliver Burr Jennings and his maternal grandfather Benjamin Brewster (after whom he was named) had helped Standard Oil co-founder John Davison Rockefeller and had become his partners in running the Standard Oil Trust.〔 Both men had gone west in the California Gold Rush and had set up a successful dry goods merchandise business, outfitting prospecting camps along the coast and around Sacramento.〔Nicholas E. Hollis, ("Jennings Farm: Nurturing Education and Entrepreneurial Spirits" ), ''Educational Pioneers'', ''Jennings Heritage Project'', n.d., accessed May 5, 2007.〕 B. B. Jennings's paternal grandmother, Esther Judson Goodsell, was sisters with Almira Geraldine Goodsell. Almira was the wife of Standard Oil co-founder William Avery Rockefeller, Jr., brother of John D. Rockefeller. Jennings was raised in Fairfield, Connecticut, where his father had built a forty-room French Renaissance style home called the Mailands. The building later became part of the campus of Fairfield University and was renamed McAuliffe Hall. He attended St. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire. During World War I he served in the United States Navy as an ensign on a submarine chaser and was awarded the Navy Cross.〔 In 1920 he graduated from Yale University, where he was tapped for the secret society Scroll and Key. He continued his involvement with Yale as an alumnus, serving as a member of the Yale Corporation Council and as chairman of the Yale Development Committee.〔 On June 18, 1923, Jennings married Kate deForest Prentice (July 7, 1903 — August 18, 1994), daughter of John Hill Prentice and Kate Sheldon Harrison. They had three children: Mary Brewster Jennings (who married Paul J. Chase), Kate deForest Jennings (who married Harry H. Webb), and John Prentice Jennings.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Brewster Jennings」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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