John Rockefeller Prentice (December 17, 1902 – June 13, 1972) 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 (1839–1937).
Prentice graduated Yale Law School in 1932, practiced law, and became a cattle breeder known as a pioneer of artificial insemination in farm animals as a means of improving their genetic pool. He also served during World War II achieving the rank of Captain.
Prentice married Abbie Cantrill 11 Aug 1941 and they had one daughter Abra Prentice Wilkin.
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