Jay Rockefeller Manhattan, New York City, to John Davison Rockefeller III (1906–1978) and Blanchette Ferry Hooker (1909–1992), 26 days after the death of his patrilineal great-grandfather, John Davison Rockefeller Sr. (1839–1937). He is the grandson of John Davison Rockefeller Jr. Jay graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy in 1955. After his junior year at Harvard College, he spent three years studying Japanese at the International Christian University in Tokyo. He graduated from Harvard in 1961 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Far Eastern Languages and History. He attended Yale University and did graduate work in Oriental studies and studied the Chinese language.
The European University of America is now known as the International University of America in London. The European University of America The International University of America was the precursor of Britain's International University of America in London. The European University of America began in 1980 as a small private business college in San Francisco, California. The London Campus opened in February 1992. For more than a decade the San Francisco branch of the school, which focused largely on French students seeking an American MBA program, offered a California state-approved master's degree in international business, focusing on a single major project. Over time the university shifted