stockton rush was from an ultra wealthy family in sf. his maternal grandfather was none other than ralph davies, petroleum chief to fdr during ww2. this was because he was the vp of standard oil before the war. he was only 33 when he was promoted to vp from director. after the war he became chairman of american president lines (apl) and resurrected it from bankruptcy to premier shipping line. the family became very wealthy from apl. incidentally it was sold to neptune orient lines (nol) and headquartered in oakland. many pap-porlumpar and wooden goh-cocksucker sinkies were transferred to the oakland orifice from sg, and almost all of them became pr’s after working for a few years. the sf symphony hall was named after rush’s maternal grandmother as they donated tons of money to the arts scene in sf.
