Rockefeller Chapel

Designed by architect Bertram Goodhue between 1918 and 1924, and built between 1925 and 1928 without the use of structural steel, it contains about 70 integrated figural sculptures by sculptors Lee Lawrie and Ulric Ellerhusen, and interior work by mosaicist Hildreth Meière. Today the chapel is used for ecumenical worship services, university convocations, guest speakers, musical programs, weddings, memorial services, and occasional film screenings. It occupies most of a block and can seat 1700 people. The woodcarvings that adorn the organ and South balcony were created by Alois Lang, a Master Woodcarver at the American Seating Co., and one of the artists responsible for bringing the medieval art of ecclesiastical carving back to life. His pieces in Rockefeller Chapel are carved from White Appalachian Oak. ==Carillon==

The chapel contains the Laura Spelman Rockefeller Memorial Carillon and tower, a separate gift from John D. Rockefeller Jr. in 1932 in honor of his mother. This 72-bell carillon is the second-largest carillon in the world by mass, after the carillon at Riverside Church on the Upper West Side of New York City, which Rockefeller Jr. also donated in honor of his mother. Carillonists • 1. 1932-1953 Frederick L. Marriott (d.) • 2. 1953-1960 James Raymond Lawson (1919-2003) • 3. 1960-1969 Daniel Robins (1937-1970) • 4. 1969-1984 Robert Lodine (1928-1985) • 5. 1984-2015 Wylie Crawford (assistant carillonist from 1974) • 6. 2015-2022 Joseph (Joey) Brink • 7. 2022- Alex R. Johnson ==Deans==

• 1. 1928-1947. Rev. Charles Whitney Gilkey (1882-1968). Baptist • 2. 1948-1958. Rev. John B. Thompson (1907-1974). Presbyterian • 3. 1965-1978. Rev. Edwin Spencer Parsons (1919-2013) • 4. 1979-1995. Rev. Dr. Bernard ‘Bernie’ Owen Brown (1930-2023). Episcopal. Associate Dean 1967-1979. • 5. 1995-2007. Rev. Dr. Alison L. Boden. United Church of Christ • 6. 2008-2019. Rev. Dr. Elizabeth Davenport. Episcopal • 7. 1 July 2019-present Rev. Dr. D. Maurice Charles. Episcopal. ==References==