Image WilliamRockefeller.jpg thumb 190px WilliamRockefellerWilliam Avery Rockefeller, Jr. May 31, 1841 June 24, 1922 , American financier, was a co founder with his older brother John D. Rockefeller of the prominent United States Rockefeller family . He was the son of William Avery RockefellerWilliam Avery Rockefeller, Sr. and Eliza Davison Rockefeller. Youth, education Rockefeller was born in Richford ... see Kykuit . File WilliamRockefeller Mausoleum 2010.JPG thumb The mausoleum of WilliamRockefeller ... Oil. Their son William Goodsell Rockefeller married Elsie Stillman, daughter of National City Bank ... 24, 1922 in Tarrytown, New York . ref cite news author coauthors title WilliamRockefeller Dies At Home ... 6813,4611350&dq william rockefeller&hl en quote Rockefeller, a founder of tho Standard Oil ... Rockefeller McAlpin 1868&ndash 1934 married Dr. David Hunter McAlpin William Goodsell Rockefeller ... Citigroup Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Rockefeller, William ALTERNATIVE ... Rockefeller, William Category American oil industrialists Category American philanthropists Category ... WilliamRockefeller fr WilliamRockefeller pl WilliamRockefeller fi WilliamRockefeller ... school, he was inspired and motivated by his teacher mentor, Rufus Osgood Mason , whom Rockefeller later named A Rockefeller Patron . Business career In 1865, he entered the Petroleum oil business by starting a refinery. In 1867, his older brother John D. Rockefeller s partnership of Rockefeller & Andrews absorbed this refinery. In 1870, that company became Standard Oil . William was considered far ... was very adept in business matters. Rockefeller served as the company s New York representative until ... York, now part of Citigroup . In the late 1890s, Rockefeller joined fellow Standard Oil principal Henry ... the copper industry. Rockefeller, along with Henry Rogers, devised a deceptive scheme which ... time National City Bank was run by Rockefeller s friends . Rogers and Rockefeller then set ... more details
Refimprove date December 2009 William Goodsell Rockefeller May 21, 1870 &ndash November 30, 1922 was a director of the Consolidated Textile Company . Biography He was the third child of Standard Oil co founder WilliamRockefeller 1841&ndash 1922 and his wife, Almira Geraldine Goodsell . Rockefeller married Sarah Elizabeth Stillman, daughter of National City Bank president James Jewett Stillman , on November 21, 1895. His father had become a large shareholder of the National City Bank and his alliance with the Stillman family was sealed by the marriage of his two sons with two Stillman daughters. Rockefeller s brother, Percy Avery Rockefeller , married Isabel Goodrich Stillman. He died on November 30, 1922. ref cite news author coauthors title W. G. Rockefeller Dies of Pneumonia Nephew of John D., Stricken on Monday, Suffered Relapse Wednesday. In Many Corporations. Elected Only Last Tuesday a Director of the Consolidated Textile Company url http query.nytimes.com gst abstract.html?res F50612FF345A1B7A93C3A91789D95F468285F9 quote WWilliam Goodsell Rockefeller, son of the late WilliamRockefeller, nephew of John D. Rockefeller and brother in law of James A. Stillman, died at twenty minutes before 10 last night of double pneumonia at his home, 292 Madison Avenue. Mr. Rockefeller returned ... New York Times date December 1, 1922 accessdate 2011 01 11 ref Children William Avery Rockefeller II August 8, 1896 &ndash October 14, 1973 Godfrey Stillman Rockefeller May 1, 1899 &ndash February 23, 1983 James Stillman Rockefeller June 8, 1902 &ndash August 10, 2004 John Sterling Rockefeller October 28, 1904 &ndash May 10, 1988 Almira Geraldine Rockefeller December 28, 1907 1997 ref cite news ... suffered several strokes in the last two years. Mrs. Scott was the daughter of William G. Rockefeller ... Rockefeller family Persondata NAME Rockefeller, William Goodsell ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION ... Rockefeller, William Goodsell Category American philanthropists Category Rockefeller family Category ... more details
William Avery Rockefeller, Sr. November 13, 1810 May 11, 1906 was the father of United States American oil tycoon and billionaire, John D. Rockefeller John Davison Rockefeller July 8, 1839 May 23, 1937 and WilliamRockefeller 1841 1922 , who both founded the Standard Oil company. Family Rockefeller was born in Granger, New York to Godfrey Lewis Rockefeller September 24, 1783 1784, Albany, New York .... He was one of 10 children Melinda Rockefeller September 12, 1807 May 2, 1880 , married to William Harris Olymphia Rockefeller April 20, 1809 William Avery Rockefeller, Sr November 13, 1810 May 11, 1906 Norman Rockefeller October 27, 1812 January 20, 1905 Sally Ann Rockefeller September 28, 1814 March 3, 1884 Jacob S. Rockefeller July 14, 1816 August 14, 1892 Mary Rockefeller February 18, 1819 July 15, 1819 Miles Avery Rockefeller July 27, 1821 Mary Miranda Rockefeller June 17, 1824 November 12, 1879 Egbert Rockefeller February 8, 1827 September 20, 1878 Ancestry The Rockefellers trace their paternal ...?id 2621 GeneAll.net Bot generated title ref Marriage and children Rockefeller and his first wife, Eliza Davison Rockefeller September 12, 1813 March 28, 1889 , married February 18, 1837 in Niles, Cayuga Co., NY, were the parents of six children Lucy Rockefeller Briggs 1838 1878 , married to Pierson Briggs John Davison Rockefeller 1839 1937 WilliamRockefeller 1841 1922 Mary Ann Rockefeller 1843 ... he died, and the full story wasn t exposed until two years later. Death WilliamRockefeller had spent ... Saint Etienne Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Rockefeller, William Avery ... 11, 1906 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Rockefeller, William Avery Category Rockefeller family Category ..., Illinois Category Confidence tricksters pl William Avery Rockefeller, Sr ... . ref http www.angelfire.com ego et deo davidicdynasty.wps.htm ref The first Rockefeller to settle in America was Johann Peter Rockefeller 1710, Segendorf, Neuwied 1787, Amwell Township, New Jersey ... more details
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wealthy historical figures the richest person in history Laura Spelman Rockefeller 1839 1915 , wife of John D.R. WilliamRockefeller 1841 1922 , brother of John D.R. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Junior 1874 1960 , only son of Senior Abby Aldrich Rockefeller 1874 1948 , wife of Junior Percy Avery Rockefeller 1878 1934 , son of William James Stillman Rockefeller 1902 2004 , grandson of William, a gold medal ...Rockefeller is a surname, and may refer to TOCright Rockefeller family John D. Rockefeller , Sr. 1839 ... City Bank of New York, now Citibank . John D. Rockefeller III 1906 1978 , third generation, grandson of John D.R. Nelson Rockefeller 1908 1979 , third generation, 41st Vice President of the United States Laurance Rockefeller 1910 2004 , third generation, conservationist Winthrop Rockefeller 1912 1973 , third generation, governor of Arkansas David Rockefeller born 1915 , third generation, banker and statesman Jay Rockefeller John D. Jay Rockefeller IV born 1937 , fourth generation, Democratic U.S. Senator for West Virginia Michael Rockefeller 1938 1961 , fourth generation, youngest son of Nelson and his first wife David Rockefeller, Jr. born 1941 , fourth generation Winthrop Paul Rockefeller 1948 2006 , Republican lieutenant governor of Arkansas Mark Rockefeller born 1967 , fourth generation son of Nelson Other people Jim Rockefeller , inventor of the Rockefeller Yankee, America s first production fiberglass bodied sports car Lewis K. Rockefeller , a United States Representative from New York, Republican not a member of the John D. Rockefeller branch of the family dynasty Clark Rockefeller ... by John D. Rockefeller 3rd Kykuit , the Rockefeller family estate in Westchester County, New York State Lincoln Center , founded by John D. Rockefeller 3rd Museum of Modern Art , major art museum co founded by Abby Aldrich RockefellerRockefeller Brothers Fund , principal third generation philanthropy Rockefeller Center , a major New York City building complex Rockefeller College , a residential ... more details
Infobox Officeholder name Happy Rockefeller image Happy Rockefeller 1973.JPG imagesize 150px caption Margaretta Happy Rockefeller in 1973 birth date birth date and age 1926 6 9 birth place death date death ... spouse Dr. James Slater Murphy m. 1945 1963 br Nelson Rockefeller m. 1963 1979 children Mark Rockefeller br Nelson Rockefeller, Jr. br James B. Murphy 2nd br Margaretta Harrison Murphy br Carol Slater Murphy br Malinda Fitler Murphy relations signature Margaretta Large Fitler Murphy Rockefeller born June 9, 1926 , known as Happy Rockefeller , is the widow of Nelson Rockefeller Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller 1908&ndash 1979 , who was the 41st Vice President of the United States of America and a Governor ... and family A daughter of Margaretta Large Harrison and her first husband, William Wonderly Fitler, Jr. , an heir to a cordage fortune, Rockefeller is known by her nickname , Happy , given to her for her ... their divorce on April 1, 1963, was Dr. James Slater Murphy, a virologist associated with Rockefeller University Rockefeller Institute who was a close friend of Nelson Rockefeller. They had four ... of Laurance S. Rockefeller in Pocantico Hills, New York , on May 4, 1963, a month after her ... and her former husband s lawyer called irreconcilable differences &mdash she married Gov. Nelson Rockefeller .... He had divorced his first wife, Mary Rockefeller Mary Todhunter Clark , on March 16, 1962. Happy and Nelson Rockefeller had two sons Nelson Rockefeller, Jr. born 1964 and Mark Rockefeller born 1967 . Happy Murphy s involvement with Gov. Rockefeller was controversial at the time. As the British journalist Lady Jeanne Campbell wrote in the London Evening Standard , when the Murphy Rockefeller involvement became a subject of media scrutiny after the announcement of Rockefeller s filing for divorce ... Happy Well Fitted to Cheerful Mrs. Rockefeller , The New York Times, 5 May 1963, p. 72 ref More damaging ... Republican Party told The New York Times that the couple s potential marriage likely would cost Rockefeller ... more details
John D. Rockefeller , br John D. Rockefeller, Jr. , br Nelson Rockefeller , br David Rockefeller , br Jay Rockefeller otherfamilies distinctions traditions heirlooms estate meaning footnotes multiple image direction vertical header The Rockefeller patriarchs width 160 image1 John D. Rockefeller 1885.jpg alt1 John D. Rockefeller caption1 John D. Rockefeller image2 WilliamRockefeller.jpg alt2 WilliamRockefeller caption2 WilliamRockefeller The Rockefeller family IPA en r k f l r pron , the Cleveland, Ohio Cleveland family of John D. Rockefeller 1839 1937 Senior and his brother WilliamRockefeller ...&ndash 1818 Margaret Rockefeller 1750&ndash 1797 m.late 18th century George Trumbo 1750&ndash 1830 William ... Had seven children in all Simon WilliamRockefeller 1775&ndash 1839 Godfrey Lewis Rockefeller 1783 1784&ndash 1857 m.1806 Lucy Avery 1786&ndash 1867 Had ten children in all William Avery Rockefeller ... WilliamRockefeller 1841&ndash 1922 m.1864 Almira Geraldine Goodsell Mary Ann Rockefeller 1843&ndash 1925 m.1872 William Cullen Rudd Frank Rockefeller Franklin Rockefeller 1845&ndash 1917 m.1870 Helen Elizabeth Scofield Francis Rockefeller 1845&ndash 1847 William W. Rockefeller 1788&ndash 1851 m.early ... Rockefeller Growald 1952 Descendants of WilliamRockefeller An article in the New York Times in 1937 stated that WilliamRockefeller had, at that time, exactly 28 great grandchildren. Lewis Edward Rockefeller 1865&ndash 1866 Emma Rockefeller McAlpin 1868&ndash 1934 William Goodsell Rockefeller 1870&ndash 1922 William Avery Rockefeller b. 1896 William Avery Rockefeller 1896&ndash 1973 WilliamRockefeller ..., New Jersey Lyle Stuart, Inc., 1975. Manchester, William R. A Rockefeller Family Portrait From John ...See also Rockefeller Prose date September 2010 Infobox Family colour powderblue name Rockefeller crest ... s largest private fortune see Ron Chernow, Titan The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. , London Warner ... in the Chase Manhattan Bank , now JP Morgan Chase . Their ancestor, Johann Peter Rockefeller, moved ... more details
Mark Fitler Rockefeller born 1967 is a fourth generation member of the Rockefeller family . He is the youngest son of Nelson Rockefeller Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller 1908&ndash 1979 and Happy Rockefeller . Rockefeller is the current Chairman of the Board of Directors of the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation . ref http www.nfwf.org AM PrinterTemplate.cfm?Section Board of Directors&Template CM HTMLDisplay.cfm&ContentID 16089&FuseFlag 1 2010 Board of Directors. National Fish and Wildlife Foundation. Retrieved October 25, 2010. ref Rockefeller was raised at Kykuit , the central mansion at the Pocantico family estate in Westchester County in New York State. He is a graduate of the Buckley School, Deerfield Academy , and Princeton University , and he received an M.B.A. from Harvard University s Graduate School of Business Administration. ref name bio cite web url http www.sponsordirect.com company management.aspx title About Sponsor Direct Management Team author date work publisher Sponsor Direct, LLC accessdate 24 January 2010 ref He played football , basketball , and baseball at Deerfield, and played football at Princeton as a Walk on sports walk on . ref cite news title College Football Notebook Many Points Likely at Army author William N. Wallace newspaper The New York Times date ... at army.html?pagewanted 1 accessdate 24 January 2010 ref Rockefeller and his wife own South Fork ... by his grandfather, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Rockefeller s older brother, Nelson Rockefeller ... 1299rock.htm title Rockefeller Named Chairman of Historic Hudson Valley author date December 1999 work ... title Weddings Renee Anisko, Mark Rockefeller author newspaper The New York Times date 17 May 1998 ... 24 January 2010 ref See also Rockefeller family Nelson Rockefeller Happy Rockefeller Kykuit References reflist Rockefeller family Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Rockefeller ... OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Rockefeller, Mark Category Rockefeller family Category 1967 births Category Living ... more details
Unreferenced date May 2009 Image Rockefeller, Frank.png thumb Frank Rockefeller c.1905 Franklin Frank Rockefeller 8 August 1845, Moravia, New York 15 April 1917, Cleveland, Ohio was the youngest surviving son of William Avery Rockefeller . His two older brothers were John Davison Rockefeller John Davison and WilliamRockefeller of Standard Oil fame. Rockefeller s early years were spent in Richford, New York . With his father, he removed to Cleveland, Ohio , which would be the home base of his business endeavors. Underage, he joined the 7th Ohio Volunteer Infantry in September of 1861 and participated as an infantryman in the battles of Winchester, Port Republic, Cedar Mountain, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Lookout Mountain, and other battles including Sherman s march to Atlanta. He was wounded ..., and later served as its Vice President. However Rockefeller fell out with his brothers, and left Standard Oil in 1898. The rift was caused by John Davison Rockefeller John D. not taking consideration ... property. Frank was not as suited to business as were his brothers, John and William. He invested ... until 1908, when the Presidency was assumed by Samuel Prescott Bush . Frank Rockefeller continued as Vice President of the company. Frank Rockefeller refused to speak to his brothers, John and William until his death, despite William attempting reconciliation in the summer of 1916. Frank ... was attended by his brothers, John and William, the former being described in the press as looking tired and careworn. Further reading Chernow, Ron. Titan The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. London ... by Lawrence Wilson, The Neale Company, 1907 Rockefeller family Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Rockefeller, Frank ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 8 August 1845 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 15 April 1917 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Rockefeller, Frank Category Rockefeller family Category American oil industrialists Category People from Cleveland, Ohio ... more details
cleanup date September 2010 Infobox University name Rockefeller University native name image name Rockefeller ... Rockefeller.edu logo footnotes The Rockefeller University is a private university offering postgraduate and postdoctoral education. The Rockefeller University is located on the Upper East ... s tenth president. The Rockefeller University Press publishes the Journal of Experimental Medicine , the Journal of Cell Biology , and The Journal of General Physiology . File Rockefeller University.JPG thumb 200px Founder s Hall History What is now The Rockefeller University was founded in 1901 as The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research often called simply The Rockefeller Institute by John D. Rockefeller , who had earlier founded the University of Chicago in 1889. The Rockefeller ... s first scientific director, William H. Welch , known as the father of American medicine ... 1910, when The Rockefeller Hospital opened as a division, with Rufus Cole as its first director, clinical science . ref http www.rockefeller.edu research clinical hospital The Rockefeller University ... 0,9171,848704,00.html At Rockefeller Hospital . TIME . 24 May 1937. ref Mid century it added formal education to its scope, and in 1965 was renamed The Rockefeller University. Rockefeller researchers ... as Rockefeller president to become president of Royal Society of London in December . Newswire . The Rockefeller ... a few prominent academicians in the humanities, such as Saul Kripke . The Rockefeller family has maintained links with the institution David Rockefeller is the Honorary Chairman and a Life Trustee ... biology neuroscience University community As of 2010, Rockefeller University had about More ... de Duve 1974 George E. Palade 1972 Stanford Moore 1972 William H. Stein 1972 Gerald M. Edelman ... of both The Rockefeller University and the California Institute of Technology . Barbara Ehrenreich .... The Rockefeller University Achievements A Century of Science for the Benefit of Humankind, 1901 2001 ... more details
Infobox person name Laurance Spelman Rockefeller image Laurance S. Rockefeller NYWTS.jpg imagesize caption Laurance and Mary Rockefeller 1965 birth date Birth date 1910 05 26 birth place New York City ... website Laurance Spelman Rockefeller May 26, 1910 July 11, 2004 was a venture capitalist , finance financier , philanthropist , a major conservationist and a prominent third generation member of the Rockefeller family . He was the fourth child of John D. Rockefeller, Jr. and brother to John D. Rockefeller III John D. III , Nelson Rockefeller Nelson , Winthrop Rockefeller Winthrop and David Rockefeller David . Early life and marriage Rockefeller was born in New York City . He graduated from Princeton ... French, and Laurance s mother were friends. When Nelson Rockefeller Nelson attended Dartmouth College ... R. Chasin, Marion R. Weber, Dr. Lucy R. Waletzky, and Larry Rockefeller. In 2004, when he died, he ... trustee of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund for forty two years, from its inception in 1940 to 1982 ... two years, longer than any other leader in the Fund s history. He was also a founding trustee of the Rockefeller ... company financed by members of the Rockefeller family and a number of the institutions with which the family had longstanding philanthropic ties, among them the Museum of Modern Art , Rockefeller University and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center . Rockefeller s major interest was in aviation ... over Europe. Rockefeller had learned to fly, and found Rickenbacker s vivid accounts of an approaching boom in commercial air travel to be persuasive. Within a decade after Rockefeller s considerable ... Aircraft Corp. Rockefeller was a longtime friend and associate of DeWitt Wallace , who with his wife ... parks, one of Rockefeller s primary interests. small ref Appointed to the board of Reader s Digest see Robin Winks, Laurance S. Rockefeller Catalyst for Conservation , Washington, D.C. Island Press, 1997, p.181 ref small Through his resort management company, Rockresorts , Inc., Rockefeller opened ... more details
Infobox Senator name Jay Rockefeller image Jay Rockefeller official photo.jpg imagesize order1 Chairman ... residence Charleston, West Virginia , Washington, DC spouse Sharon Percy Rockefeller children John D. Rockefeller V br Valerie Rockefeller br Charles Rockefeller br Justin Rockefeller signature Jay Rockefeller Signature.svg alma mater Harvard University small Bachelor of Arts B.A. small net worth 56 127.5 million USD ref name OS.org cite web title Jay Rockefeller s Personal Finances publisher ... John Davison Jay Rockefeller IV born June 18, 1937 is the senior United States Senate ... magnate tycoon John D. Rockefeller , he is the only current politician of the prominent six generation Rockefeller family and the only Democratic Party United States Democrat in what has been a Rockefeller ..., The Rockefeller Century Three Generations of America s Greatest Family , New York Charles Scribner s Sons, 1988. p.394 ref small Early life John Davison Rockefeller IV was born at New York Hospital in New York City to John D. Rockefeller III and Blanchette Ferry Hooker just 26 days after the death of his great grandfather John D. Rockefeller . Jay Rockefeller graduated from Phillips Exeter ... Christian University in Tokyo . After college, Rockefeller worked for the Peace Corps in Washington ... which time he moved to Emmons, West Virginia . Rockefeller, along with his son Charles, is a Trustee ... on Foreign Relations , a nonprofit think tank previously chaired by his uncle, David Rockefeller ... backed by David Rockefeller . Since 1967, Rockefeller has been married to the former Sharon Percy Rockefeller Sharon Percy , the Chief Executive Officer of WETA TV , the leading PBS station in the Washington ... with the Rockefeller family. Jay and Sharon have four children John D. Rockefeller V John D. Rockefeller V Jamie , Valerie, Charles, and Justin Rockefeller Justin . Jamie s wife, Emily, is the daughter ... Park in Jackson Hole , Wyoming . Former President Bill Clinton , a friend of Rockefeller s and the Clinton ... more details
Infobox nrhp name Rockefeller Center nrhp type nhl image GE Building by David Shankbone.JPG caption View of the GE Building at the heart of Rockefeller Center location Midtown Manhattan , New York City ... title Rockefeller Center date 2007 09 18 work National Historic Landmark summary listing publisher ... partners. Image RockefellerLandmark.JPG right thumb Rockefeller Center s landmark plaque Image New Rockefeller Center jeh.JPG thumb Rockefeller Center extension Rockefeller Center or Rockefeller ... streets in New York City , United States . Built by the Rockefeller family , it is located in the center ... nhlsum ref name nrhpinv cite web url http pdfhost.focus.nps.gov docs NHLS Text 87002591.pdf Rockefeller ... docs NHLS Photos 87002591.pdf Rockefeller Center Accompanying photos, c.1933 to c.1986 ... Service ref History Image Rockefeller under construction.png thumb left Rockefeller Center under construction in 1932. Rockefeller Center was named after John D. Rockefeller, Jr. , who leased the space from Columbia University in 1928 and developed it from 1930. Rockefeller initially planned a syndicate ... out for a more favorable lease, causing Rockefeller to move forward without them. Rockefeller stated ... see Christine Roussel, The Art of Rockefeller Center , New York W.W. Norton & Company, 2006, p.11 ... rivet into 10 Rockefeller Plaza. Principal builder, and managing agent , for the massive project ... architect and adviser to Nelson Rockefeller . It was the public relations pioneer Ivy Lee , the prominent adviser to the family, who first suggested the name Rockefeller Center for the complex, in 1931. Junior initially did not want the Rockefeller family name associated with the commercial project ... and naming the Center see Daniel Okrent, Great Fortune The Epic of Rockefeller Center , New York Viking ... center for Allied intelligence, organized by William Stephenson , as well as the office of the future ... Life Building , McGraw Hill and News Corporation Fox News Channel headquarters are part of the Rockefeller ... more details
Rockefeller Infobox Governor name Winthrop Rockefeller image order 37th office Governor of Arkansas ... divorced br Jeannette McDonnell children Winthrop Paul Rockefeller profession businessman religion ... rank Colonel Winthrop A. Rockefeller May 1, 1912 ndash February 22, 1973 was a politician and philanthropist ... Reconstruction era of the United States Reconstruction . He was a third generation member of the Rockefeller family . Early life Winthrop Rockefeller was born in New York to John D. Rockefeller, Jr. , and the former Abby Greene Aldrich . His four famous brothers were Nelson Rockefeller Nelson , David Rockefeller David , Laurance Rockefeller Laurance , and John D. Rockefeller III John D. III . Nelson ... Hall of Fame at Fort Benning, Georgia . First marriage On 14 February 1948, Rockefeller married for the first ... s only child, Winthrop Paul Rockefeller Winthrop Paul , later a Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas ..., with suggestions that Winthrop Rockefeller owned an extensive collection of pornography. As Bobo Rockefeller said of the ensuing scandal, I want him to suffer the way he has made me suffer as he ... trust fund set up for her son wasn t enough for a Rockefeller heir. A Rockefeller wasn t born to be raised ... did not take place. As Bobo Rockefeller once said, I intend to be a Mrs. Rockefeller until the day I die. ref Take It Or Leave It , Time magazine, 23 June 1952 ref Bobo Rockefeller died May 19, 2008 at age 91. She was preceded in death by her son Winthrop P. Rockefeller who died in 2006, and is survived by her daughter in law, Lisenne Dudderar Rockefeller of Little Rock, grandchildren Andrea Hobbs, Katherine Eades, Winthrop Paul Rockefeller,Jr., William G.Rockefeller, Colin Rockefeller, John Alexander Rockefeller, Grace Rockefeller, Louis Rockefeller, great grandchild Emma Eades, God ...?id 443 ref Move to Arkansas Rockefeller moved to central Arkansas in 1953 and established Winrock Enterprises .... Twelve years later, Rockefeller would build on Remmel s race and win the governorship for the Republican ... more details
Infobox Non profit Non profit name The Rockefeller Foundation Non profit type Private foundation Non ... ref name foundcen Non profit logo File Rockefeller Foundation logo.png 260px Rockefeller Foundation logo founded date 1913 founder John D. Rockefeller , John D. Rockefeller, Jr. , Frederick Taylor Gates ... Non profit slogan homepage http www.rockfound.org RockFound.org dissolved footnotes The Rockefeller ..., New York City . The preeminent institution established by the six generation Rockefeller family , it was founded by John D. Rockefeller Senior , along with his son John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Junior ... the List of wealthiest charitable foundations largest foundation by assets , the Rockefeller ...?id ROCK005 The Rockefeller Foundation , accessed 2010 12 23 ref Leadership The foundation s president ... Beginnings File Rflogo1.jpg thumb Original Rockefeller logo, no longer in use Rockefeller s interest ... . ref name timeline http www.rockfound.org about us history timeline.shtml The Rockefeller Foundation ... , seriously revived the idea, saying that Rockefeller s fortune was rolling up so fast his heirs ... legacy of the Rockefeller Foundation see Ron Chernow, Titan The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr ... was established, though its program was limited to working women and social ills. Rockefeller s would ... stage Junior even secretly meeting with President William Howard Taft , through the aegis of Senator ... quarters of undue Rockefeller influence on the spending of the endowment, the end result was that Senior ... On May 14, 1913, New York Governor William Sulzer approved a state charter for the foundation two ..., his biographer Ron Chernow states, ranking Rockefeller as the greatest philanthropist in American ... , along with the newly named family office, Room 5600 , at Rockefeller Center later it moved to the Time ..., the trustees set up a new Department of Industrial Relations, inviting William Lyon MacKenzie ... Fifty Years of the Rockefeller Foundation , New York Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1964, p.128 ref Through ... more details
s great uncle WilliamRockefeller , Standard Oil s finance manager, who was recruited to the Bank s board ... Warner Books, 1998. p.337 ref When Stillman and WilliamRockefeller s children later intermarried ...pp semi vandalism small yes Infobox person name David Rockefeller, Sr. image imagesize birth date Birth ... salary networth gain US 2.9 billion spouse Margaret Peggy McGrath children David Rockefeller, Jr. David , Abby, Neva Rockefeller Goodwin Neva , Peggy Dulany Peggy , Richard, Eileen Rockefeller Growald Eileen website footnotes David Rockefeller, Sr. born June 12, 1915 is the current patriarch of the Rockefeller family . He is the youngest and only surviving child of John D. Rockefeller, Jr. and Abby Aldrich Rockefeller , and the only surviving grandchild of oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller , founder of Standard Oil . His five siblings were Abby Rockefeller Mauz Abby , John D. Rockefeller III John D. III , Nelson Rockefeller Nelson , Laurance Rockefeller Laurance and Winthrop Rockefeller ... mother Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Abby s private modern art gallery. The mansion was subsequently ... to Kykuit &mdash see David Rockefeller, Memoirs , New York Random House, 2002 pp.28 9,323 ref ... by the family in the early 1960s . Rockefeller attended the experimental Lincoln School ... and further supported by his father, which was later rolled into the Rockefeller Foundation . Later ... , which had strong links to the family through his father and the family run Rockefeller Foundation ..., The Rockefeller Century Three Generations of America s Greatest Family , New York Charles Scribner ... Office family office , Room 5600 , in Rockefeller Center , where he joined up with his brothers ... &mdash Harr & Johnson, op.cit. pp.530 31, 603 n ref In 1947, Rockefeller was invited onto the board ... On the board of the Carnegie Endowment &mdash Memoirs , pp.149 51 ref Rockefeller joined the Council ... Vision of David Rockefeller , Research Paper, pdf, 88 pages , 2006, p.7 . ref Thus began a lifelong ... more details
File Oysters rockefeller.jpg thumb right Oysters Rockefeller Oysters Rockefeller consists of oysters on the half shell that have been topped with various other ingredients often parsley and other green herbs, a rich butter sauce and bread crumbs and are then bake d or broil ed. History Oysters Rockefeller was created at the New Orleans restaurant Antoine s . Antoine s was founded in 1840 by Antoine Alciatore, who moved to New Orleans after two frustrating years in New York to open a restaurant of his own. It is the country s oldest family run restaurant. The dish was created in 1899 by Jules Alciatore, ref name guste cite book title Antoine s Restaurant Cookbook, Since 1840 A Collection of the Original Recipes from New Orleans Oldest and Most Famous Restaurant author Guste, Roy F. year 1980 ISBN 0393026663 ref son of the restaurant s founder. File FDRooseveltLecheMaistreAntoinesWPA.jpeg right thumb President Franklin Delano Roosevelt had Oysters Rockefeller at Antoine s in 1937. Mayor Robert Maestri commented to Roosevelt How you like dem erstas? , as the national press transcribed Maestri s Yat dialect Yat accent . http pontchartrain.net templates System details.asp?id 40334&PID 495604 The dish was named Oysters Rockefeller after John D. Rockefeller , the richest American at the time, for the richness of the sauce. ref name guste Though the original recipe is a secret, the sauce ... date August 2009 Jules Alciatore developed Oysters Rockefeller in the face of a shortage of escargot ... purporting to be Oysters Rockefeller, Antoine s claims that no other restaurant has been able to successfully ... to capitalize on the fame of Antoine s signature dish, but because the recipe for Oysters Rockefeller ... denied that the authentic recipe contains spinach. A 1986 laboratory analysis by William Poundstone ... rock.html title Oysters Rockefeller accessdate 2009 04 23 ref and that it is not possible that Herbsaint ... pre dates the year Oysters Rockefeller was created. ref cite web url http www.pernod.net histoire ... more details
Mary Todhunter Clark Rockefeller June 17, 1907 &ndash April 21, 1999 was the first wife of Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller , a List of Governors of New York Governor of New York . He served, after their divorce ... George B. Roberts , a former president of the Pennsylvania Railroad . She married Nelson Rockefeller ... five children Rodman Rockefeller , Anne Rockefeller, Steven Clark Rockefeller , and twins Michael Rockefeller Michael Clark Rockefeller and Mary Rockefeller. Tod Rockefeller divorced her husband on March 16, 1962. ref cite news author coauthors title Rockefeller, Second Wife Expecting Baby In June ... Jan 01, 1964&author &pub The Sun 1837 1985 &desc Rockefeller, Second Wife Expecting Baby In June&pqatl google quote Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller, candidate for the Republican Presidential nomination, is a father to be. ... Rockefeller, 55, is a grand father. He and his first wife, Mrs. Mary Todhunter Clark Rockefeller, who divorced him in Reno, Nev., on March 16, 1962, ... newspaper New York Times date January 1, 1964 accessdate 2010 12 09 ref A year later, Margaretta Fitler Murphy Rockefeller Happy Murphy became the governor s second wife. Mary Todhunter Rockefeller died in New York City in 1999 at the age of 91. ref Citation author Eric Pace title Mary C. Rockefeller, Governor s Former ... 04 22 nyregion mary c rockefeller governor s former wife dead at 91.html?pagewanted all quote Mary Clark Rockefeller, who was prominent in the education of nurses and was New York State s First Lady when she was married to Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller, died yesterday at her home on the Upper East Side ... of Nelson A. Rockefeller Worlds to Conquer, 1908 1958 , New York Doubleday, 1996. References reflist See also Rockefeller family Nelson Rockefeller start box s hon succession box title first lady First Lady of New York before Marie Harriman after Margaretta Fitler Murphy Rockefeller Margaretta Rockefeller years 1959&ndash 1961 end box Rockefeller family Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata ... more details
Rockefeller Commission can refer to either of two commissions in U.S. history, although it is not the proper name of either The 1972 President s Commission on Population Growth and the American Future , headed by John D. Rockefeller III . It was created by an Act of Congress , which was signed into law by Richard Nixon in March 1970. The commission released its findings on March 27, 1972. The 1975 United States President s Commission on CIA activities within the United States , headed by Nelson Rockefeller . disambig ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Jim Rockefeller created the Rockefeller Yankee, a fiberglass bodied production sports car in 1951. The first was sold at the 1953 Auto Show in Madison Square Garden . He had a lifelong passion for science and mechanics. He used his knowledge not only to teach others, but to build and reconstruct several houses in Florida , where he retired. Source http www.inventorpat.com yankee.htm DEFAULTSORT Rockefeller, Jim US engineer stub Category American inventors Category 2007 deaths ... more details
Justin Aldrich Rockefeller born July 12, 1979 in West Virginia ref cite web url http www.worth.com Editorial Thought Leaders Profiles Visions Revisions Democratic Zeal 3.asp title Visions and Revisions Page 3 Worth date 2006 09 01 accessdate 2008 08 08 publisher Worth ref is a venture capitalist and political activist . Rockefeller is the youngest son of West Virginia s prominent United States Senator Jay Rockefeller and his wife, Sharon Percy Rockefeller , and is a fifth generation member of the Rockefeller family . He is the grandson of U.S. Senator Charles H. Percy . He attended Princeton University , from which he graduated in 2002 with a bachelor s degree in Politics. At age 25, Rockefeller co founded the nonprofit nonpartisan organization, GenerationEngage, which used grassroots activism and technology to facilitate the ease with which politicians and community college students engage with one another. In January 2010, GenerationEngage merged with a similar nonprofit, Mobilize.org. ref http www.socialcitizens.org blog mobilizeorg and generation engage match made millennials Mobilize.org and Generation Engage A Match Made by Millennials Bot generated title ref In 2009 he joined as a Principal with Richmond Management, ref http www.richmondmgt.com Richmond Management ref a global venture capital firm. He serves on the Board of Trustees of Rockefeller Brothers Fund , Richmond Sustainability Foundation and Mobilize.org. ref http www.mobilize.org Mobilize.org ref Rockefeller was a 2008 honoree of the Edwin P. Hubble Medal of Initiative, the city of Marshfield, Missouri s highest ... Award. Rockefeller is married and lives in Palo Alto , California. See also Rockefeller family Jay Rockefeller Sharon Percy Rockefeller Charles H. Percy References Reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Rockefeller, Justin ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1979 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Rockefeller, Justin Category Rockefeller family ... more details
Infobox person honorific prefix name Michael Clark Rockefeller honorific suffix image image size alt ... status spouse partner Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller br Mary Rockefeller Mary Todhunter Rockefeller children ... module4 module5 module6 website URL www.example.com footnotes box width Michael Clark Rockefeller ... of New York Governor later Vice President of the United States Vice President Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller and Mary Rockefeller Mary Todhunter Rockefeller and a fourth generation member of the Rockefeller ... of southwestern New Guinea . Early life After attending The Buckley School in New York, Rockefeller ... Gardner , and for which Rockefeller was the sound recordist. Rockefeller and a friend briefly left ... with the Peabody expedition, Rockefeller returned to New Guinea to study the Asmat and collect Asmat art. ref http www.trutv.com library crime notorious murders celebrity michael rockefeller index.html ... 17, 1961, Rockefeller and Netherlands Dutch anthropologist Ren Wassing were in a 40 foot .... ref http www.agamemnon.com rockefeller.html The Search for Michael Rockefeller ref Their two local guides swam for help, but it was slow in coming. After drifting for some time, Rockefeller said to Wassing I think I can make it and swam for shore. Wassing was rescued the next day, while Rockefeller was never seen again, despite an intensive and lengthy search effort. At the time, Rockefeller s disappearance ... blog archives 422 1961 Michael Rockefeller Sohn des Vize Praesidenten verschwindet im Kannibalen Terroritorium Papua NeuGuinea.html 1961 Michael Rockefeller Sohn des Vize Praesidenten verschwindet im ... Magazine online retrieved March 26, 2010 ref Speculation Most believe that Rockefeller either drowned ... in some areas of Asmat in 1961, some have speculated that Rockefeller was killed and eaten by local people. ref http www.trivia library.com c search for michael rockefeller in new guinea part 7.htm About the search for Michael Rockefeller, son of New York mayor Nelson Rockefeller, history of his mysterious ... more details
Rodman Clark Rockefeller May 2, 1932 May 14, 2000 was the oldest son of former Vice President of the United States of America U.S. Vice President Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller and his wife Mary Rockefeller Mary Todhunter Tod Clark , and was a fourth generation member of the Rockefeller family . Biography Rockefeller was president from 1968 to 1972 and chief executive from 1972 to 1980 of the International Basic Economy Corporation, a commercial genetics and agribusiness concern based in New York and incorporated by his father in 1946. Its activities, all in Latin America, included developing corn production there and building thousands of low cost homes in three places in Mexico. He was also chairman ..., Conn., a seller of genetic material for poultry stock, for some years. Rockefeller was co chairman ... was on the board of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund for nine years. For many years, he was a trustee of Rockefeller Financial Services, which manages the family s office known as Room 5600 , its investment companies and its many foundations. He was the head of the finance committee of Rockefeller Financial Services for many years and was a longtime trustee of Rockefeller Financial s holding company, Rockefeller & Company. Rockefeller attended both Deerfield Academy and Dartmouth College . While at Dartmouth ... Beta Kappa . Rockefeller continued his education at Columbia University s Graduate School of Business Administration and received his master s degree . Rockefeller served as chairman of Pocantico ... , the Americas Society, and http www.nybloodcenter.org New York Blood Center . Rockefeller married Barbara Ann Olsen in 1953 and the couple had four children Meile Rockefeller Meile , Peter, Stuart ..., known as Sascha, in 1980. Rockefeller family Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Rockefeller, Rodman Clark ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Rockefeller, Rodman Clark Category Rockefeller family Category American ... more details
Orphan date March 2011 Infobox Skyscraper building name Edificio Rockefeller image Image Edificio Rockefeller Madrid.jpg 200px caption year highest year end plural location coordinates status Completed groundbreaking constructed est completion opening 1932 demolished destroyed use antenna spire roof top floor floor count elevator count cost floor area architect engineer contractor developer owner management references Edificio Rockefeller literally Rockefeller Building is the popular name of a building opened in 1932 in the Spanish city of Madrid as headquarters of Instituto Nacional de F sica y Qu mica National Institute of Physics and Chemistry . coord missing Spain Category Buildings and structures in Madrid Spain struct stub es Edificio Rockefeller ... more details
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