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Encyclopedia: John Rockefeller John Davison Rockefeller ( July 8, 1839- May 23, 1937) was an American capitalist and philanthropist. Rockefeller's grandson, Nelson Rockefeller, was Vice President of the United States under Gerald Ford and another grandson Winthrop Rockefeller served as Governor of Arkansas. Rockefeller himself retired from active business in 1895. www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/John-Rockefeller

John D. Rockefeller Dies at 97 in His Florida Home; Funeral to be Held Here John D. Rockefeller Dies at 97 in His Florida Home; Funeral to be Held Here Rockefeller's death reached New York a special car was sent to Florida to bring back his body and plans were made for a simple private funeral on Wednesday from his official residence at Pocantico Hills, where he had planned to celebrate his ninety-eighth birthday next July. Rockefeller had given more than $530,000,000 to various educational, scientific and religious institutions, thus winning for himself the right to be called the world's greatest philanthropist. partners.nytimes.com /books/98/05/17/specials/rockefeller-obit.html

rockefeller.senate.gov :: Senator Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) Rockefeller Kicks Off Gateway High-Tech Gathering in Eastern Panhandle Rockefeller and Snowe Seek to Maintain Affordable Telephone Service for Consumers and Restore Internet Funding for Schools and Libraries Rockefeller on Hand to Celebrate Opening of New Biometric Research and Data Center www.senate.gov /~rockefeller

. John D. Rockfeller 1839-1937 . The only time ever saw John Rockefeller enthusiastic was when a report came in from the creek that his buyer had secured a cargo of oil at a figure much below the market price. John D Rockefeller had been raised in the strictest Baptist faith, in the paternal farm near Cleveland, Ohio. Reinvesting constantly the profits and keeping costs and wages as low as possible, John D. Rockefeller grew quickly his business. www.micheloud.com /FXM/SO/jdr.htm

John D. Rockefeller Page Rockefeller began investigating the feasibility of entering the oil refining business in 1862 and the firm of Andrews, Clark and Company was formed in 1863. Rockefeller excelled at mental arithmetic and was able to solve difficult arithmetic problems in his head – a talent that would be very useful to him throughout his business career. Rockefeller had resisted the temptation to exploit the Standard’s near monopoly position by raising prices "too" much. k7moa.uh.edu /entrejdr.htm

John D Rockefeller John D. Rockefeller is without question the most conspicuous type of our present dominating commercial man. "The most important man in the world" a great and serious newspaper passionately devoted to democracy calls him, and unquestionably this is the popular measure of him. John D. Rockefeller, measured by our national ambition, is the most successful man in the world — the man who has got the most of what men most want. Rockefeller has frequently explained using as authority one of the few "documents" of his early life which he has seen fit to reveal to the public. tarbell.alleg.edu /archives/jdr.html

Rockefeller, John Davison John Davison Rockefeller - John Davison Rockefeller industrialist, philanthropist Born: 7/8/1839 Birthplace: Richford, N.Y. An...... Rockefeller, John Davison, 1839–1937, American industrialist and philanthropist, b. Rockefeller personally ruled over his enormous petroleum business until 1911, when he retired with a fabulous fortune. www.infoplease.com /ce6/people/A0842151.html

THE HISTORY OF THE STANDARD OIL COMPANY Rockefeller thought-and in that year he sold out his share of the commission business and put his money into the oil firm of Rockefeller and Andrews. Rockefeller once told it to his Cleveland Sunday-school, "As good fortune would have it I went down to the dock and made one more application, and I was told that if I would come in after dinner-our noon-day meal was dinner in those days-they would see if I could come to work for them. Rockefeller's competitors without a contest, or, if contested, would be supported by the law. www.history.rochester.edu /fuels/tarbell/upto52.htm

John D Rockefeller and Standard Oil. The nightmare begins... Rockefeller saw that a little knowledge can be decisive in the business world so he combined this good supply of information on his competitors with a total wall of silence he himself presented to the outside world. Rockefeller undertook to work out the good of the oil business the tendency to combination was marked throughout the industry, but it would not have been the combination whose history we have traced. Rockefeller has employed force and fraud to secure his ends, justify him by declaring, "It's business." That is, "it's business" has to come to be a legitimate excuse for hard dealing, sly tricks, special privileges. www.bilderberg.org /whatafel.htm

Jr. John D. Rockefeller Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography John D. Rockefeller Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography 209.197.89.145 /encyclopedia/John_D._Rockefeller,_Jr.

John D Rockfeller and the Standard Oil Company John D Rockfeller and the Standard Oil Company Discover how he came to dominate the Oil Industry for 50 years www.micheloud.com /FXM/SO

Rockefeller, John Davison. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 John D. Rockefeller, Jr., had six children, and his five sons all became famous in various fields of endeavor. Rockefeller personally ruled over his enormous petroleum business until 1911, when he retired with a fabulous fortune. Rockefeller was also prominent in the affairs of railroads and banks, being second only to J. Morgan in the domain of finance. www.bartleby.com /65/ro/RockefelJ.html

MSN Encarta - Search Results - John D Rockefeller Rockefeller Foundation, philanthropic organization endowed by John D. Rockefeller and chartered in 1913 “to promote the well-being of mankind... Rockefeller, John D(avison), III (1906-1978), American philanthropist, son of John D. Rockefeller, Jr., born in New York City, and educated at... Rockefeller was born in Richford, New York, on July 8, 1839, and educated in the... encarta.msn.com /John_D_Rockefeller.html

John Davison Rockefeller John Davison Rockefeller, was born on July 8, 1839, he was the son of William Avery Rockefeller and Eliza Davison Rockefeller. John graduated in 1855, delegating on whether to attend college or not, he chose to go into business instead of attending college. Rockefeller would hire and buy all of the materials that he would need to do the jobs that he had in mind. www.stfrancis.edu /ba/ghkickul/stuwebs/bbios/biograph/jdr.htm

John D. Rockefeller - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia In 1865 Rockefeller had gotten so involved in the oil business, and was so confident of its future growth, that he sold out his share of the commission business to his partner Clark, then applied the proceeds toward a significant investment in another refinery, and formed the partnership of Rockefeller and Andrews. John joined the Erie Street Baptist Church, which later became the Euclid Avenue Baptist Church, where he became a deacon at the age of nineteen and a trustee at the age of 21. Rockefeller was born in Richford, New York, second of six children to William Avery Rockefeller (November 13, 1810- May 11, 1906) and Eliza Davison (September 12, 1813- March 28, 1889). en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_D._Rockefeller   (2487 words)

John D Rockefeller John D. Rockefeller is without question the most conspicuous type of our present dominating commercial man. "The most important man in the world" a great and serious newspaper passionately devoted to democracy calls him, and unquestionably this is the popular measure of him. There is a something in the fine, keen face of John D. Rockefeller's mother which recalls the face of Lætitia Ramolino, mother of Napoleon Bonaparte, and convinces one that she could not but have been a power with her boys, though there is little enough to go on in trustworthy tradition and records. William A. Rockefeller was a tall and powerful man with keen straightforward eyes, a man in whom strength, and fearlessness, and joy in life, unfettered by education or love of decency, ran riot. tarbell.alleg.edu /archives/jdr.html   (2124 words)

John Davison Rockefeller,Sr. of the life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. We analyzed political cartoons about him and carefully examined his first ledger, Ledger A. We visited his home, Kykuit, in Pocantico Hills and the Rockefeller Archive Center. Taverna's class have learned a great deal about him and we think he was an amazing man! We interviewed historians and his descendents. www2.lhric.org /pocantico/rockefeller/jdr.htm   (2124 words)

MSN Encarta - Multimedia - John Davison Rockefeller John D. Rockefeller started the Standard Oil Company in 1870. MSN Encarta - Multimedia - John Davison Rockefeller History of United States Business; Rockefeller, John Davison; United States (Economy) ca.encarta.msn.com /media_461541647/John_Davison_Rockefeller.html   (2124 words)

John D. Rockefeller John Davison Rockefeller was born the second of six children to a working class family in Richford, New York, a small community between Ithaca and Binghamton. Rockefeller reduced his workload at Standard Oil in the 1890s to direct some of his energies toward philanthropy; after his retirement, he devoted his remaining 26 years to that endeavor. Rockefeller was immediately attracted to the oil business, but was repelled by the disorder of the wildcatters. www.u-s-history.com /pages/h957.html   (2124 words)

John D Rockefeller John D. Rockefeller is without question the most conspicuous type of our present dominating commercial man. "The most important man in the world" a great and serious newspaper passionately devoted to democracy calls him, and unquestionably this is the popular measure of him. John D. Rockefeller, measured by our national ambition, is the most successful man in the world — the man who has got the most of what men most want. However that may be, it is certain that about 1837, William A. Rockefeller brought Eliza Davison to the Rockefeller settlement as his wife, and here three children were born, the second of whom — the record of his birth is dated July 8, 1839 &; was named John Davison. tarbell.alleg.edu /archives/jdr.html   (2124 words)

John D. Rockefeller, Jr. - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia He was the fifth child and only son of John D. Rockefeller, founder of Standard Oil, and one of the wealthiest Americans of his time. Rockefeller donated the land on which the United Nations headquarters was built. During the Great Depression he funded the building of Rockefeller Center and as a result became one of the largest real estate holders in New York City. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_D._Rockefeller,_Jr.   (379 words)

Rockefeller, John Davison - Facts from the Encyclopedia - Yahoo! Education New York City, son of John D. Rockefeller 3d, was elected governor of West Virginia as a Democrat in 1976; reelected in 1980, he was then elected to the U.S. Senate in 1984 and reelected in 1990, 1996, and 2002. John D. Rockefeller, Jr., had six children, and his five sons all became famous in various fields of endeavor. Rockefeller was also prominent in the affairs of railroads and banks, being second only to J. Morgan in the domain of finance. messenger.yahooligans.com /reference/encyclopedia/entry/RockefelJ   (809 words)

. John D. Rockfeller 1839-1937 . John D Rockefeller had been raised in the strictest Baptist faith, in the paternal farm near Cleveland, Ohio. The only time ever saw John Rockefeller enthusiastic was when a report came in from the creek that his buyer had secured a cargo of oil at a figure much below the market price. Reinvesting constantly the profits and keeping costs and wages as low as possible, John D. Rockefeller grew quickly his business. www.micheloud.com /FXM/SO/jdr.htm   (370 words)

John D. and Standard Oil The business spirit seems to have always inhabited John D. Rockefeller: as a boy, he bought candy by the pound, divided it into small protions, then sold it at a tidy profit to his siblings. John D. began to borrow heavily to expand the business (during all his career he benefited from a favorable credit rating with banks); however, for personal reasons, the Clarks (James joined Maurice as a partner in the early 1860s) distrusted the banks. By the time of the dismantlement of S.O., John D. was not running the company anymore (he officially retired in 1897) and his fortune was made; therefore, it had little impact on him. www.bgsu.edu /departments/acs/1890s/rockefeller/bio2.htm   (733 words)

American Experience The Rockefellers People & Events Rockefeller, at age 43, was the leader of the Trust because he was "primus inter pares" (first among his peers), not a dictator. Rockefeller’s most important error of his career was to not go public at the time with his side of the story. The Rockefeller Foundation was officially established in 1913 and Rockefeller transferred $235,000,000 to it by 1929. www.pbs.org /wgbh/amex/rockefellers/peopleevents/p_rock_jsr.html   (5631 words)

In the Hot Seat: Rockefeller Testifies on Ludlow Rockefeller took the stand in the morning he read a statement making all the more clear his position in regard to the case of John R. Lawson of the miners' organization, who is under sentence of life imprisonment for a murder growing out of his participation in the strike. Rockefeller that he agreed with witnesses who said recently before the commission that after all legal means had been employed for the protection of their lives and property, they would resort to force. Rockefeller himself spoke of the affair as the “Ludlow Massacre,&; and said in extenuation of the deaths that the evidence seemed to show that many lost their lives from being smothered, rather than shot. historymatters.gmu.edu /d/5735   (4370 words)

John Davison Rockefeller He has been the founding father of a dynasty whose members attended the most prestigious schools in the country and held the highest duties (Nelson A. Rockefeller, son of John D., Jr, served as vice-president under Gerald Ford). John D. (as he used to sign his essays in high school) was born on july 8, 1839 in Richford, New York. John D., Sr was an implacable businessman with delusions of grandeur. www.bgsu.edu /departments/acs/1890s/rockefeller/bio1.htm   (4370 words)

A TOC : Strategies of John D. Rockfeller and the Standard Oil Company 1863-1911 (Business biography of John D. Rockefeller) The best book I know about John D. Rockefeller ever written, is Titan : The Life of John D. Rockefeller Sr. A TOC : Strategies of John D. Rockfeller and the Standard Oil Company 1863-1911 (Business biography of John D. Rockefeller) trategies of John D. Rockefeller and the Standard Oil Company 1863-1911 www.micheloud.com /FXM/SO/rock.htm   (4370 words)

German American Corner: ROCKEFELLER, John Davison (1839-1937) Rockefeller was born in Richford, N.Y., on July 8, 1839, and educated in the public schools of Cleveland, Ohio. These were the Rockefeller Foundation; the General Education Board; the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (now Rockefeller University); and the Laura Spelman Rockefeller Memorial, established in 1918 and incorporated into the Rockefeller Foundation in 1929. In early 1872 Rockefeller helped form the South Improvement Co., an association of the largest oil refiners in Cleveland, arranging with the railroads for substantial rebates on shipments by members of the association. www.germanheritage.com /biographies/mtoz/rockefeller.html   (4370 words)

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