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	Rockefeller, John Davison. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		Rockefeller was also prominent in the affairs of railroads and banks, being second only to J. Morgan in the domain of finance.
		John D. Rockefeller, Jr., had six children, and his five sons all became famous in various fields of endeavor.
		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.
	www.bartleby.com /65/ro/RockefelJ.html (805 words)

	John Davison Rockefeller - LoveToKnow 1911
		JOHN DAVISON ROCKEFELLER (1839-), American capitalist, was born in Richford, Tioga county, New York, on the 8th of July 1839.
		In 1853 his family removed to Ohio, living after 1857 in Cleveland, where Rockefeller had begun to work as a bookkeeper in 1855 and where in 1858 he went into the produce commission business.
		Rockefeller himself retired from active business in 1895; he had for a time large iron interests (mines and ore-carrying vessels) on Lake Superior, which he sold to the United States Steel Corporation, and his personal wealth was probably greater than that of any other man in the country.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /John_Davison_Rockefeller (381 words)

	Encyclopedia
		He was chairman of the board of directors of the Rockefeller Foundation, a director of the General Education Board, and president of the board of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research.
		Among Rockefeller’s important philanthropic activities were his financing of the colonial restoration of Williamsburg, Va., and his donation of land in New York City to the UN for use as the site of its international headquarters.
		On December 19, 1974, Nelson A. Rockefeller, a former four-term governor of New York and the grandson of oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller, Sr., was sworn.
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	John Davison Rockefeller
		John Davison Rockefeller was a man with a vision, or rather a habit.
		John understood the importance of efficiency, the detailed understanding of the economy he participated in, and the standardized codes of conduct and sense of mythology of his Cleveland Baptist Church.
		Rockefeller understood the efficiency of controlling entire regions of the production, distillation and marketing chain and bought paint and glue factories, lumber yards and steel mills and began to invest in storage of crude and refined oil for equalizing the flow onto the market.
	www.abarim-publications.com /Arie/JohnDavisonRockefeller.html (613 words)

	American Experience \| The Rockefellers \| Rockefellers Timeline (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		July 8: John Davison Rockefeller is born in Richford, upstate New York, to William Avery ("Bill") Rockefeller, a travelling peddler of novelties and "cures," and Eliza Davison Rockefeller, a devout Baptist.
		Rockefeller is tainted by the scandal surrounding the South Improvement Company scheme, a secret alliance between major refiners and the railroads.
		Rockefeller decides to retire from Standard Oil, gradually and secretly, in a move designed to keep the press and the public in the dark.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/amex/rockefellers/timeline (1057 words)

	Kykuit, the Rockefeller Estate / Historic Hudson Valley
		John D. Rockefeller was born in upstate New York on a farm not far from Binghamton in the southern tier, a landscape of hills that he dearly loved.
		In March 1864 Rockefeller married Laura Spelman, a young Cleveland woman with a strong political and religious background; her parents were staunch abolitionists and active in the Underground Railroad.
		Nelson Rockefeller was the third of the six children of John D. Rockefeller and Abby Aldrich Rockefeller and one of the first generation of Rockefellers to be raised partly at Pocantico Hills.
	www.hudsonvalley.org /kykuit/learn_biographies.htm (1562 words)

	John D. Rockefeller Jr.
		Rockefeller was born on January 24, 1874, in Cleveland, Ohio, the fifth child and only son of John D. Rockefeller Sr.
		The Rockefeller family was deeply religious and the young man was raised with a sense of duty to family and church.
		Rockefeller, John D. Rockefeller was born on July 8, 1839, at Richford, New York. His father was a merchant who traveled across the Midwest and Northeastern portions of the United States. The family eventually moved to Ohio. The Rockefellers lived in Strongsville...
	www.u-s-history.com /pages/h1781.html (924 words)

	John Davison Rockefeller (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		John D. (as he used to sign his essays in high school) was born on july 8, 1839 in Richford, New York.
		William (or Big Bill) was not a model father for John D. In 1849, he was indicted for rape; as a result, in all likelihood, the family left Richford for Owego, NY to avoid the trial.
		John D., Sr was an implacable businessman with delusions of grandeur.
	www.bgsu.edu /departments/acs/1890s/rockefeller/bio1.htm (332 words)

	John Dean - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Dean, John, born in 1938, United States government official, White House counsel to President Richard M. Nixon (1969-1974), and a key figure in the...
		Rockefeller, John D(avison), III (1906-1978), American philanthropist, son of John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
		John Davison Rockefeller III was born in New...
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	Discover the Wisdom of Mankind on John D. Rockefeller (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		John Davison Rockefeller (July 8, 1839 andndash; May 23, 1937) was an American capitalist most known for his role in the early petroleum industry and the founding of Standard Oil (ExxonMobil is the largest of its descendants).
		John Davison Rockefeller was born in Richford, New York, the second of the six children to William Avery Rockefeller (November 13, 1810 - May 11, 1906) and his wife Eliza Davison (September 12, 1813 - March 28, 1889).
		Rockefeller also made huge gifts to members of his family in the last decades of his life, especially to his son John D. Rockefeller, Jr., and his descendents remained among the richest and most influential families in the United_States^ throughout the 20th century.
	www.blinkbits.com /blinks/john_d._rockefeller (2382 words)

	PlanetPapers - John D. Rockefeller
		Rockefeller also was one of the first major philanthropists in the U.S., establishing several important foundations and donating a total of $540 million to charitable purposes.
		Rockefeller was born on farm at Richford, in Tioga County, New York, on July 8, 1839, the second of the six children of William A. and Eliza (Davison) Rockefeller.
		Rockefeller was not paid until after he had worked there three months, when Hewitt gave him $50 ($3.57 a week) and told him that his salary was being increased to $25 a month.
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	Thomas Holcombe of Connecticut - Person Page 537
		Rockefeller married Barbara "Bobo" Sears in 1948 and established a self-admitted reputation as a playboy: unlike the rest of the Rockefeller clan, who were noted for their abstemiousness, Winthrop was a hard drinker.
		Rockefeller's political legacy lives on in both the Republican and Democratic parties of Arkansas, both of which were forced to reform due to his presence in Arkansas politics.
		Rockefeller is the immediate past president of the Quapaw Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America and currently serves on the Boy Scouts National Board of Directors.
	www.holcombegenealogy.com /data/p537.htm (3127 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Rockefeller, (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Rockefeller University ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY [Rockefeller University] philanthropic organization in New York City, founded 1901 as the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research by John D. Rockefeller for furthering medical science and its allied subjects and to make knowledge of these subjects available to the public.
		Rockefeller Center ROCKEFELLER CENTER [Rockefeller Center] complex of buildings in central Manhattan, New York City, between 48th and 51st streets and Fifth Ave.
		Rebutting Rockefeller: the chairman of the Earth Charter drafting committee takes issue with this magazine's expose, "The New World Religion." The facts show that his objections are not sustainable.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Rockefeller, (619 words)

	Anti New World Order - Under Siege
		Beginning with John D. Rockefeller, Sr., the Rockefeller family established itself as one of the greatest industrial and philanthropic families in American history.
		Rockefeller bought out his competitors or put them out of business through tactics that included price cutting and the acquisition of such supporting enterprises as pipelines, oil terminals, and cooperage plants.
		In 1974 Rockefeller was sworn in as vice-president under President Gerald Ford and served until the term ended in 1977.
	www.angelfire.com /dc/undersiege/therockefellers.html (786 words)

	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 (962 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 also a generous benefactor of Columbia, Harvard, Spelman, Bryn Mawr and Yale.
	www.u-s-history.com /pages/h957.html (960 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.
		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.
		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.
	www.germanheritage.com /biographies/mtoz/rockefeller.html (362 words)

	Skeletons in the Closet: Rockefeller History
		John D. Rockefeller (1839-1937) laid claim to the title of being the "most ruthless American." He was a war profiteer during the Civil War selling unstamped Harkness liquor to Federal troops at a high profit, gaining the initial capital to embark on his drive for monopoly in the oil business.
		Rockefeller is chairman of Recruiting New Teachers, Inc., an organization dedicated to improving the quality and diversity of the national teacher workforce, and he is a member of the Harvard Overseers' committee on university resources.
		Rockefeller is a trustee and the former chairman of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund and the Asian Cultural Council.
	www.seekgod.ca /rockefeller.htm (5153 words)

	John D. Rockefeller IV - Congresspedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Democrat John Davison Rockefeller IV is the Junior Senator for West Virginia.
		Rockefeller is a member of the prominent Rockefeller family, the great-grandson of oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller, and nephew of former Governor of Arkansas Winthrop Rockefeller and former Vice President Nelson A. Rockefeller.
		Rockefeller was elected Governor of West Virginia in 1976 and re-elected in 1980.
	www.sourcewatch.org /index.php?title=Jay_Rockefeller (572 words)

	John Davison Rockefeller, IV
		John Davison Rockefeller, IV was born in New York City, the great-grandson of oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller and the nephew of New York Governor and United States Vice President Nelson Rockefeller.
		In 1966, Rockefeller broke from his family's long tradition of Republican loyalty and ran successfully for the House of Delegates as a Democrat.
		In 1984, Rockefeller was elected to the United States Senate.
	www.wvculture.org /history/jayrock.html (287 words)

	John D. Rockefeller
		John D. Rockefeller was born in Richford, New York.
		Because of Rockefeller's wealth he was considered the richest man in the world.
		Rockefeller controlled about 90 percent of the nation's oil business and was president of the Standard Oil Company of Ohio for a long time.
	www.johndrockefeller.org (960 words)

	John D. Rockefeller - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The youngest daughter, Edith (1872-1932), married Harold Fowler McCormick, a friend of John, Jr., and son of Cyrus McCormick, inventor of the mechanical harvesting reaper.
		In 1865, Rockefeller had become 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.
		Another grandson, Nelson A. Rockefeller, was Republican governor of New York and the 41st Vice President of the United States.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_D._Rockefeller (3281 words)

	John Davison Rockefeller (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		His firm, Clark and Rockefeller, invested in an oil refinery in 1862, and in 1865 Rockefeller sold out his share to his partner Clark, paid $72,500 for a larger share in another refinery, and formed the partnership of Rockefeller and Andrews.
		In private life, Rockefeller was a member of the Baptist church, and late in life became a 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.
	www.businessomatic.com /html/john_davison_rockefeller.html (686 words)

	John Davison ROCKEFELLER (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		By age 24, Rockefeller was a partner in a small Ohio oil refinery.
		In his day, Rockefeller's wealth and domination of an industry was comparable to that of Bill Gates, who made billions in computers, and Sam Walton, who created the Wal-Mart retailing empire.
		Rockefeller founded the University of Chicago, and he donated generously to the YMCA and the Baptist Church.
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	ROCKEFELLER, John Davison [1839-1937] -- American industrialist and philanthropist
		In 1870, The Standard Oil Co. of Ohio was organized with a capital of $1,000,000, with John D. Rockefeller as president, William Rockefeller vice president and Henry M. Flagler secretary and treasurer.
		Rockefeller University founded 1901 as the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research by John D. Rockefeller for furthering medical science and its allied subjects and to make knowledge of these subjects available to the public.
		Rockefeller Foundation established (1913) by John D. Rockefeller, Sr., to promote the well-being of mankind throughout the world.
	freepages.history.rootsweb.com /~dav4is/people/RFLR131.htm (538 words)

	Rockefeller - Facing the Corporate Roots of American Fascism
		John Davison Rockefeller (1839-1937), the world’s first billionaire, was America’s most generous philanthropist, fascist financier and Nazi collaborator.
		John Spivak says: “Trade unions were openly disbelieving and denounced with anger the so-called discoveries as a deliberate frame-up to provide excuses for more raids against organized labour” (A Man in His Time, 1967).
		Rockefeller’s great generosity was aimed largely at medical education, perhaps because of his father’s career and its peculiar contributions to medicine.
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	Rockefeller John D(avison) IV - Search Results - MSN Encarta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Rockefeller, John D(avison), IV (1937- ), American public official, son of John D. Rockefeller III, born in New York, and known as Jay Rockefeller....
		Democratic senators John D. Rockefeller, IV and Robert...
		(1874-1960), American industrialist, son of John Davison Rockefeller, born in Cleveland, Ohio, and educated at...
	uk.encarta.msn.com /Rockefeller_John_D(avison)_IV.html (146 words)

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