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  John Davison Rockefeller - Encyclopedia.com
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.
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 ROCKEFELLER, John D(avison), Jr.
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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 The Rockefeller Archive Center - JDR III Biographical Sketch
John Davison Rockefeller 3rd was born in New York City on March 21, 1906, the eldest son of John D. Rockefeller, Jr., and Abby Aldrich Rockefeller.
Rockefeller was released from active duty in 1945 but his wartime experience led to his appointment as a cultural consultant to John Foster Dulles during the Japanese peace treaty negotiations.
Rockefeller was the Center's first president, starting in 1956, and became its chairman in 1961, a post in which he served until 1970 when he was elected honorary chairman.
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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.
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 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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 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...
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 John D. Rockefeller - MSN Encarta
John D. Rockefeller III (1906-1978), American philanthropist, son of John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
John Davison Rockefeller III was born in New York City and educated at Princeton University.
In 1960 he conceived and financed the Rockefeller Public Service Award of $10,000, given annually in recognition of distinguished service to the government and people of the U.S. in five fields.
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 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.
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 NationMaster - Encyclopedia: John D. Rockefeller III
They had one son, John D. Rockefeller IV, who is currently junior U.S. Senator from West Virginia and a former two term governor of that state, and three daughters Sandra Rockefeller, Hope Rockefeller, and Alida Rockefeller.
John Davison Rockefeller IV (born June 18, 1937) is a member of the prominent United States Rockefeller family who has served as a Democratic U.S. Senator from West Virginia since 1985.
John D. Rockefeller 3rd was killed in an automobile accident in Mount Pleasant, New York on July 10, 1978.
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 Top Literature - John D Rockefeller III
John Davison Rockefeller III (March 21, 1906 – July 10, 1978) was a major philanthropist and third-generation member of the prominent Rockefeller family.
In 1929, he joined the family's renowned Rockefeller Foundation; elected to the board in 1931 he subsequently became chairman of this major philanthropic organization for twenty years and was responsible for changing the focus of the institution.
They had one son, Jay Rockefeller (John D. Rockefeller IV)—currently a U.S. Senator from West Virginia and a former two-term governor of that state, and three daughters, Sandra, Hope, and Alida Rockefeller.
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 NationMaster - Encyclopedia: United States Senate elections, 2008   (Site not responding. Last check: )
John Randolph Thune (born January 7, 1961) is the junior U.S. Senator from the state of South Dakota.
John Davison Rockefeller IV (born on June 18, 1937), generally known as Jay Rockefeller, has served as a Democratic U.S. Senator from West Virginia since 1985.
John Yarmuth (born November 4, 1947) is the congressman for Kentuckys 3rd congressional district.
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 Informat.io on John D Rockefeller Iii
John Davison Rockefeller 3rd (March 21, 1906 – July 10, 1978) was a major philanthropist and third-generation member of the prominent Rockefeller family.
He was a major third-generation Rockefeller philanthropist and founder of the Asia Society (established in 1956), the Population Council (1952), and a reconstituted Japan Society.
He was also president of the family's principal philanthropy run by family members, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, from its inception in 1940 to 1956, and chairman of the Rockefeller Foundation for twenty years.
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 MEET THE ROCKEFELLERS   (Site not responding. Last check: )
It was John Davison Rockefeller, the patriarch of the Rockefeller dynasty, who built the family fortune with the Standard Oil Company he founded in 1870 at the age of 31.
Rockefeller himself was an austere, humourless Baptist, with an annoying habit of proclaiming that his wealth came from God.
Indeed, the Rockefeller family has been a major funder of such influential associations as the Council on Foreign Relations, the Centre for Strategic and International Studies, the Overseas Development Council, and dozens of "world affairs" study centres at American colleges and universities from which the nation s political leaders are drawn.
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 Sam Sloan's Big Combined Family Trees - pafg721 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
John Davidson ROCKEFELLER III was born on 21 Mar 1906.
John Davidson ROCKEFELLER [Parents] was born on 8 Jul 1839 in Richford,, Ny.
Alice ROCKEFELLER was born in 1869 in Cleveland, Ohio.
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 John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Summary
The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, the General Education Board, and the Rockefeller Foundation were financed by the elder Rockefeller, but his son participated actively in management.
Among the best-known philanthropies occupying Rockefeller from 1915 until his death were conservation and national park projects in the West, the Cloisters art museum in New York, and the Williamsburg restoration.
Rockefeller donated the land on which the United Nations headquarters was built.
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 Sam Sloan's Big Combined Family Trees - pafg722 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
Lucy ROCKEFELLER was born on 21 Feb 1838 in Richford, N.y..
John Davidson ROCKEFELLER was born on 8 Jul 1839.
John Rockefeller PRENTICE was born on 17 Dec 1902.
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 John D. Rockefeller III
John Davison Rockefeller 3rd (March 21, 1906 - July 10, 1978) was an industrialist, philanthropist, and member of the prominent United States Rockefeller family.
He was the eldest son of John D. Rockefeller, Jr and the brother of Nelson A. Rockefeller, Laurance Rockefeller, David Rockefeller, and Winthrop Rockefeller, and father of Jay Rockefeller.
On November 11,1932 he married Blanchette Ferry Hooker.
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 The Rockefeller Archive Center - Abby R. Mauze Papers, 1903-1976
Along with her five brothers -- John Davison Rockefeller 3rd (born 1906), Nelson Aldrich (1908), Laurance Spelman (1910), Winthrop (1912), and David (1915) - "Babs" helped to continue the Rockefeller family's philanthropic tradition established by her father and grandfather.
She was a member of the Board of Trustees of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund; an advisory member of the Board of Trustees of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (a chief benefactor of the Center along with her brother, Laurance, she received its Medal of Appreciation in 1965); and an honorary trustee of the Rockefeller Family Fund.
Rockefeller philanthropy helped to create a wide variety of organizations in the 20th Century, such as the Rockefeller Foundation, Colonial Williamsburg, Museum of Modern Art, Acadia National Park, Japan Society and The Population Council, Inc., all of which are documented at the Rockefeller Archive Center.
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 Thomas Holcombe of Connecticut - Person Page 187
John Davison Rockefeller III married Blanchette Ferry Hooker, daughter of Elon Huntington Hooker and Blanche Ferry.
John Davison Rockefeller III died on 10 July 1978 at age 72.
He was the son of John Davison Rockefeller III and Blanchette Ferry Hooker.
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 Family Trees of Thomas Jefferson and Other Famous Americans - pafg240 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
John Davidson ROCKEFELLER III was born on 21 Mar 1906.
John Davidson ROCKEFELLER [Parents] was born on 8 Jul 1839 in Richford,, Ny.
Alice ROCKEFELLER was born in 1869 in Cleveland, Ohio.
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 Abby Rockefeller Relationships: Biography
Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, (October 26, 1874 - April 5, 1948) She was matriarch of the Rockefeller family, a socialite and a philanthropist.
Rockefeller was a patron of many philanthropic endeavors, most notable being her continued involvement with the Museum of Modern Art.
In the late 1920s, Abby and John Rockefeller were contacted by Reverend Dr. W.A.R. Goodwin who was rector of Bruton Parish Church and an instructor at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia.
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 Rockefeller Family
Winthrop Rockefeller (1912-1973) was governor of Arkansas from 1967 to 1970.
The Rockefeller family continues to hold interests in The Rockefeller University and the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, organizations providing educational opportunities and philanthropic endowments to the United States and the rest of the world.
The next generation of Rockefellers is represented in politics by John D. Rockefeller IV (born 1937), who was elected lieutenant governor of West Virginia in 1976 and has represented West Virginia in the U.S. Senate since 1984.
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 Rockefeller Family Tree — Treason Represented by Rockefeller Family Tree
ROCKEFELLER FAMILY TREE: JOHN D. John Davison Rockefeller (1839-1937) married Laura Celetia Spelman (1839-1915) on September 8, 1864.
In 1949, John D. III was influential in creating U.S. foreign policy in regards to Mao’s China.
The Rockefeller family tree is part of the world’s elite cabal of bankers and capitalists who are obsessed with forming a New World Order of communist fascism (see capitalism versus communism).
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 Funding the Eugenics Movement
The Rockefellers funded the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute in Germany, when eugenicists were preparing the way ideologically for what eventually became the world's most infamous slaughter, the Nazi holocaust.
In the fall of 1993, the Rockefeller Archive Center Newsletter published "The Rockefeller Foundation, the Population Council and the Groundwork for New Population Policies" by John B. Sharpless of the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Rockefeller Foundation, which was spending $55,000 on two projects over several years to study Norplant and Pill usage.
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 rockefeller.senate.gov :: Senator Jay Rockefeller (D-WV)
Washington, DC – Senator Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) today introduced the “Pre-existing Condition Exclusion Patient Protection Act of 2007,” legislation which would close gaps that currently allow health insurance companies and employers to deny coverage to millions of individuals for the conditions for which they need that coverage the most.
Senator Rockefeller's Reaction to the Declassification of the FY '07 Intelligence Budget
Rockefeller and Bond Announce Committee Passage of Legislation to Modernize Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA)
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 CanadianGrassroots.ca   (Site not responding. Last check: )
John Davison Rockefeller(1839-1937), grandfather of former Vice-President Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller, and David Rockefeller(head of the Chase Manhattan Bank) was the richest man of his time.
Rockefeller's goal was for Standard Oil to be the world's only refining company, and to that end, it was alleged that he blew up a competitor's refinery in Buffalo, New York.
Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller, was married to Mary Todhunter Clark, the granddaughter of the President of the Pennsylvania Railroad.
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 Re: Mary Bellis & Johann Peter Rockefellow
John died in Amwell, Hunterdon, Nj, on 19 Dec 1832; he was 90.
John died in New Trenton, Franklin Co., NJ, on 13 Sep 1827; he was 48.
John Davison died in Mt. Pleasant, NY, on 10 Jul 1978; he was 72.
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 John D Rockefeller III   (Site not responding. Last check: )
John Davison Rockefeller 3rd (March 21, 1906 - July 10, 1978) was anindustrialist, philathropist, and member of the prominent United States Rockefeller family.
He was the eldest son of John D. Rockefeller,Jr.
and the brother of Nelson A. Rockefeller, LauranceRockefeller, David Rockefeller, and Winthrop Rockefeller, and father of Jay Rockefeller.
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 People from New York - John D. Rockefeller, Jr.   (Site not responding. Last check: )
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.
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.
Rockefeller donated the land on which the United Nations headquarters was built.
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 John D. Rockefeller III . United States . Jay Rockefeller . 1906 . Winthrop Rockefeller . Rockefeller family . Laurance ...   (Site not responding. Last check: )
During this term Rockefeller quietly and successfully completed the integration of Arkansas schools that had been such a political bombshell only a few years before.
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Laurance Spelman Rockefeller May 26,1910 - July 11, 2004 was a finance financier, philanthropist, and conservationist.
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