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  John D Rockefeller
There seem to have been other Rockefellers, for the family was sufficiently numerous and conspicuous to cause the farm in West Hill near Richford, where they settled, to be dubbed "Rockefeller settlement" — a name it still bears.
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.
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.allegheny.edu /archives/jdr.html   (2124 words)

  
  Rockefeller family - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Rockefeller family, founded by John Davison Rockefeller (1839-1937) ("Senior") and his brother William Rockefeller (1841-1922), is an American industrial/banking/philanthropic family of German-American origin that made the world's largest private fortune in the oil business during the late 19th century, primarily through the Standard Oil Company.
Family links are solidified through the practice of ritualised family meetings - which started with the regular five brothers' meetings held from 1945 - located at the "Playhouse" in the Westchester County family estate of Pocantico, in June and December of each year (see Kykuit).
[3] The Rockefeller family is descended from Johann Peter Rockenfeller (*1682–1763), grandson of Goddart, and Johann Thiel Rockenfeller (*1695–1796), great-grandson of Goddart.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rockefeller_family   (3077 words)

  
 American Experience | The Rockefellers | Rockefellers Timeline
Rockefeller is tainted by the scandal surrounding the South Improvement Company scheme, a secret alliance between major refiners and the railroads.
Rockefeller asks the minister to say that she was a widow.
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)

  
 SPECIAL REPORT   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
The Rockefeller family themselves, like the Morgans, Schiffs and Warburgs, have faded into insignificance, but the mechanism created in their name roars along at full power, still maintaining all of the functions for which it was organized.
In the Rockefeller family, it was more than true in the case of William who seemed to have faithfully followed the precepts of the Will of Canaan throughout his career, "love robbery, love lechery".
Frankfurt was the birthplace of the Rothschild family.
www.wealth4freedom.com /wns/1/specialreport/30.htm   (9518 words)

  
 Gary Allen: The Rockefeller File Chapter 1 to 4
Rockefeller Family and Associates is not a legal entity or corporation; it is simply a name to describe the organization which coordinates and manages the investments of the 84 descendants of John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
If the Rockefellers were not interested in maximizing their economic leverage, it would seem logical that each would pursue his own interests separately and retain his or her own battery of experts.
The family's chief religious philanthropy for a number of years was the notorious Federal Council of Churches, which was pronounced by US Naval Intelligence in 1936 as one of the most dangerous, subversive organizations in the country.
www.voxfux.com /features/rockefeller/ch1-4.html   (12527 words)

  
 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 had to fight the best sentiment of the oil country and of the country at large as to what is for the public good.
www.bilderberg.org /whatafel.htm   (8895 words)

  
 NEXUS: Rockefeller Internationalism - Part 1/6
This naturally brings us to the Rockefeller family, which has used its fortune, originally amassed in the 19th century, to establish a philanthropic network that has had a significant influence on government policy throughout the world for nearly a century.
The ever-controversial David Icke describes the Rockefellers as a pivotal family in the "bloodline hierarchy" that is striving to implement the "Brotherhood Agenda" of "centralised control of the planet".
In fact, the Rockefeller family has been at the forefront of efforts to convince, cajole and coordinate governments in support of this project throughout much of the 20th century through to the present day.
www.nexusmagazine.com /articles/rockefeller.1.html   (3685 words)

  
 The Rockefeller Bloodline
For instance, the Rockefeller family has people who are selected as Kings and Princes within their own bloodline in secret rituals.
The Rockefellers have divested much of their holdings into places which they control, but nominally they are not owners of.
The Rockefellers were involved in the creation of the FBI, so that the FBI has always been an arm of power for the Illuminati.
www.thewatcherfiles.com /bloodlines/rockefeller.htm   (5068 words)

  
 The Rockefeller Bloodline
Although she had a religious front, there are a number of things in her life that show that she was not the paragon of virtue that the paid-for historians have made her out to be.
The Rockefellers have divested much of their holdings into places which they control, but nominally they are not owners of.
The Rockefellers were involved in the creation of the FBI, so that the FBI has always been an arm of power for the Illuminati.
www.theforbiddenknowledge.com /hardtruth/the_rockefeller_bloodline.htm   (5077 words)

  
 The Rockefeller Archive Center - Papers of Individuals - Rockefeller Family Related
In this capacity he was one of the architects of the major Rockefeller philanthropic institutions, including the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (1901, now The Rockefeller University), the General Education Board (active 1902-1964), the Rockefeller Sanitary Commission for the Eradication of Hookworm Disease (active 1909-1913), and the Rockefeller Foundation, established in 1913.
In the Rockefeller Family Office, Young soon became involved in a number of projects and organizations that interested JDR 3rd; in 1952, he was appointed secretary of the Japan Society and in 1956 became secretary of the Asia Society.
It was Rockefeller's idea to include the Juilliard School as the educational component of Lincoln Center, and he suggested that drama and dance be taught there as well as music.
archive.rockefeller.edu /collections/individuals/family   (3078 words)

  
 David Rockefeller Endows Now - Forbes.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Rockefeller believes other wealthy philanthropists are likely to follow his lead and that of Buffett.
The Rockefeller family had a hand in the founding of the two organizations to which David Rockefeller is contributing.
Rockefeller University, which concentrates on medical research, was created by David Rockefeller's grandfather, John D. Rockefeller, founder of the Standard Oil dynasty, much of which now exists as Exxon Mobil (nyse: XOM - news - people).
www.forbes.com /philanthropy/2006/07/07/rockefeller-philanthropy-moma_cz_rl_0710rockefeller.html   (490 words)

  
 Skeletons in the Closet: Rockefeller History
The Rockefeller family is viewed by many as a family that has helped humanity globally, and from a humanistic perspective, one cannot dispute that some of their ventures have indeed helped in some way.
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)

  
 About The Rockefeller Family Home: KYKUIT | Abbeville Press
The acquisition, development, and occupancy of Pocantico is intertwined with the lives of six generations of the Rockefeller family.
It was intended to be--and always remained--a private home, the beloved country retreat of JDR and his wife, Laura Spelman Rockefeller, their children, and their children's children.
Until the last quarter of the nineteenth century JDR and his growing family lived exclusively in Cleveland, Ohio, where he developed the oil business that made him a wealthy and famous man. As the business expanded, however, he found himself spending more and more time in New York City.
www.abbeville.com /Products/Excerpt/0789202220Excerpt.htm   (978 words)

  
 Forbes.com - Magazine Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
We have tried to distinguish between fortunes that belong to individuals or nuclear families, and those that have been passed down through more than one branch of the family tree and are often shared by dozens of heirs.
Family standout Ferdinand Piëch, the chairman who revived VW in the 1990s, is set to retire in April.
Family brewery Brauerei Beck, famous in the U.S. for the green bottle with the key, was sold last summer for $1.6 billion to Belgium's Interbrew.
www.forbes.com /2002/02/28/0228dynasties_print.html   (2682 words)

  
 The Rockefeller Family Home: KYKUIT | Abbeville Press Books   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
The text, by Ann Rockefeller Roberts, Governor Rockefeller's daughter, recounts the history of the magnificent estate, from its founding early in the century through its recent transfer to the National Trust, focusing on how each successive generation left its stamp on the decor, the gardens, and the painting and sculpture collections.
Author Ann Rockefeller Roberts is the daughter of Nelson A. Rockefeller and the mother of Mary Louise Pierson.
Rockefeller's Roads: The Untold Story of Acadia's Carriage Roads and Their Creator, she is founder and president of the Fund of the Four Directions, a private fund with a focus on indigenous peoples.
www.abbeville.com /booktemplate.asp?stockno=2220   (311 words)

  
 Rockefeller, UFO Connection: Shadow Govt. Acclimatization & Alien Presence - Genetic Experiments & Nazi s - New World ...
The Rockefeller family played instrumental roles in establishing powerful supranational bodies like the Trilateral Commission, the Council on Foreign Relations and the Bilderberg Society.
Rockefeller was born to it, and he has made the most of it.
Another of Rockefeller's UFO-related activities is his close cooperation with the low-profile BSW Foundation, headed by wealthy New Yorkers Sandra Wright Houghton and Bootsy Galbraith.
www.mt.net /~watcher/uforocke.html   (3547 words)

  
 Arkansas Lieutenant Governor:The Rockefeller Family History
Gov. Rockefeller (May 1, 1912 - February 22, 1973) was the fifth of six children of John D. Rockefeller Jr.
In 1941, 11 months before Pearl Harbor, he enlisted in the U.S. Army, where he rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel and was wounded on the troop transport Henrico south of Okinawa.
Responding to an invitation by Frank Newell, an Army buddy, Gov. Rockefeller arrived in Arkansas on June 9, 1953, when he set down his suitcase at the front desk of the old Sam Peck Hotel.
www.arkansas.gov /ltgov/rockefeller-history.html   (318 words)

  
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Rockefeller family members were drawn to the spiritual quality, beauty and technical sophistication of Asian art.
The gem-like Rockefeller Collection-ranging from sculpture to imperial porcelain and representing a geographic span from present-day Afghanistan to East and Southeast Asia-is recognized around the world as one of the premier holdings of Asian art.
Archival photographs and documents further illuminate how Asian art has surrounded the Rockefellers in their daily lives for generations and reveal the commitment of so many members of the Rockefeller family to preserving the rich cultural and artistic heritages of the diverse peoples of Asia.
www.artincontext.org /exhibition/exhibition_additional.aspx?id=407   (358 words)

  
 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.
www.u-s-history.com /pages/h1787.html   (509 words)

  
 The Rockefeller Archive Center
The Rockefeller Archive Center, a division of The Rockefeller University, was established in 1974 to assemble, process, and make available for scholarly research the papers of the Rockefeller family and the records of various philanthropic and educational institutions founded by the family, including The Rockefeller University, the Rockefeller Foundation, and the Rockefeller Brothers Fund.
The Rockefeller Foundation’s Refugee Scholar Program: Read Thomas B. Appleget’s 1946 report, “The Foundation’s Experience with Refugee Scholars
Read about "The Japanese Garden at Pocantico" by Cynthia Bronson Altman in Rockefeller Brothers fund’s Orientations, May 2006, volume 37, number 4, pp.
archive.rockefeller.edu   (305 words)

  
 The Rockefeller Archive Center - Rockefeller Family Archives
Contents: The Rockefeller Family Archives documents the careers and activities of the three generations of the Rockefeller family beginning with the founder of the family fortune, John D. Rockefeller (1839-1937).
From the days of his earliest employment, Rockefeller, a devout Baptist, was generous in his giving to worthy causes, especially those of a religious nature.
Rockefeller's total donations to philanthropic endeavors are estimated to have been $540 million.
archive.rockefeller.edu /collections/family   (406 words)

  
 The Middle-Finger News Sticking It To the Poobahs
Rockefeller, a member of one of the world's richest families, testified to the U.S. Senate that he had paid no taxes for the previous eleven years.
Through finagling by the Rockefeller Family, in about 1967, the 25th Amendment was enacted to the U.S. Constitution.
That this was used in the Agnew-Ford-Rockefeller matters, as mentioned, and could be used to install Jay Rockefeller, tends to prove the Rockefellers have had a long-time dirty scheme to grab the Presidency without an election.
www.rense.com /general39/skoldej.htm   (706 words)

  
 The Rockefeller Archive Center - The Rockefeller Family Bibliography
Some of this literature is contained in the Periodical Literature series in Record Group 13, Public Relations, in the Rockefeller Family Archives; a chronological bibliography of this periodical literature is available for consultation at the Rockefeller Archive Center.
The compilation of the bibliography presented here was begun by Joseph W. Ernst, the Rockefeller family archivist and first director of the Rockefeller Archive Center, and the late J. William Hess, archivist for the Rockefeller Foundation and Associate Director of the Rockefeller Archive Center.
Rockefeller, Nelson A. Rockefeller Report on the Americas: The Official Report of the United States Presidential Mission for the Western Hemisphere.
archive.rockefeller.edu /publications/biblio/bibliofamily.php   (2961 words)

  
 Family Security Matters
By himself and fully armed with America’s most sensitive intelligence, Sen. Rockefeller decided to go to three Arab countries – including Syria which is on the State Department’s list of terrorist regimes and a close ally of Saddam Hussein – and literally alert them to what ("in my view") might befall a neighboring Arab state.
What followed Sen. Rockefeller’s treachery was the lengthy and painstaking road to war and the prelude to ways that he and other leftists have tried to sabotage the president, compromise National Security and undermine our troops.
Jennifer King, a writer, has said that Sen. Rockefeller is "privy to wartime intelligence and thus…should feel compelled to stand on the side of his country during a war against an infinitely evil and implacable enemy.
www.familysecuritymatters.org /terrorism.php?id=567510   (2632 words)

  
 The Rockefeller Family St. James Encyclopedia of Pop Culture - Find Articles
1901) and grandson Nelson A. Rockefeller's service as the first U.S. vice president who was appointed, not elected, to that office (1974-77), the Rockefeller family stood as the very epitome of extraordinary wealth and influence, not rivaled in popular imagination until the emergence of Bill Gates in the 1990s.
Proof of the pervasiveness and power of the Rockefeller name came in the 1950s, when the Chock Full o' Nuts Coffee jingle that had originally run "Better coffee Rockefeller's money can't buy" was altered to "Better coffee a millionaire's money can't buy" after the family objected to the allusion.
One of the monuments built by Rockefeller money in 1930, the Riverside Church in New York City, remains a contradictory symbol: it is at once a memorial to John D., Sr.'s childhood religion and a bastion of the liberal Social Gospel theology that finds more sin in unbridled capitalism than in personal peccadilloes.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_g1epc/is_bio/ai_2419201028   (822 words)

  
 John Davison Rockefeller — Infoplease.com
Frugal and industrious, Rockefeller became (1859) a partner in a produce business, and four years later, with his partners, he established an oil refinery, entering into an industry already thriving in Cleveland.
Rockefeller was also prominent in the affairs of railroads and banks, being second only to J. Morgan in the domain of finance.
Rockefeller personally ruled over his enormous petroleum business until 1911, when he retired with a fabulous fortune.
www.infoplease.com /ce6/people/A0842151.html   (512 words)

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