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The Rockefeller family (/ ˈ r ɒ k ə f ɛ l ər / ROCK-ə-fell-ər) is an American industrial, political, and banking family that owns one of the world's largest fortunes. The fortune was made in the American petroleum industry during the late 19th and early 20th centuries by brothers John D. Rockefeller and William A. Rockefeller Jr., primarily through Standard Oil (the predecessor of ...
John D. Rockefeller's painting by John Singer Sargent in 1917. Rockefeller had a long and controversial career in the oil industry followed by a long career in philanthropy. His image is an amalgam of all of these experiences and the many ways he was viewed by his contemporaries. These contemporaries include his former competitors, many of whom ...
John Davison Rockefeller III (March 21, 1906 – July 10, 1978) was an American philanthropist. Rockefeller was the eldest son and second child of John D. Rockefeller Jr. and Abby Aldrich Rockefeller as well as a grandson of Standard Oil co-founder John D. Rockefeller. He was engaged in a wide range of philanthropic projects, many of which his ...
Margaret Rockefeller Strong (June 11, 1897 - December 5, 1985) was an American heiress and prominent member of the Rockefeller family. She was the maternal granddaughter of John D. Rockefeller and his wife Laura Spelman Rockefeller .
Pages in category "Rockefeller family" The following 110 pages are in this category, out of 110 total. ... John D. Rockefeller Jr. John Sterling Rockefeller;
He was the youngest son of John D. Rockefeller Jr. and grandson of Standard Oil founder John D. Rockefeller. [9] She attended the Ethel Walker School, an all-girls boarding school in Connecticut. [4] She graduated from Columbia University with a B.A. in Political Science in 2009. [10] [11] [12] As a college student, she interned at the United ...
The Rockefeller Conscience: An American Family in Public and in Private, John Ensor Harr and Peter J. Johnson, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1992. The Life of Nelson A. Rockefeller: Worlds to Conquer 1908–1958, Cary Reich, New York: Doubleday, 1996. Abby Aldrich Rockefeller: The Woman in the Family, Bernice Kert, New York: Random House ...
John Davison Rockefeller IV was born at New York Hospital in Manhattan to John Davison Rockefeller III (1906–1978) and Blanchette Ferry Hooker (1909–1992), 26 days after the death of his patrilineal great-grandfather, John D. Rockefeller (1839–1937). He is a grandson of John D. Rockefeller Jr. Jay graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy in