Rockefeller Family

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 143. Chapters: Westchester County, New York, Standard Oil, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Sleepy Hollow, New York, Williamsburg, Virginia, Exxon, Lee Lawrie, Nelson Rockefeller, David Rockefeller, ExxonMobil, John D. Rockefeller, Rockefeller Foundation, Ludlow Massacre, Jay Rockefeller, Mark Dayton, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Citibank, Winthrop Rockefeller, Kykuit, Kuhn, Loeb & Co., Chase, Stavros Niarchos, Nelson W. Aldrich, Laurance Rockefeller, Time¿Life, Michael Rockefeller, Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, John D. Rockefeller III, Winthrop Paul Rockefeller, Geraldine Rockefeller Dodge, Ivy Lee, Marcellus Hartley Dodge, Jr., Edith Rockefeller McCormick, Esso, David Rockefeller, Jr., William Rockefeller, Peggy Dulany, William Avery Rockefeller, Happy Rockefeller, Harold Fowler McCormick, James Stillman Rockefeller, Steven Clark Rockefeller, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway, Megan Marshack, Rockefeller-Aldrich family political line, Frank Rockefeller, Venrock, Mark Rockefeller, Blanchette Ferry Rockefeller, Charles Augustus Strong, Godfrey A. Rockefeller, Mary Rockefeller, Abby Rockefeller Mauzé, Laura Spelman Rockefeller, Eileen Rockefeller Growald, Rodman Rockefeller, Alida Rockefeller Messinger, William Goodsell Rockefeller, Rockefeller Group, Bassett Hall, Sharon Percy Rockefeller, Justin Rockefeller, Buckeye Steel Castings, Frederic W. Lincoln, Jr., Winifred Rockefeller Emeny, Meile Rockefeller, Alta Rockefeller Prentice, Hope Rockefeller Aldrich, Isabel Rockefeller Lincoln, John Rockefeller Prentice, Percy Avery Rockefeller, Robert Model, Margaret Rockefeller Strong de Larraín, Marquesa de Cuevas, Rockefeller, Andrews & Flagler, Abra Prentice Wilkin, Laura Rockefeller Chasin, Lucy Aldrich, Marion Rockefeller Weber, John Sterling Rockefeller, Elizabeth Rockefeller Strong, Faith Rockefeller Model, Godfrey Stillman Rockefeller, Steven Clark Rockefeller, Jr.. Excerpt: Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller (July 8, 1908 ¿ January 26, 1979) was the 41st Vice President of the United States (1974-1977), serving under President Gerald Ford, and the 49th Governor of New York (1959-1973), as well as serving the Roosevelt, Truman, Eisenhower and Nixon administrations in a variety of positions. He was also a noted businessman, art collector, and philanthropist. Rockefeller, a Republican, was relatively liberal and his views were often generally close to those of the opposing Democratic Party. In his time, moderates in Republican party were called Rockefeller Republicans. As Governor of New York from 1959 to 1973 his achievements included the expansion of the State University of New York, efforts to protect the environment, the building of the Nelson A. Rockefeller Empire State Plaza in Albany, increased facilities and personnel for medical care, and creation of the New York State Council on the Arts. After unsuccessfully seeking the Republican presidential nomination in 1960, 1964, and 1968, he served as Vice President (under the 25th Amendment) from 1974 to 1977 under President Gerald R. Ford, but did not join the 1976 Republican national ticket with President Ford, marking his retirement from politics. As a businessman he was President and later Chairman of Rockefeller Center, Inc., and he formed the International Basic Economy Corporation in 1947. Rockefeller assembled a significant art collection and promoted public access to the arts. He served as trustee, treasurer, and president, of the Museum of Modern Art, and founded t...