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With support from the American Association of Museums and the Laura Spelman Rockefeller Memorial, John C. Merriam, the president of the Carnegie Institution, developed the museum. He created a museum where the canyon was the exhibit and the museum housed viewing instruments, labels, and guided interpretation.
The Rockefeller family. John D. Rockefeller (1839–1937) and his wife, Laura Spelman Rockefeller (1864–1915), were the final owners of the house at 4 West 54th Street, which they acquired from Worsham in 1884. Rockefeller, co-founder of the Standard Oil Company, amassed an extraordinary fortune, becoming the world's first billionaire.
John D. Rockefeller donated the money for the building and equipment as a memorial to his wife Laura. After undergoing a complete renovation in 2012, Laura Spelman Residence Hall was reopened with new upgrades. Laura Spelman is an upperclass residence hall housing 40 students on the second and third floors.
Laura Spelman Rockefeller. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. ... Rockefeller Archive Center 15 Dayton Avenue Sleepy Hollow, New York 10591. Phone: (914) 366-6300 ...
Laurance Rockefeller. Laurance Spelman Rockefeller (May 26, 1910 – July 11, 2004) was an American businessman, financier, philanthropist, and conservationist. Rockefeller was the third son and fourth child of John D. Rockefeller Jr. and Abby Aldrich Rockefeller. As a trustee of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, he provided venture capital for ...
Mr. Rockefeller's benefactions from 1855 to 1934 totaled $530,853,632, of which the greater amount went to the four great foundations he established for the purpose of handling his charities. They were the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, the Rockefeller Foundation, the Laura Spelman Rockefeller Memorial, in memory of his wife, and ...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Laura Celestia Spelman Rockefeller, (September 9, 1839 - March 12, 1915), (known as Cettie), was a philanthropist, the namesake of Spelman College, founded to educate black women in the South, and the Laura Spelman Rockefeller Memorial, and the wife of John D ...
