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Michael Rockefeller. Michael Clark Rockefeller (May 18, 1938; disappeared November 19, 1961) was a member of the Rockefeller family. He was the son of New York Governor and later U.S. Vice President Nelson Rockefeller, a grandson of American financier John D. Rockefeller Jr. and a great-grandson of Standard Oil co-founder John D. Rockefeller Sr.
Nelson A. Rockefeller (1908 Bar Harbor, Maine–1979 New York, N.Y.) Scion of one of the nation's most significant philanthropic families, Rockefeller was elected to four consecutive terms as governor of New York (1959–73) before serving as vice president of the United States under Gerald Ford (1974–77).
Rockefeller had always refused offers to be "standby equipment," as he referred to the nomination for vice president. But when in the summer of 1974 he was asked to take on that role by President ...
Bar Harbor, Maine, 8 July 1908; d. New York City, 26 Jan. 1979) US; Vice-President 1974–7 The grandson of J. D. Rockefeller (the founder of the family fortune in oil), Nelson's grandfather and father were both prominent Republicans. He served as Assistant Secretary of State for Latin American Affairs from 1944 and for a year under President ...
During both his term as Vice President of the United States and later positions, Rockefeller spoke out about dyslexia. He claimed that dyslexia helped him develop invaluable administrative skills. In 1975, Rockefeller delivered a speech on the PBS special “The Puzzle Children”. In this speech, where he recounts his own struggles with ...
Nov 14, 2014 · Nelson Rockefeller, the subject of a new biography, was a big-government, big-spending liberal — and a Republican. ... of the party machinery — and sufficiently lukewarm about Vice President ...
I AM gratified by the action of the Senate today in voting for confirmation of Nelson A. Rockefeller to fill the vacancy in the office of Vice President of the United States. Few Americans have ever been more closely scrutinized or more thoroughly investigated by the Congress than Governor Rockefeller.
