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Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller (July 8, 1908 – January 26, 1979) was an American politician and businessman. A liberal Republican, [1] he was the 41st vice president of the United States from December 1974 to January 1977. Before becoming Vice President, he was the 49th governor of New York from 1959 to 1973, and served as assistant secretary of ...
Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller was the third of six children of John D. Rockefeller and Abby Aldrich Rockefeller; he was born on July 8, 1908, in Bar Harbor, Maine. He attended the Lincoln School, a division of the Teachers College of Columbia University. In 1930, he graduated cum laude from Dartmouth College, with a B.A. in economics.
Nelson, the second and most ambitious of John D. Rockefeller Jr.'s five sons, had begun his career in the Depression, helping his father transform midtown Manhattan through a spectacular office ...
Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller (July 8, 1908 – January 26, 1979), of the famous American Rockefeller family, was an American politician, philanthropist, and businessman.He led the moderate wing of the Republican Party as governor of New York from 1959 to 1973 and as the 41st vice president of the United States of America from December 19, 1974 to January 20, 1977.
Rockefeller’s courageous address against the forces of extremism at the Republican Convention in 1964. One of our panelists, Larry Rockefeller, Nelson’s nephew, was there in the convention hall that evening. Count Basie once introduced his friend, Governor Rockefeller as “rich enough to air condition a cotton field.”.
Nov 11, 2014 · That man, Nelson Rockefeller, was a four-term governor of New York, served as vice president in the mid-1970s, and ran three times for the presidency.
Nov 14, 2014 · In fairness to Smith, though, Nelson Rockefeller, who died at 70, packed a lot into his relatively short life. Even after he gave up trying to become president, there was the historic Attica ...
