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2. www.britannica.com › biography › Winthrop-RockefellerWinthrop Rockefeller | Governor, Arkansas, Businessman

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   Apr 30, 2024 · Winthrop Rockefeller (born May 1, 1912, New York City—died Feb. 22, 1973, Palm Springs, Calif., U.S.) was an American politician and philanthropist and a member of the famed Rockefeller family. He was the second youngest of the five sons of John D. Rockefeller, Jr.. He left college in 1934 and did various kinds of work for the Rockefeller ...

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4. rockefellerinstitute.org › blog › winthropWinthrop Rockefeller and the Battle of Guam

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   Apr 29, 2024 · Historical information for this blog post was provided by Winthrop Rockefeller: From New Yorker to Arkansawyer, 1912-1956, by Dr. John A. Kir k.. Dr. Kirk is the George W. Donaghey Distinguished Professor of History and director of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock Anderson Institute on Race and Ethnicity at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.

5. encyclopediaofarkansas.net › entries › capitalCapital Punishment - Encyclopedia of Arkansas

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   May 14, 2024 · Governor Winthrop Rockefeller, who declared a moratorium on executions when he took office in 1967, granted clemency to all fifteen men on death row on December 29, 1970. Clemency has been granted to a death row inmate only once since the death penalty was reestablished in 1977.

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   • They write new content and verify and edit content received from contributors. Winthrop Rockefeller (born May 1, 1912, New York City—died Feb. 22, 1973, Palm Springs, Calif., U.S.) was an American politician and philanthropist and a member of the famed Rockefeller family. He was the second youngest of the five sons of John D. Rockefeller, Jr..

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   Did Winthrop Rockefeller commutate a death sentence?

   • “Arkansas and the Death Penalty: Responses to Governor Winthrop Rockefeller’s Commutation of Fifteen Death Sentences in 1970.” MA thesis, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, 2012. ———. “‘Purely Personal and Philosophical’: Gov. Winthrop Rockefeller’s Death Sentence Commutations.” Arkansas Historical Quarterly 74 (Summer 2015): 130–146.

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   When did Winthrop Rockefeller become governor of Arkansas?

   • Agenda for Reform: Winthrop Rockefeller as Governor of Arkansas, 1967–1971. Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press, 1991. Wyatt, Ralph. “The Murder of Sheriff Jeff D. Morgan; Trial and Execution of his Killer.” Independence County Chronicle 2 (April 1961): 14–24. Questions or corrections?

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   Why did Rockefeller retire?

   • Rockefeller retired as governor in 1973 to focus on a fourth bid for the Republican nomination and devote time to the National Commission on Critical Choices for America, a private research initiative, and the Commission on Water Quality.

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7. www.uapress.com › winthrop-rockefeller-wins-the-jWinthrop Rockefeller wins the J.G. Ragsdale Book Award

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   May 8, 2024 · Winthrop Rockefeller: From New Yorker to Arkansawyer, 1912–1956 by John Kirk, has won the 2024 J. G. Ragsdale Book Award from the Arkansas Historical Association.. Why did Winthrop Rockefeller, scion of one of the most powerful families in American history, leave New York for an Arkansas mountaintop in the 1950s?

8. www.jstor.org › stable › 40030926Noblesse Oblige and Practical Politics: Winthrop Rockefeller

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   May 4, 2024 · WINTHROP ROCKEFELLER 3 1 D. Rockefeller, Winthrop's grandfather, made his first gift to African-American education in June 1882, when he gave $250 to the Atlanta Female Baptist Seminary, a school for black women. On Winthrop's paternal grandmother's side, the fight to uplift African Americans predated the Civil War.

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10. www.arkansasonline.com › news › 2024Other days | The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette - Arkansas' Best ...

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    May 11, 2024 · The first annual tribute to the late former Governor Winthrop Rockefeller Friday night was marred by a disruption by seven persons who ran in crying, "We accuse Nelson Rockefeller of murder ...

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    2 days ago · In addition to the Lucille Westbrook Award, Kirk also won the J. G. Ragsdale Book Award in Arkansas History for his 2022 biography, “Winthrop Rockefeller: From New Yorker to Arkansawyer, 1912-1956.” The award is presented for the best book-length historical study of any aspect of Arkansas history.