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Marion Rockefeller Weber (born 1938) is the second eldest daughter of Laurance Spelman Rockefeller (1910–2004) and Mary French (1910–1997) and a fourth generation member of the Rockefeller family. Her paternal great-grandfather is Standard Oil 's founder John D. Rockefeller and maternal great-grandfather is Frederick Billings, a president ...
Apr 10, 2023 · Julia Billings and her daughters, Mary, Elizabeth, and Laura . Billings Family Archives. As Mary French Rockefeller began conversations with her husband Laurance about donating her family home to the National Park Service in the 1990s, initially she wanted to highlight the contributions of the women in her family to the legacy of their estate.
Jul 28, 2023 · In 1934, one of Billings’ descendants, Mary French, married Laurance Rockefeller, whose own family over time used their vast fortune to create or enhance 20 national parks. A highly successful entrepreneur and investor, Laurance partnered with Mary in carrying forward their families’ pursuit of land conservation.
Mary French Rockefeller, American association executive. Recipient Gold medal National Institute Social Sciences, 1972, Ambassador award Young Women’s Christian Association of the United States of America, 1993.
The Rockefeller family (/ ˈ r ɒ k ə f ɛ l ər / ROCK-ə-fell-ər) is an American industrial, political, and banking family that owns one of the world's largest fortunes. The fortune was made in the American petroleum industry during the late 19th and early 20th centuries by brothers John D. Rockefeller and William A. Rockefeller Jr., primarily through Standard Oil (the predecessor of ...
Mary French Rockefeller took ownership of the mansion and grounds that are now Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park in 1954. Mary, the...
Apr 20, 1997 · Mary French Rockefeller, the wife of Laurance S. Rockefeller and, for more than four decades, active in promoting leadership opportunities for women, has died. Mrs. Rockefeller, 86, died Thursday i…
