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Nelson Rockefeller believed in fate. After all, he was born on the same day as his larger-than-life grandfather, John D. Rockefeller, Sr., a coincidence he always took to be an omen of great ...
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).
For the full article, see Nelson Rockefeller . Nelson Rockefeller, (born July 8, 1908, Bar Harbor, Maine, U.S.—died Jan. 26, 1979, New York, N.Y.), U.S. politician. A grandson of John D. Rockefeller, he worked for several family enterprises, including Creole Petroleum in Venezuela (1935–40). He became coordinator of inter-American affairs ...
Rockefeller, Nelson Aldrich. July 8, 1908 to January 26, 1979. Politician and philanthropist Nelson A. Rockefeller was an outspoken supporter of the civil rights movement. Martin Luther King once said of the four-term governor of New York: “If we had one or two governors in the Deep South like Nelson Rockefeller, many of our problems could be ...
Dec 19, 2017 · 12/19/2017 12:16 AM EST. Nelson Rockefeller, a former 14-year governor of New York and a dynastic scion of one of the nation’s wealthiest families, was sworn in on this day in 1974 as the 41st ...
Nelson Rockefeller. Self: Startime. Nelson Rockefeller, the son and grandson of billionaires and a billionaire in his own right when there fewer than a baker's dozen of such creatures, was a major force in national politics for three decades. Rocky bestrode the State of New York like a colossus in the 1960s, serving four terms as governor of the Empire State between 1959 and 1973. Under his ...
Rockefeller, Nelson A (ldrich) (b Bar Harbor, Maine, 8 July 1908; d New York City, 26 Jan 1979). Governor and U.S. Vice President. The third of six children of John D. Jr and Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, Nelson was a grandson of John D. Rockefeller Sr, the founder of the Standard Oil Co and the nation’s first billionaire.
