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Blanchette Ferry Rockefeller (née Hooker; October 2, 1909 – November 29, 1992) was an American art sponsor, twice president of the Museum of Modern Art, and wife of John D. Rockefeller III and mother of Jay Rockefeller.
Blanchette Ferry Hooker, senior year at Vassar. Like her mother, Blanchette attended Vassar College, graduating in 1931 with a degree in music. She received B’s and C’s, which before grade inflation marked her as a relatively strong student.
Nov 29, 1992 · November 29, 1992. Blanchette Ferry Hooker Rockefeller ’31 died of Alzheimer’s disease complicated by pneumonia at the age of 83. Rockefeller graduated with a degree in music, and she served on the board of trustees between 1948 and 1956.
Blanchette in the Gallery. Further proofs of Blanchette H. Rockefeller’s aesthetic and civic legacy lie some eighty miles north of the Archive Center. There, at Vassar College, echoes of her Hooker and Ferry family history resonate with the world she forged in marriage with John 3rd.
Rockefeller, Blanchette Hooker (1909–1992) American philanthropist. Born Blanchette Ferry Hooker on October 2, 1909, in New York City; died at age 83 in Briarcliff Manor, New York, on December 2, 1992; daughter of Elon Huntington Hooker and Blanche (Ferry) Hooker; married John D. Rockefeller III (1906–1978), on November 11, 1932; children ...
Blanchette Ferry Rockefeller (née Hooker; October 2, 1909 – November 29, 1992) was an American art sponsor, twice president of the Museum of Modern Art, and wife of John D. Rockefeller III and mother of Jay Rockefeller. Blanchette Ferry Hooker was born in Manhattan, New York on October 2, 1909.
Dec 1, 1992 · Blanchette Ferry Hooker Rockefeller, a major benefactor of the Museum of Modern Art and the widow of John D. Rockefeller 3d, died on Sunday at her home in Briarcliff Manor, N.Y. She was 83...
