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John Davison Rockefeller III (March 21, 1906 – July 10, 1978) was an American philanthropist. Rockefeller was the eldest son and second child of John D. Rockefeller Jr. and Abby Aldrich Rockefeller as well as a grandson of Standard Oil co-founder John D. Rockefeller.He was engaged in a wide range of philanthropic projects, many of which his family had launched, as well as supporting ...
Jul 6, 2024 · John D. Rockefeller III was an American philanthropist, a member of the famed Rockefeller family. He was the eldest of the five sons of John D. Rockefeller, Jr. After graduating from Princeton University (1929), he joined the family’s enterprises, becoming, by 1931, trustee of the Rockefeller
Jul 11, 1978 · John D. Rockefeller 3d, the 72-year-old philanthropist and eldest member of one of the nation's wealthiest families, was killed last night in a head‐on collision of cars in Westchester County.
John Davison Rockefeller, 3rd was born on March 21, 1906, in New York City the second of six children and the eldest son of Abby Aldrich and John D. Rockefeller, Jr. John went to the Browning School in New York City and the Loomis Institute in Windsor, Connecticut. He attended Princeton University, studied economics, and chose industrial relations as the subject of his senior thesis.
An obituary is in the New York Times (11 July 1978). Joan Goodbody. ROCKEFELLER, John Davison, III (b. 21 March 1906 in New York City; d. 10 July 1978 in Mount Pleasant, New York), philanthropist, writer, industrialist, social activist, patron of the arts, and member of one of the nation's wealthiest families.
John Davison Rockefeller Sr. (July 8, 1839 – May 23, 1937) was an American business magnate and philanthropist. He was one of the wealthiest Americans of all time and one of the richest people in modern history. Rockefeller was born into a large family in Upstate New York who moved several times before eventually settling in Cleveland, Ohio.He became an assistant bookkeeper at age 16 and ...
Here, in a letter dated May 1, 1920, the 46-year-old John Jr. lays out the financial expectations for 14-year-old John D. Rockefeller III, who went on to become chairman of the board of the ...
Rockefeller died on July 10, 1978, in Mount Pleasant, New York. Rockefeller’s son, John (“Jay”) Davison Rockefeller IV, became prominent in politics. He served as governor of West Virginia from 1976 to 1984 and as U.S. senator from 1985 to 2015. (1906–78). American philanthropist John D. Rockefeller III was the eldest of the five sons ...
In 1863, 24-year-old John D. Rockefeller recorded his first interest in Asia — a $10 donation to a missionary organization in China. Thus began the Rockefeller family’s long and profound engagement with Asia — an engagement that led to the birth of the Asia Society, and which continues well into the 21st Century.
John D. Rockefeller III, Nelson and David's brother, initiates the development of the Lincoln Square project, an urban renewal effort to create a performing arts complex, Lincoln Center, on ...
