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Laurance Spelman Rockefeller (May 26, 1910 – July 11, 2004) was an American businessman, financier, philanthropist, and conservationist. Rockefeller was the third son and fourth child of John D. Rockefeller Jr. and Abby Aldrich Rockefeller.
Laurance "Larry" Spelman Rockefeller Jr., (born 1944) is an American environmental lawyer. He worked for the Natural Resources Defense Council for 25 years. Rockefeller is now a trustee of the organization. He stated that his family all shared an interest in environmental matters.
- Laurance Spelman Rockefeller Jr., 1944 (age 78–79)
- Environmental lawyer
- American
Laurance Rockefeller purchased and developed a resort on St. John, in the U.S. Virgin Islands, and also donated 5000 acres of the island to the National Park Service, which eventually became Virgin Islands National Park. He created seven complexes of resort developments, eventually managed together as Rockresorts Inc, established in 1966.
Jul 12, 2004 · His interest in nature and preservation extended to commercial ventures. As the founder of RockResorts, he helped design and build hotels in imposing natural settings from the Caribbean to Jackson...
Laurance Rockefeller, a conservationist, philanthropist and leading figure in the field of venture capital, died in his sleep Sunday morning. He was 94. The cause of death was pulmonary...
Apr 3, 2024 · Laurance S. Rockefeller (born May 26, 1910, New York, New York, U.S.—died July 11, 2004, New York) was an American venture capitalist and philanthropist and a member of the famed Rockefeller family. He was the third of the five sons of John D. Rockefeller, Jr. He graduated from Princeton University with a degree in philosophy (1932) but ...
Jul 11, 2004 · By Michael T. Kaufman. July 11, 2004. Laurance Rockefeller, the middle brother of the five prominent and philanthropic grandsons of John D. Rockefeller, who concentrated his own particular ...
