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30. Apr. 2024 · Winthrop Rockefeller (born May 1, 1912, New York City—died Feb. 22, 1973, Palm Springs, Calif., U.S.) was an American politician and philanthropist and a member of the famed Rockefeller family. He was the second youngest of the five sons of John D. Rockefeller, Jr. .
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4. Mai 2024 · WINTHROP ROCKEFELLER 3 1 D. Rockefeller, Winthrop's grandfather, made his first gift to African-American education in June 1882, when he gave $250 to the Atlanta Female Baptist Seminary, a school for black women. On Winthrop's paternal grandmother's side, the fight to uplift African Americans predated the Civil War. As a girl, Laura Spelman ...
1. Mai 2024 · In an unpublished manuscript, Winthrop sought to show his son, Lt. Governor Winthrop Paul Rockefeller, what sort of man he was, what he believed in, and what he worked for. “The biggest thing I have tried to show you is the joy and satisfaction that comes from knowing the people around you — people in every position in life ...
8. Mai 2024 · Winthrop Rockefeller: From New Yorker to Arkansawyer, 1912–1956 by John Kirk, has won the 2024 J. G. Ragsdale Book Award from the Arkansas Historical Association. Why did Winthrop Rockefeller, scion of one of the most powerful families in American history, leave New York for an Arkansas mountaintop in the 1950s?
Vor 6 Tagen · The scope and abrupt swing of Arkansas from a one-party Democratic state to a one-party Republican state defied plausible analysis but in the aftermath, confounded Winthrop Rockefeller’s conviction that a strengthened GOP would stoke a competitive party system.
30. Apr. 2024 · Click here to learn more about Winthrop Paul Rockefeller. The Winthrop Rockefeller Institute is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to continue Winthrop Rockefeller's...
15. Mai 2024 · Rockefeller Archive Center Research Reports are created by recipients of research travel stipends and by many others who have conducted research at the RAC. The reports demonstrate the breadth of the RAC's archival holdings, particularly in the study of philanthropy and its effects. Read more about the history of philanthropy at resource.rockarch.org. Also, see the RAC Bibliography of ...
