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28. Juli 2023 · In 1934, one of Billings’ descendants, Mary French, married Laurance Rockefeller, whose own family over time used their vast fortune to create or enhance 20 national parks. A highly successful entrepreneur and investor, Laurance partnered with Mary in carrying forward their families’ pursuit of land conservation.
Mary French may refer to: Mary Billings French, heiress and society figure. Mary French Rockefeller, American heiress, socialite and philanthropist. Mary French (attorney), American attorney. May French Sheldon, née Mary French, American author and explorer. Mary Mel French, United States Chief of Protocol. Category: Human name disambiguation ...
She was the mother of Laura Rockefeller Chasin, Marion Rockefeller Weber, Lucy Rockefeller Waletzky, and Laurance Spelman Rockefeller Jr. (en) Mary French Rockefeller, née Mary Billings French née le 1er mai 1910 à New York et décédée le 17 avril 1997 dans la même ville était une philanthrope américaine qui a été la femme de Laurance Rockefeller, soit la belle-sœur du vice ...
10. Apr. 2023 · As Mary French Rockefeller began conversations with her husband Laurance about donating her family home to the National Park Service in the 1990s, initially she wanted to highlight the contributions of the women in her family to the legacy of their estate. After meaningful dialogue, the more general idea of a continuum of conservation became the primary focus of the park narrative. The ...
Mary Clark Rockefeller (born 1938) m. 1st (1961–1974) William J. Strawbridge (three children) Michael Clark Rockefeller (1938–1961) Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller Jr. (born 1964) Mark Fitler Rockefeller (born 1967) Laurance Spelman Rockefeller (1910–2004) (m. 1934) Mary French. Laura Spelman Rockefeller Chasin (1936–2015)
Laurance Spelman Rockefeller was born on May 26, 1910, in New York City, the fourth of the six children of Abby Aldrich and John D. Rockefeller, Jr. He attended the Lincoln School of Teachers College of Columbia University in New York before entering Princeton University in 1928. He graduated in 1932 with a B.A. degree in philosophy and went on to two years of graduate study at Harvard Law School.
