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16. Juni 2021 · Mary French Rockefeller, wife of Laurance and granddaughter of Frederick Billings, inherited the house. Her husband added surrounding forests and farmlands to the property, amassing some 500 acres in all. The house, largely because of George Perkins Marsh’s writings and Billings’ support for reforestation, was named a National Historic Landmark in 1967, a first step toward becoming a ...
Mary French Rockefeller, who worked for years on behalf of the YWCA and donated her family homestead for a national park, died Thursday of injuries from a fall at her home. She was 86. She was 86.
The boyhood home of George Perkins Marsh, one of America's first conservationists, and later the home of Frederick Billings, the property was given to the American people by its most recent owners, Laurance S. and Mary F. Rockefeller. The park was created by an Act of Congress and signed into law by President George Bush on August 26, 1992. Under law, the purposes of the park are as follows:
Mary French Rockefeller took ownership of the mansion and grounds that are now Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park in 1954. Mary, the...
1. Mai 2022 · Contents 1Early life 2Personal life 2.1Philanthropy 3References American philanthropistMary French RockefellerLaurance and Mary French Rockefeller in 1965BornMary Billings FrenchMay 1, 1910DiedApril 17, 1997(1997-04-17) (aged 86)New York Hospital-Cornell Medical CenterBurial placeRockefeller Family CemeterySleepy Hollow, New YorkNationalityAmericanAlma mater...
Mary Rockefeller died in 1997, at the age of 86. Following his wife Mary's death, Rockefeller returned to New York. He died in his sleep of natural cause by pulmonary fibrosis on July 11, 2004, at the age of 94. Laurance Rockefeller was survived by his four children. He was interred next to his wife at the Rockefeller Family Cemetery in Sleepy ...
22. Apr. 1997 · ROCKEFELLER-Mary French. The Trustees and Staff of the Natural Resources Defense Council wish to extend condolences on the passing of Mary French Rockefeller to her beloved husband, Lawrence;, to ...
