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Politician, farmer, businessman. Winthrop Paul "Win" Rockefeller (September 17, 1948 – July 16, 2006) was an American Republican politician and businessman who served as the 17th lieutenant governor of Arkansas from 1996 until his death in 2006. He was a member of the Rockefeller family .
Alta Rockefeller Prentice (April 12, 1871 – June 21, 1962) was an American philanthropist and socialite, daughter of Standard Oil co-founder John D. Rockefeller. Early life [ edit ] Alta was born on April 12, 1871, in Cleveland in Cuyahoga County, Ohio . [1]
Jay Rockefeller. John Davison "Jay" Rockefeller IV (born June 18, 1937) is a retired American politician who served as a United States senator from West Virginia (1985–2015). He was first elected to the Senate in 1984, while in office as governor of West Virginia (1977–1985). Rockefeller moved to Emmons, West Virginia, to serve as a VISTA ...
Laurance Spelman Rockefeller 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. As a trustee of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, he provided venture capital for Intel, Apple Computer and many other successful start-ups. Rockefeller was known for his involvement in ...
Laurance Rockefeller at Caneel Bay on St. John. How and when was Virgin Islands National Park created? In 1952 while cruising the Caribbean, philanthropist Laurance Rockefeller pulled his boat up along the coast of St. John. At that time St. John, which is the smallest of the three main United States Virgin Islands, had no proper roads, no cars ...
Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller (July 8, 1908 – January 26, 1979), sometimes referred to by his nickname Rocky, [1] was an American businessman and politician who served as the 41st vice president of the United States from 1974 to 1977 under President Gerald Ford. A member of the Republican Party and the wealthy Rockefeller family, he previously ...
1956. Laurance Rockefeller visiting Caneel Bay in 1961. Photo courtesy of the Rockefeller Archive Center. In 1956, the Fund gave $1 million to Jackson Hole Preserve, Inc., for the development of a large tract on the Island of St. John in the American Virgin Islands for national park purposes. RBF trustee Laurance Rockefeller already owned the ...
