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16. Okt. 2000 · The Rockefellers transformed America, helping build many of the institutions that defined the United States in the 20th century: the United Nations, Spelman College, Acadia National Park, Grand ...
John Davison Rockefeller Jr. was the fifth and youngest child of Standard Oil co-founder John Davison Rockefeller Sr. and schoolteacher Laura Celestia "Cettie" Spelman. His four older sisters were Elizabeth (Bessie), Alice (who died an infant), Alta, and Edith. Living in his father's mansion at 4 West 54th Street, he attended Park Avenue Baptist Church at 64th Street (now Central Presbyterian ...
16. Nov. 2015 · Additional money was raised by individuals, private groups, and even school children who pledged their pennies. By 1928, a total of $5 million had been raised. The Laura Spelman Rockefeller Memorial Fund matched what had been raised and donated $5 million, assuring the purchase of the remaining land.
23. Nov. 2015 · Chasin was the great-granddaughter of Spelman’s founding philanthropic partners, John D. and Laura Spelman Rockefeller. Like her mother before her, Chasin served on Spelman's board of trustees. Following her exemplary tenure (1965-1990), Chasin was designated a life trustee of Spelman College, a distinction extended only to a small group of ...
Rockefeller. Die Familie Rockefeller wurde durch den Unternehmer John D. Rockefeller und seinen Bruder William Rockefeller bekannt. Sie waren Mitbegründer einer Erdölraffinerie, aus der 1870 die Standard Oil Company hervorging, die 1911 erzwungenermaßen aufgelöst wurde. Diese beiden Brüder waren die Söhne von William Avery Rockefeller ...
Brief Life History of Alta. When Alta Rockefeller was born on 12 April 1871, in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States, her father, John Davison Rockefeller Sr., was 31 and her mother, Laura Celestia “‘Cettie” Spelman, was 31. She married Ezra Parmalee Prentice on 17 January 1901, in Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States.
Laura Spelman Rockefeller died the following spring. John was in Florida with his son and daughter-in-law when the telegram arrived on March 1 , 1915, informing him that Mrs. Rockefeller had died that morning of a heart attack.
