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August 1972. Der John D Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway ist ein Schutzgebiet des National Park Service im US -Bundesstaat Wyoming. Er besteht aus einem Streifen Land, das den Grand-Teton-Nationalpark mit dem Yellowstone-Nationalpark verbindet. Im Parkway verlaufen der Snake River bis zur Mündung in den Jackson Lake sowie die hier ...
John D. Rockefeller Jr. was an American philanthropist, financier and conservationist. The only son of John D, Rockefeller, the founder of the Standard Oil, he is believed to have donated over $537 million over his lifetime to various causes, notably in educational establishments, leaving around $240 million for his own family.
John D. Rockefeller, Jr. and his family left a lasting philanthropic legacy in two important ways. First, the Rockefellers’ wealth significantly impacted a variety of service areas. The first two Rockefeller generations alone gave an estimated $1 billion in charitable contributions between 1860 and 1960. JDR Jr.’s sons established a foundation in 1940 to which Junior gave nearly $58 ...
John D. Rockefeller, Jr., the only son of John D. Rockefeller, founder of the Standard Oil Company, and Laura Spelman Rockefeller, was an American financier and philanthropist. He was associated with his father in the creation and development of The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research in 1901 ( now The Rockefeller University) and was on the Board of Trustees of The Rockefeller Institute ...
Historians estimate that John Rockefeller Jr. gave away $537 million during his lifetime, slightly less than his father’s total lifetime giving of $540 million. Although one of the nation’s most accomplished philanthropists, Junior always subordinated himself to his father. When the Virginia legislature formally honored him for the creation of historic Williamsburg, John D. Rockefeller Jr ...
John D. Rockefeller Jr. (Omdirigerad från John D. Rockefeller, Jr.) John Davison Rockefeller, Jr., född 29 januari 1874 i Cleveland i Ohio, död 11 maj 1960 i Tucson i Arizona, var en amerikansk filantrop och medlem av familjen Rockefeller .
John D. Rockefeller, Jr. image . Library of Congress. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. is well known for being a major benefactor for the renovation of Colonial Williamsburg in the 1920s and 1930s. In contrast, few people are aware of his contributions to the creation of George Washington Birthplace National Monument.
