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The Rockefeller family. John D. Rockefeller (1839–1937) and his wife, Laura Spelman Rockefeller (1864–1915), were the final owners of the house at 4 West 54th Street, which they acquired from Worsham in 1884. Rockefeller, co-founder of the Standard Oil Company, amassed an extraordinary fortune, becoming the world's first billionaire. After ...
In the social sciences, he founded the Laura Spelman Rockefeller Memorial in 1918, which was subsequently folded into the Rockefeller Foundation in 1929. A committed internationalist, he financially supported programs of the League of Nations and crucially funded the formation and ongoing expenses of the Council on Foreign Relations and its initial headquarters building in New York in 1921.
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 dedicated board volunteers.
19. Juni 2000 · Based on never–before used letters, diaries, and photographs from the Rockefeller Archive, The Rockefeller Women reveals the life of four generations of an extraordinary family: Eliza Davison Rockefeller, the Mother of John D., who instilled in her sons drive for success in business and Christian service; Laura Spelman Rockefeller, the wife of John D., the daughter of an Underground Railway ...
9. Apr. 2010 · In 1864, Rockefeller married Laura Celestia “Cettie” Spelman (1839-1915), an Ohio native whose father was a prosperous merchant, politician and abolitionist active in the Underground Railroad.
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Laura Celestia Spelman Rockefeller, (September 9, 1839 - March 12, 1915), (known as Cettie), was a philanthropist, the namesake of Spelman College, founded to educate black women in the South, and the Laura Spelman Rockefeller Memorial, and the wife of John D ...
founding by Rockefeller. In Laura Spelman Rockefeller. …later her husband created the Laura Spelman Rockefeller Memorial, which was involved in education and social welfare, among other issues. It later became part of the Rockefeller Foundation. Read More. Other articles where Laura Spelman Rockefeller Memorial is discussed: Laura Spelman ...
