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Winthrop Rockefeller (May 1, 1912 – February 22, 1973) was an American politician and philanthropist. Rockefeller was the fourth son and fifth child of American financer John D. Rockefeller Jr. and Abby Aldrich Rockefeller. He is one of the grandchildren of Standard Oil co-founder John D. Rockefeller.
Winthrop Rockefeller, (born May 1, 1912, New York City—died Feb. 22, 1973, Palm Springs, Calif., U.S.), American politician and philanthropist, second youngest of the five sons of John D. Rockefeller, Jr. He left college in 1934 and did various kinds of work for the Rockefeller interests—in the oil fields of Texas and at the Chase National ...
Winthrop Rockefeller, 1912-1973. Winthrop Rockefeller was born May 1, 1912, in New York City, the fifth of six children of Abby Aldrich and John D. Rockefeller, Jr. He attended the Lincoln School of Teachers College of Columbia University in New York and the Loomis School in Windsor, Connecticut. He entered Yale University in 1931, but he left ...
Winthrop was the first family member to follow in the footsteps of his grandfather John D. Rockefeller Sr. (known as Senior) by going into the oil business where the family fortune had been made.
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 .
The Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation, established with money the former governor left in his will, for more than 40 years has supported causes such as education, economic mobility and social and ...
LITTLE ROCK, Ark., July 16 — Lt. Gov. Winthrop Paul Rockefeller, who followed his family’s twin traditions of philanthropy and politics in the state adopted by his father, died here Sunday.
The Winthrop Rockefeller Distinguished Lectures Series is a program established in 1972 and endowed by friends of Governor Winthrop Rockefeller with the purpose of stimulating public discussion ...
Thirty-Seventh Governor of Arkansas, 1967-1971. The fourth son of John D. Rockefeller, Jr., and Abbey Aldrich Rockefeller, Winthrop came to Arkansas in 1953 to visit an Army friend from World War II. Attracted by the state's beauty, the native New Yorker purchased land atop Petit Jean Mountain, moved to Arkansas, and...
Winthrop Rockefeller was born on May 1, 1912 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for The Governor & J.J. (1969) and Person to Person (1953). He was previously married to Jeanette Edris and Barbara Sears. He died on February 22, 1973 in Palm Springs, California, USA.