Rockefeller family
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The Rockefeller family (originally Roggenfelder), founded by John Davison Rockefeller (1839-1937) and his brother William Rockefeller (1841-1922), is an American industrial family of German origin, that made a fortune in the oil business during the latter part of the 19th century primarily through their Standard Oil Company. The family became one of the great philanthropic families in the United States -- family leaders in business and philanthropy have included John D. Sr., John D. Jr., John D. 3rd, David Rockefeller and Laurance Rockefeller. Several family members have held high public offices, including Vice President of the United States (Nelson Rockefeller), United States Senator (Jay Rockefeller), and State Governor (Nelson, Jay, and Winthrop Rockefeller), and Lieutenant Governor (Winthrop Paul Rockefeller). Another public family member was Michael Rockefeller, son of Nelson, an anthropologist who came to media attention after he was presumed killed in New Guinea in 1961.
The family can be traced at least back to Goddard Rockefeller, who was born in Rhine Valley, Germany in 1590. Goddard was fifth great-grandfather to John D. Rockefeller.
Legacy
John D. Rockefeller denied ever being worth $1,000,000,000. However, on September 29, 1916, he officially passed the mark. He reportedly gave away more than half. The Rockefeller name is imprinted on a number of places throughout the United States, most notably in New York City.
- The Rockefeller Center - a New York City building complex
- The Rockefeller Foundation - a charitable organization
- Either of two congressional committees (in 1972 and 1975) dubbed the Rockefeller Commission.
- He formed and funded the Bureau of Social Hygiene for the scientific study of prostitution (which he viewed as a vice associated with feeble-mindedness and disease).
The Rockefeller family was also responsible for the creation and endowment of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation which operates the restored area at Williamsburg, Virginia.
Family donations led to the formation of the University of Chicago (1890), the Nobel Prize-Winning-Power where the first American Nobel Prize in science was produced in 1907.[link]; and to the creation of the Rockefeller University.
International politics
Members of the Rockefeller family (especially David Rockefeller) have been heavily involved in international politics, and have donated money, established or been involved in the following major institutions:
- The Council on Foreign Relations
- The Trilateral Commission
- The Bilderberg Group
- The World Economic Forum
- The Round table groups
- The United Nations
Further Reading
- Abels, Jules. The Rockefeller Billions: The Story of the World's Most Stupendous Fortune. New York: The Macmillian Company, 1965.
- Brown, E. Richard. Rockefeller Medicine Men: Medicine and Capitalism in America. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1979.
- Collier, Peter, and David Horowitz. The Rockefellers: An American Dynasty. New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1976.
- Harr, John Ensor, and Peter J. Johnson. The Rockefeller Century: Three Generations of America's Greatest Family. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1988.
- Harr, John Ensor, and Peter J. Johnson. The Rockefeller Conscience: An American Family in Public and in Private. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1992.
- Lundberg, Ferdinand. The Rockefeller Syndrome. Secaucus, New Jersey: Lyle Stuart, Inc., 1975.
- Manchester, William R. A Rockefeller Family Portrait: From John D. to Nelson. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1959.
Members of the Rockefeller family
Ancestors
- Godfrey Rockefeller
- *William Avery Rockefeller (1810–1906)
- **John Davison Rockefeller (1839–1937)
- **William Rockefeller (1841–1922)
The
- Bessie Rockefeller Strong (1866–1906)
- *Margaret Rockefeller Strong de Larraín, Marquesa de Cuevas (1897–1985)
- Alice Rockefeller (1869–1870)
- Alta Rockefeller Prentice (1871–1962)
- *John Rockefeller Prentice (1902–1972)
- **Abra Prentice Wilkin (born 1942)
- *Mary Adeline Prentice Gilbert (born 1908)
- *Spelman Prentice (born 1911)
- **Pamela Prentice (born 1938)
- **Peter Spelman Prentice (born 1940)
- **Alta Rockefeller Prentice (born 1942)
- **Michael Sartell Prentice (born 1944)
- Edith Rockefeller McCormick (1872–1937)
- *John Rockefeller McCormick (1896–1901)
- *Editha McCormick (1897–1898)
- *Harold Fowler McCormick, Jr. (1898–1973)
- *Muriel McCormick Hubbard (1903–1959)
- *Mathilde McCormick Oser (1906–1947)
- **Anita Oser Pauling
- John Davison Rockefeller, Jr. (1874–1960)
- *Abby Rockefeller Mauzé (1903–1976)
- **Abby Rockefeller Milton O'Neill (born 1928)
- **Marilyn Ellen Milton Simpson (1931–1980)
- *John Davison Rockefeller 3rd (1906–1978)
- **John Davison "Jay" Rockefeller IV (born 1937)
- ***John Davison "Jamie" Rockefeller V (born 1969)
- ****Laura Chandler Rockefeller (born 2000)
- ****Sophia Percy Rockefeller
- ***Valerie Rockefeller Wayne (born 1971)
- ***Charles Rockefeller (born 1973)
- ***Justin Aldrich Rockefeller (born 1979)
- **Sandra Rockefeller Ferry (born 1943)
- ***John Christian Rockefeller Ferry (born 1984)
- ***Jamie Aldrich Rockefeller Ferry (born 1990)
- **Hope Rockefeller Aldrich (born 1946)
- **Alida Rockefeller Messinger (born 1948)
- *Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller (1908–1979)
- **Rodman Rockefeller (1932–2000)
- ***Meile Rockefeller
- ***Peter Rockefeller
- ***Stuart Rockefeller
- ***Michael Rockefeller
- **Ann Rockefeller Roberts (born 1934)
- **Steven C. Rockefeller (born 1936)
- ***Steven C. Rockefeller, Jr.
- ****Steven C. Rockefeller III
- ****Christian Rockefeller
- ****Kayla Rockefeller
- **Michael Rockefeller (1938–1961?)
- **Nelson Rockefeller, Jr. (born 1964)
- **Mark Rockefeller (born 1967)
- *Laurance Spelman Rockefeller (1910–2004)
- **Laura Rockefeller Chasin (born 1936)
- **Marion Rockefeller Weber (born 1938)
- **Dr. Lucy Rockefeller Waletzky (born 1941)
- **Larry Rockefeller (born 1944)
- *Winthrop Rockefeller (1912–1973)
- **Winthrop Paul Rockefeller (1948–2006)
- *David Rockefeller (born 1915)
- **David Rockefeller, Jr. (born 1941)
- **Abby Rockefeller (born 1943)
- **Neva Rockefeller Goodwin (born 1944)
- **Margaret Rockefeller (born 1947)
- **Richard Rockefeller (born 1949)
- **Eileen Rockefeller Growald (born 1952)
The
- Lewis Edward Rockefeller (1865–1866)
- Emma Rockefeller McAlpin (1868–1934)
- William Goodsell Rockefeller (1870–1922)
- *William Avery Rockefeller (1896–1973)
- *Godfrey Stillman Rockefeller (1899–1983)
- *James Stillman Rockefeller (1902–2004)
- **James Stillman Rockefeller, Jr. (born 1926)
- ***Liv Merlin Rockefeller Hessler (born 1957)
- ***Ola Stillman Rockefeller (born 1959)
- **Nancy Sherlock Carnegie Rockefeller (born 1927)
- **Andrew Carnegie Rockefeller (born 1929)
- **Georgia Stillman Rockefeller (born 1933)
- ***Sarah Elizabeth Rose (1958–1989)
- ****Kevin Randolph Hearst (born 1984)
- ****Kyle Carnegie Hearst (born 1986)
- ****Charlotte Rose Hearst (born 1986)
- *John Sterling Rockefeller (1904–1988)
- *Almira Geraldine Rockefeller (born 1907)
- John Davison Rockefeller (1872–1877)
- Percy Avery Rockefeller (1878–1934)
- *Isabel Rockefeller Lincoln (1902–1980)
- *Avery B. Rockefeller (1903–1986)
- *Winifred Rockefeller Emeny (1904–1951)
- *Faith Rockefeller Model (1909–1960)
- **Robert Model (born 1942)
- *Gladys Rockefeller Underhill (born 1910)
- Geraldine Rockefeller Dodge (1882–1973)
- *Marcellus Hartley Dodge, Jr. (1908–1930)
Family Members by marriage
- Cettie Spelman Rockefeller (1839–1915)
- Elsie Stillman Rockefeller (1872–1935)
- Abby Aldrich Rockefeller (1874–1948)
- Isabel Stillman Rockefeller (1876–1935)
- Martha Baird Rockefeller (1895–1971)
- Mary Todhunter Rockefeller (1907–1999)
- Blanchette Ferry Rockefeller (1909–1992)
- Margaretta Fitler Murphy Rockefeller (born 1926)
External links
- [The Rockefeller Archive Center: Family bibliography] An extensive (though limited) list of autobiographies, biographies and general works on the family and its companies and institutions.
- [Rockefeller Family Tree]
- Lewis Edward Rockefeller (1865–1866)
- Emma Rockefeller McAlpin (1868–1934)
- William Goodsell Rockefeller (1870–1922)
- *William Avery Rockefeller (1896–1973)
- *Godfrey Stillman Rockefeller (1899–1983)
- *James Stillman Rockefeller (1902–2004)
- **James Stillman Rockefeller, Jr. (born 1926)
- ***Liv Merlin Rockefeller Hessler (born 1957)
- ***Ola Stillman Rockefeller (born 1959)
- **Nancy Sherlock Carnegie Rockefeller (born 1927)
- **Andrew Carnegie Rockefeller (born 1929)
- **Georgia Stillman Rockefeller (born 1933)
- ***Sarah Elizabeth Rose (1958–1989)
- ****Kevin Randolph Hearst (born 1984)
- ****Kyle Carnegie Hearst (born 1986)
- ****Charlotte Rose Hearst (born 1986)
- *John Sterling Rockefeller (1904–1988)
- *Almira Geraldine Rockefeller (born 1907)
- John Davison Rockefeller (1872–1877)
- Percy Avery Rockefeller (1878–1934)
- *Isabel Rockefeller Lincoln (1902–1980)
- *Avery B. Rockefeller (1903–1986)
- *Winifred Rockefeller Emeny (1904–1951)
- *Faith Rockefeller Model (1909–1960)
- **Robert Model (born 1942)
- *Gladys Rockefeller Underhill (born 1910)
- Geraldine Rockefeller Dodge (1882–1973)
- *Marcellus Hartley Dodge, Jr. (1908–1930)
Family Members by marriage
- Cettie Spelman Rockefeller (1839–1915)
- Elsie Stillman Rockefeller (1872–1935)
- Abby Aldrich Rockefeller (1874–1948)
- Isabel Stillman Rockefeller (1876–1935)
- Martha Baird Rockefeller (1895–1971)
- Mary Todhunter Rockefeller (1907–1999)
- Blanchette Ferry Rockefeller (1909–1992)
- Margaretta Fitler Murphy Rockefeller (born 1926)
External links
- [The Rockefeller Archive Center: Family bibliography] An extensive (though limited) list of autobiographies, biographies and general works on the family and its companies and institutions.
- [Rockefeller Family Tree]
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