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John Davison Rockefeller III (March 21, 1906 – July 10, 1978) was an American philanthropist. Rockefeller was the eldest son and second child of John D. Rockefeller Jr. and Abby Aldrich Rockefeller as well as a grandson of Standard Oil co-founder John D. Rockefeller.
John D. Rockefeller III (born March 21, 1906, New York City, New York, U.S.—died July 10, 1978, Mount Pleasant, New York) was an American philanthropist, a member of the famed Rockefeller family. He was the eldest of the five sons of John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
John D. Rockefeller 3rd died in a car crash in Mt. Pleasant, New York, on July 10, 1978. Following a memorial service at the Riverside Church in Manhattan, his cremated remains were buried in the Rockefeller family cemetery.
In 1929, as the crash of Wall Street rippled through an already tumultuous Asia, Rockefeller’s grandson, John D. Rockefeller 3rd, embarked on his first trip to Asia as a newly-minted graduate of Princeton University.
ROCKEFELLER, John Davison, III(b. 21 March 1906 in New York City; d. 10 July 1978 in Mount Pleasant, New York), philanthropist, writer, industrialist, social activist, patron of the arts, and member of one of the nation's wealthiest families.
John Davison Rockefeller Sr. (July 8, 1839 – May 23, 1937) was an American business magnate and philanthropist.
Here, in a letter dated May 1, 1920, the 46-year-old John Jr. lays out the financial expectations for 14-year-old John D. Rockefeller III, who went on to become chairman of the board of the...
The papers of John D. Rockefeller 3rd (1906-1978), document Rockefeller's life and philanthropic activities. They provide information on his education; relationships with family, friends, and business associates; travels; and social concerns, including his lifelong involvement in four major areas: population, Asia, philanthropy, and the arts.
Thus, he was involved as a Trustee, and often as Chairman of the Board, with the Rockefeller Foundation, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, the JDR 3rd Fund, the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, the Asia Society, and Princeton University, among others. He served as Chairman of the Commission on Population Growth and the American Future.
American philanthropist John D. Rockefeller III was the eldest of the five sons of John D. Rockefeller, Jr., and a grandson of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. John D.…
