David Rockefeller, Sr.
| David Rockefeller | |
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| Born |
June 12, 1915 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Residence | Sleepy Hollow, New York, U.S. |
| Education | A.B. in 1936 & Ph.D. in 1940 |
| Alma mater |
Harvard University London School of Economics University of Chicago |
| Occupation | Banker, statesman |
| Years active | 1940–present |
| Net worth |
 US$3.1 billion (as of November 2016) |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Margaret McGrath (m. 1940–1996; her death) |
| Children | David Jr., Abigail, Neva, Margaret, Richard, and Eileen |
| Parent(s) |
John Davison Rockefeller Jr. Abigail Greene Aldrich |
| Relatives | See Rockefeller family |
David Rockefeller (born June 12, 1915) is an American former banker who was chairman and chief executive of Chase Manhattan Corporation. He is the oldest living member of the Rockefeller family and family patriarch since July 2004, the only surviving child of John D. Rockefeller, Jr. and Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, and the only surviving grandchild of John D. Rockefeller and Laura Spelman Rockefeller.
Rockefeller was born in New York City, and grew up in an eight-story house at 10 West 54th Street, the tallest private residence ever built in the city. He is the youngest of six children born to financier John Davison Rockefeller Jr. and socialite Abigail Greene "Abby" Aldrich. John Jr. was the only son of Standard Oil co-founder John Davison Rockefeller Sr. and schoolteacher Laura Celestia "Cettie" Spelman. Abby was a daughter of Senator Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich and Abigail Pearce Truman "Abby" Chapman. David's five elder siblings were Abby (1903–1976), John III (1906–1978), Nelson (1908–1979), Laurance (1910–2004), and Winthrop (1912–1973). The home contained rare, ancient, medieval and Renaissance treasures collected by his father—with some, such as the Unicorn Tapestries, held in an adjoining building at 12 West 54th Street. On the seventh floor was his mother's private modern art gallery. The house was subsequently donated by David's father as a site for a sculpture garden that is now part of the Museum of Modern Art. He spent much time as a child at the family estate Kykuit, where, in his memoirs, he recalls visits by associates of his father, including General George C. Marshall, the adventurer Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd (whose Antarctic expeditions had been funded by the family), and the aviator Charles Lindbergh. Summer vacations were spent at the Eyrie, a 100-room house in Seal Harbor on the southeast shore of Mount Desert Island, in Maine. The house was demolished by the family in the early 1960s to make way for Museum of Modern Art. This was conceived and planned for by his mother Abby.
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