Nelson D. Rockefeller

Nelson Rockefeller


41st Vice President of the United States
In office December 19, 1974 – January 20, 1977
President	Gerald Ford
Preceded by	Gerald Ford
Succeeded by	Walter Mondale
49th Governor of New York
In office January 1, 1959 – December 18, 1973
Lieutenant	Malcolm Wilson
Preceded by	W. Averell Harriman
Succeeded by	Malcolm Wilson
1st Under Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare
In office June 11, 1953 – December 22, 1954
President	Dwight D. Eisenhower
Preceded by	Office created
Succeeded by	Herold Christian Hunt
1st Assistant Secretary of State for American Republic Affairs
In office December 20, 1944 – August 17, 1945
President	Franklin D. Roosevelt Harry S. Truman
Preceded by	Office created
Succeeded by	Spruille Braden

Personal details
Born	Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller (1908-07-08)July 8, 1908 Bar Harbor, Maine, U.S.
Died	January 26, 1979(1979-01-26) (aged 70) New York City, U.S.
Cause of death	Heart attack
Resting place	Rockefeller Family Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, New York
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Mary Todhunter Clark (m. 1930; div. 1962) Margaretta Large Fitler (m. 1963)
Children	Rodman Clark Rockefeller Ann Rockefeller Steven Clark Rockefeller Mary Rockefeller Michael Clark Rockefeller Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller Jr. Mark Fitler Rockefeller
Parents	John Davison Rockefeller Jr. Abigail Greene Aldrich
Relatives	See Rockefeller family
Residence	New York City, New York
Alma mater	Dartmouth College (A.B.)
Profession	Businessman philanthropist public servant politician
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Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller (July 8, 1908 – January 26, 1979) was an American businessman and politician. He served as the 41st Vice President of the United States from 1974 to 1977, and previously as the 49th Governor of New York (1959–1973). He also served as Assistant Secretary of State for American Republic Affairs for Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman as well as Under Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare under Dwight D. Eisenhower. A member of the wealthy Rockefeller family, he was also a noted art collector, as well as administrator of Rockefeller Center in Manhattan, New York.

Rockefeller, a Republican, was often considered politically liberal and progressive, or in other cases moderate. He successfully altered the political platform of the Republican Party just before the 1960 Republican Convention in what is termed the Treaty of Fifth Avenue. In his time, liberals in the Republican Party were called "Rockefeller Republicans". As governor of New York from 1959 to 1973 his achievements included the expansion of the State University of New York, efforts to protect the environment, the building of the Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller Empire State Plaza in Albany, increased facilities and personnel for medical care, and creation of the New York State Council on the Arts.