Winthrop Rockefeller
 Winthrop Rockefeller     (billionaire, politician) | |
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| Born | May 1, 1912 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Died | February 22, 1973 (Age 60) Palm Springs, California, U.S. |
Cause of death | pancreatic cancer |
| Nationality | US |
| Alma mater | Loomis Chaffee School, Yale |
| Parents | • John Davison Rockefeller Jr • Abigail Greene Aldrich |
| Children | Winthrop Paul Rockefeller |
| Spouse | • Bobo Rockefeller • Jeanette Edris |
| Founder of | Rockefeller Brothers Fund |
| Member of | Links Club, Rockefeller family |
| Party | Republican Party (United States) |
Winthrop Rockefeller was an American politician and billionaire. 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.
Despite having no particular connection to the state, he was elected state governor in 1966, as the first Republican governor of Arkansas since Reconstruction. Despite accusations of lacking insight into the concerns of low-income voters, Rockefeller was re-elected in 1968, and went on to complete the controversial integration of Arkansas schools.
Death
In September 1972, Winthrop Rockefeller was diagnosed with inoperable pancreatic cancer and endured a devastating round of chemotherapy. He died February 22, 1973, in Palm Springs, California, at the age of sixty.[1]
Abby Rockefeller, Winthrop, John Rockefeller III, and Nelson Rockefeller had died by the end of the 1970s — Nelson under scandalous circumstances.[2]
