Winthrop Rockefeller

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Person.png Winthrop Rockefeller   WebsiteRdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(billionaire, politician)
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BornMay 1, 1912
New York City, New York, U.S.
DiedFebruary 22, 1973 (Age 60)
Palm Springs, California, U.S.
Cause of death
pancreatic cancer, chemotherapy
NationalityUS
Alma materLoomis Chaffee School, Yale
Parents • John Davison Rockefeller Jr
• Abigail Greene Aldrich
ChildrenWinthrop Paul Rockefeller
Spouse • Bobo Rockefeller
• Jeanette Edris
Founder ofRockefeller Brothers Fund
Member ofLinks Club, Rockefeller family
PartyRepublican Party (United States)
Billionaire Rockefeller family who for some reason or other bought the position of Governor of Arkansas.

Employment.png Governor of Arkansas Wikipedia-icon.png

In office
January 10, 1967 - January 12, 1971

Winthrop Aldrich Rockefeller was an American politician and billionaire. Rockefeller was the fourth son and fifth child of American financier John D. Rockefeller Jr. and Abby Aldrich Rockefeller. He was a grandson of Standard Oil co-founder John D. Rockefeller.

Activities

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 and persistent rumors of his homosexuality, Rockefeller was re-elected in 1968, and went on to complete the controversial integration of Arkansas schools.

Tryall club

In 1957, a group of American investors led by Winthrop Rockefeller purchased the Tryall estate on Jamaica from William DeLisser with the intention of dividing and selling lots of land for the construction of villas and the creation of a private club.[1] Tryall might have had connections to the "commercially-oriented espionage net" World Commerce Corporation, the brainchild of former OSS chief Bill Donovan. The Tryall club was located next to Donovan's property in Montego Bay.[2]

Death

In September 1972, Winthrop Rockefeller was diagnosed with inoperable pancreatic cancer and endured a devastating round of chemotherapy. He died on February 22, 1973, in Palm Springs, California, at the age of sixty.[3]

Abby Rockefeller, Winthrop, John Rockefeller III, and Nelson Rockefeller had died by the end of the 1970s — Nelson under scandalous circumstances.[4]


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