John D. Rockefeller Jr.
1874 – 1960 American philanthropist, businessman
Steward of the Rockefeller fortune who turned the family toward philanthropy.
- Religion
- Protestant (Baptist).
- Affiliations
- Managed the family fortune and foundations; funded Rockefeller Center and donated the land for the United Nations headquarters.
The only son of John D. Rockefeller, he devoted his life to managing and giving away the family fortune. He built Rockefeller Center, funded the restoration of Colonial Williamsburg and donated the Manhattan land for the UN headquarters.
Connections
- family of David Rockefeller — His father.
- family of David Rockefeller — His youngest son, chairman of Chase Manhattan.
- family of John D. Rockefeller — His father.
- family of John D. Rockefeller — His only son and heir.
- family of Nelson Rockefeller — His father.
- family of Nelson Rockefeller — His son, later US Vice President.
In the timeline
- 1839 John D. Rockefeller born in Richford, New York central figure
- 1854 Kansas-Nebraska Act passes Congress mentioned
- 1855 John D. Rockefeller starts work at Hewitt and Tuttle central figure
- 1858 Clark and Rockefeller commission house founded mentioned
- 1863 Rockefeller and Clark form Andrews, Clark and Co. mentioned
- 1870 Founding of Standard Oil mentioned
- 1870 John D. Rockefeller founds Standard Oil central figure
- 1870 Rockefeller founds Standard Oil mentioned
- 1882 The Standard Oil Trust builds a global oil empire mentioned
- 1890 Rockefeller founds the University of Chicago mentioned
- 1890 Rockefeller founds the University of Chicago under Harper mentioned
- 1912 Carl Jung meets John D. Rockefeller at Kykuit central figure
- 1915 Walter Lippmann analyzes the Ludlow Massacre mentioned
- 1916 Rockefeller becomes the first US dollar billionaire mentioned
- 1918 Rockefeller endows the Laura Spelman Rockefeller Memorial mentioned
- 1933 Rockefeller Center opens in Manhattan mentioned
- 1937 John D. Rockefeller Sr dies central figure
- 1949 United Nations headquarters built mentioned
- 1952 Rockefeller funds the Population Council mentioned
- 1958 Nelson Rockefeller elected Governor of New York mentioned
- 1978 John D. Rockefeller III dies in car accident central figure
- 2017 David Rockefeller dies mentioned