John
Davison Rockefeller Jr. (1874-1960)
Born 1874 Cleveland
Died 1960
Married (1) October 1901 Warwick
Abby Greene Aldrich, daughter
of Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich,
U.S. Senator and Abby Pearce Truman
Chapman
Born 1874
Died 1948
Married (2) 1951
Mrs. Martha Baird Allen
Born 1895
Died 1971
In 1911 he took over the
active management of his father's interest
and engaged in numerous
philanthropies. Riverside Church in New York
City was built through his
gifts. He also gave vast sums for religious
projects, for scientific
investigation, and for the restoration of
historic monuments. Among
his most notable philantrophies were the
restoration of colonial
Williamsburg, Virginoa, and the donation of
the site for the United
Nations headquarters in New York City, which
Rockefeller interests completed
in 1939.
Source: The Columbia Encyclopedia,
2001.
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