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John Davison Rockefeller III (March 21, 1906 – July 10, 1978) was an American philanthropist. Rockefeller was the eldest son and second child of John D. Rockefeller Jr. and Abby Aldrich Rockefeller as well as a grandson of Standard Oil co-founder John D. Rockefeller.
John D. Rockefeller III (born March 21, 1906, New York City, New York, U.S.—died July 10, 1978, Mount Pleasant, New York) was an American philanthropist, a member of the famed Rockefeller family. He was the eldest of the five sons of John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
In 1929, as the crash of Wall Street rippled through an already tumultuous Asia, Rockefeller’s grandson, John D. Rockefeller 3rd, embarked on his first trip to Asia as a newly-minted graduate of Princeton University.
John D. Rockefeller 3rd died in a car crash in Mt. Pleasant, New York, on July 10, 1978. Following a memorial service at the Riverside Church in Manhattan, his cremated remains were buried in the Rockefeller family cemetery.
ROCKEFELLER, John Davison, III. ( b. 21 March 1906 in New York City; d. 10 July 1978 in Mount Pleasant, New York ), philanthropist, writer, industrialist, social activist, patron of the arts, and member of one of the nation's wealthiest families.
John Davison Rockefeller III (March 21, 1906 – July 10, 1978) was an American philanthropist. Rockefeller was the eldest son and second child of John D. Rockefeller Jr. and Abby Aldrich Rockefeller as well as a grandson of Standard Oil co-founder John D. Rockefeller.
May 10, 2024 · The eldest brother, John D. Rockefeller III, was born in 1906 and developed an interest in Japan and Asia after World War II. He collected Asian art, rehabilitated the Japan Society, and organized the Asia Society (1956). John D. Rockefeller III was also instrumental in the establishment of Lincoln Centre for the Performing Arts ...
