Laurance Rockefeller AKA Laurance Spelman Rockefeller Born: 26-May-1910 Birthplace: New York City Died: 11-Jul-2004 Location of death: New York City Cause of death: Respiratory failure Remains: Buried, Rockefeller Family Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, NY
Gender: Male Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Business Nationality: United States Executive summary: Financier behind Eastern Airlines Military service: US Navy (WWII, Lt. Commander) Father: John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Mother: Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Sister: Abby Rockefeller Mause (b. 1903, d. 1976) Brother: John D. Rockefeller III (b. 1906, d. 1978) Brother: Nelson Rockefeller (Vice President, b. 1912, d. 1979) Brother: Winthrop Rockefeller (Lt. Governor of Arkansas, b. 1912, d. 1973) Brother: David Rockefeller (Chase Manhattan Bank) Wife: Mary French (m. 1934, d. 1997, three daughters, one son) Daughter: Laura Spelman (b. 1936) Daughter: Marion French (b. 1938) Daughter: Lucy Aldrich (b. 1941) Son: Laurance Rockefeller, Jr. (b. 1944) Mistress: Martha Gellhorn
University: BA Philosophy, Princeton University (1932) Law School: Harvard Law School
Eastern Airlines Financier
McDonnell Aircraft Financier
Member of the Board of Eastern Airlines (1938-60)
Member of the Board of Readers Digest Association
Bill Bradley for President Bush-Cheney '04 Dean for America Friends of Giuliani Exploratory Committee George W. Bush for President Human Potential Foundation Funding New York Zoological Society Chairman (1970-75) National Geographic Society Board Member National Republican Senatorial Committee Pete Wilson for President Committee Congressional Gold Medal 1991 Rockefeller Family
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