Rockefeller, Nelson A. (Nelson Aldrich), 1908-1979
- [Nelson A. Rockefeller (1908-1979) was an American businessman, philanthropist, public servant, and politician who served as Governor of New York (1959-1973) and as Vice President of the United States (1974-1977) under President Gerald R. Ford.]
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Fuller Name
- Nelson Aldrich
Variants
- Rockefeller, Nelson Aldrich, 1908-1979
Additional Information
Birth Date
- 1908-07-08
Death Date
- 1979-01-26
Has Affiliation
- Affiliation Start: 1932
- Affiliation End: 1975
- Organization: Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.)
Has Affiliation
- Affiliation Start: 1940
- Affiliation End: 1944
- Organization: United States. Office of Inter-American Affairs
Has Affiliation
- Affiliation Start: 1953
- Affiliation End: 1958
- Organization: United States. President's Advisory Committee on Government Organization
Has Affiliation
- Affiliation Start: 1959
- Affiliation End: 1973
- Organization: New York (State). Governor
Has Affiliation
- Affiliation Start: 19741219
- Affiliation End: 19770120
- Organization: United States. Office of the Vice President
Birth Place
- Bar Harbor (Me.)
Associated Language
- English
Occupation
(lcsh) Vice-Presidents--United States
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Sources
- found: U.S. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations.Nominations Department of state ... 1944.
- found: Biog. index, Sept. 1976-Aug. 1979(Rockefeller, Nelson Aldrich, 1908-1979)
- found: Desmond, J. Nelson Rockefeller, 1964(Nelson Rockefeller)
- found: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, via WWW, November 12, 2013(Rockefeller, Nelson Aldrich (1908-1979); grandson of Nelson W. Aldrich; uncle of John D. [Jay] Rockefeller IV; a Vice President of the United States; born in Bar Harbor, Hancock County, Maine, July 8, 1908; attended Lincoln School of Teachers' College at Columbia University, New York, N.Y., 1926; graduated, Dartmouth College 1930; engaged in oil, real estate, and banking businesses, and family philanthropic activities; served variously as trustee, treasurer, president, chairman of the board of Museum of Modern Art in New York City, 1932-1975; director, Office of Inter-American Affairs, 1940-1944; Assistant Secretary of State for Latin-American Affairs, 1944-1945; returned to family philanthropic activities and helped establish American International Association; member and chairman of President's Advisory Committee on Government Organization, 1953-1958; Under Secretary of the United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1953-1954; Special Assistant to the President for Foreign Affairs, 1954-1955; Governor of New York, 1959-1973; unsuccessful candidate for the Republican presidential nomination in 1964, 1968, and 1972; nominated by President Gerald R. Ford on August 20, 1974, under the provisions of the twenty-fifth amendment to the Constitution, to be the Forty-first Vice President of the United States; confirmed by the Congress and took the oath of office on December 19, 1974, and served until January 20, 1977, when the term ended; returned to family philanthropic activities and worked extensively on his art collection in New York, N.Y., where he died on January 26, 1979; cremated; ashes interred at the family estate, Pocantico Hills, N.Y.)
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- 1980-10-27: new
- 2023-09-06: revised
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