| LC control no. | n 50049079 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Rockefeller, Nelson A. (Nelson Aldrich), 1908-1979 |
| Variant(s) | Rockefeller, Nelson Aldrich, 1908-1979 |
| See also | Chief executive of: New York (State). Governor (1959-1973 : Rockefeller) |
| Biography/History note | 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. |
| Birth date | 1908-07-08 |
| Death date | 1979-01-26 |
| Place of birth | Bar Harbor (Me.) |
| Place of death | New York (N.Y.) |
| Affiliation | Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.) United States. Office of Inter-American Affairs United States. President's Advisory Committee on Government Organization New York (State). Governor United States. Office of the Vice President |
| Profession or occupation | Governors--New York (State) Vice-Presidents--United States |
| Found in | U.S. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations. Nominations Department of state ... 1944. Biog. index, Sept. 1976-Aug. 1979 (Rockefeller, Nelson Aldrich, 1908-1979) Desmond, J. Nelson Rockefeller, 1964 (Nelson Rockefeller) 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.) |
| Associated language | eng |
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