ROCKEFELLER, Nelson Aldrich [1908-1979] -- American governor (NY) and US vice-president

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He served (1959-73) as Republican governor of New York for four terms and was appointed vice-president (1974-77) by President ¤Gerald R. Ford. under the provisions of the 25th Amendment. A grandson of the industrialist ¤John D. Rockefeller, Nelson Rockefeller was graduated (1930) from Dartmouth College and worked in family enterprises until his appointment by President ¤Franklin D. Roosevelt as coordinator (1940-44) of inter-American affairs. He then became assistant secretary of state (1944-45) for Latin American affairs, head (1950-51) of the International Development Advisory Board, undersecretary of health, education, and welfare (1953-54), and special assistant (1954-55) to President Dwight D. Eisenhower. He also chaired (1952-58) the President's Advisory Committee on Government Organization. In 1958, Rockefeller defeated W. Averell Harriman in the New York gubernatorial race. As governor he greatly increased the size and scope of the state government; in 1971 he was criticized for his role in the Attica Prison riots. He ran unsuccessfully for the Republican nomination for president in 1960, 1964, and 1968, and in 1973 he resigned as governor to establish and chair the National Commission on Critical Choices for America. As vice-president he chaired an investigatory commission on the Central Intelligence Agency. [after Grollier]

Chronology

1944-1945	Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs
1950-1951	Head of the International Development Advisory Board
1952-1958	Chariman of the President's Avdisory Committee on Government Organization
1953-1954	Under-secretary of Health, Education and Welfare
1954-1955	Special assistant to POTUS Dwight Eisenhower
1959-1973	Governor of New York
1973	Established and chaired National Commission on Critical Choices
1974-1977	vPOTUS, appointed by Ford

Bookmarks (off-site links)

Works by
- Analyses, critiques and interpretations
- Philanthropy
  - Welcome to the Rockefeller Brothers Fund Web Site
  - The Rockefeller Archive Center
- Nelson A. Rockefeller
- Letter from Nelson Rockefeller
Works about
- Biographical
  - Specific periods, events, aspects
  - ROCKEFELLER, Nelson Aldrich (1908-1979) Biographical Information his congressional biography
  - Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1908-1979
  - Nelson Rockefeller
  - American Experience | The Rockefellers | People & Events
  - Nelson Rockefeller - biography
- Genealogy
  - ROCKEFELLER his Aldrich roots
- Memorials, tributes, shrines
- Bibliographies and Link Farms
  - Google category Society > History > By Region > North America > United States > Vice Presidents > Rockefeller, Nelson Aldrich
Historical context, background
- Residences
Gallery
- Photographs -Vietnam War Meetings
- Nelson Rockefeller gives the finger

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Associated

Grandfather: ¤ROCKEFELLER, John Davison [1839-1937] American industrialist and philanthropist
Father: ¤ROCKEFELLER, John Davison II [1874-1960] -- American philanthropist
Sibling: ¤ROCKEFELLER, John Davison III [1906-1978] -- American philanthropist
Sibling: ¤ROCKEFELLER, Lawrence Spelman [*1910-?] -- American conservationist
Sibling: ¤ROCKEFELLER, Winthrop [1912-1973]
Sibling: ¤ROCKEFELLER, David [*1915-?] American banker
Son: ¤ROCKEFELLER, Michael [1938-1961] American anthropologist, disappeared on anthropological expedition in Papua, New Guinea

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