(Encyclopedia) Rockefeller, Nelson Aldrich, 1908–79, U.S. public official, governor of New York (1959–73), Vice President of the United States (1974–77), b. Bar Harbor, Maine; grandson of John D.…
ROCKEFELLER, Lewis Kirby, a Representative from New York; born in Schenectady, N.Y., November 25, 1875; attended the public schools; was graduated from New York State College, Albany, N.Y., in…
ROCKEFELLER, Nelson Aldrich, (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,…
Senate Years of Service: 1985- Party: Democrat ROCKEFELLER, John Davison IV (Jay), (nephew of Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller, great-grandson of Nelson Aldrich, and son-in-law of Charles Harting…
Senate Years of Service: 1985-Party: DemocratROCKEFELLER, John Davison IV (Jay), (nephew of Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller, great-grandson of Nelson Aldrich, and son-in-law of Charles Harting…
clergyman, businessmanBorn: 7/2/1853Birthplace: Maine, N.Y. After seven years in his own church as a Baptist minister, he helped to reorganize the University of Chicago, which brought him to the…
(Encyclopedia) Einhorn, DavidEinhorn, Davidīnˈhôrn [key], 1809–79, Jewish theological writer and leader of the Reform movement in Judaism in the United States. Born in Bavaria, he studied philosophy…
(Encyclopedia) Diamond, David, 1915–2005, American composer, b. Rochester, N.Y. Diamond was trained at the Cleveland Institute of Music and the Eastman School; he also studied with Roger Sessions in…
(Encyclopedia) Douglas, David, 1798–1834, Scottish botanist. He made several journeys in North America between 1823 and 1834 to study American plants and sent to Scotland more than 200 plants and…
