OVERVIEW:
FULL NAME:
Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller
BORN:
July 8, 1908;
Bar Harbor, Maine
DIED:
January 26, 1979 (aged 70);
New York, New York
EDUCATION:
Attended Lincoln School of Teachers’ College at Columbia University (1926)
Dartmouth College (BA, 1930)
POLITICAL PARTY:
Republican
HIGHLIGHTS:
1932-1975:
Chairman of the Board, Museum of Modern Art in New York City
1944-1945:
Assistant Secretary of State for Latin American Affairs
1953-1954:
Under Secretary of Health, Education, & Welfare
1953-1958:
Chairman, President’s Advisory Committee on Government Organization
1954-1955:
Special Assistant to the President for Foreign Affairs
1959-1973:
Governor of New York
1960, 1964, and 1968:
Unsuccessful Candidate for the Republican Nomination for President
8/20/ 1974:
Nominated by Gerald Ford to be Vice President under the 25th Amendment to the Constitution after Spiro Agnew Resigned
12/19/1974:
Vice Presidential Nomination Confirmed by Congress
12/19/1974-1/20/ 1977:
Vice President of the United States
PORTRAITS:
RESOURCES:
Rockefeller Archive Center
White House
U.S. Senate
Miller Center
NY Hall of Governors
American Experience (PBS)
Biographical Directory of Congress
Biography
Wikipedia
Papers (Rockefeller Archives)
Photos (Rockefeller Archives)
MEDIA COVERAGE:
Obituaries, 1/28/1979 (WP)
Profile (NYT, 12/31/2006)
1964 GOP Convention (Politico, 10/21/2014)