Rodman Rockefeller

American businessman (1932–2000)

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Rodman Rockefeller

Rodman Rockefeller in 1970.

Born|

Rodman Clark Rockefeller

(1932-05-02)May 2, 1932

Manhattan, New York, U.S.

Died| May 14, 2000(2000-05-14) (aged 68)

Manhattan, New York, U.S.

Education| Dartmouth College
Columbia University
Spouses|

Barbara Ann Olson

(m. 1953; div. 1979)​

Sascha von Metzler

(m. 1980)​

Children| 4, including Meile Rockefeller
Parent(s)| Nelson Rockefeller
Mary Clark
Family| Rockefeller family

Rodman Clark Rockefeller (May 2, 1932 – May 14, 2000) was an American businessman and philanthropist. A fourth-generation member of the Rockefeller family, he was a son of former U.S. Vice President Nelson A. Rockefeller, a grandson of American financer John D. Rockefeller Jr., and a great-grandson of Standard Oil co-founder John D. Rockefeller.

## Early life and education

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Rockefeller was born on May 2, 1932, in Manhattan, New York. He was the eldest son of former U.S. Vice President Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller (1908–1979) and his wife Mary Todhunter "Tod" Clark (1908–1999).

He was educated at Deerfield Academy, at Dartmouth College, and later earned a master's degree from Columbia University's Graduate School of Business Administration. At Dartmouth, his father's alma mater, he was a member of Green Key, co-edited Dartmouth's freshman handbook, and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa (as had his grandfather, John D. Rockefeller Jr.)

## Career

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Rockefeller was vice president (1968–1972) and chief executive (1972–1980) of the International Basic Economy Corporation, a New York based commercial genetics and agribusiness concern, founded by his father in 1946. Its activities included the development of corn production in Latin America, and the construction of thousands of low-cost homes in Mexico. He was chairman of IBEC Inc., a successor concern,[1] from 1980 to 1985, and for a number of years was chairman of Arbor Acres Farm, based in Glastonbury, Connecticut, a seller of genetic material for poultry broiler stock.[2]

Rockefeller was co-chairman of the Mexico-United States Business Committee, an organization focusing on economic and political issues of interest to both nations' business communities. Some consider the passage of the North American Free Trade Agreement in the mid-1990s to have been the culmination of his and the committee's efforts.[citation needed] The honors he received included a prestigious Mexican decoration, the Order of the Aztec Eagle.

He was on the board of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund for nine years, and for many years was a trustee of Rockefeller Financial Services, the entity which manages the family's office (known as "Room 5600"), its investment companies, and its many foundations. He was the head of the finance committee of Rockefeller Financial Services for many years and was a longtime trustee of Rockefeller Financial's holding company, Rockefeller & Company.

Rockefeller served as chairman of Pocantico Associates, a private capital and real estate investment company, and was a trustee of the Institute of International Education, the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation, the Museum of Modern Art, the Americas Society, and the New York Blood Center.

## Personal life

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In 1953, Rockefeller married Barbara Ann Olsen, with whom he had four children: Meile, Peter, Stuart, and Michael.[3] The marriage ended in divorce in 1979, and the following year he married Alexandra (Sascha) von Metzler.[4] In 1987, Rockefeller's son Peter married Allison Whipple.[5]

Rockefeller died at his home on New York's Upper East Side on May 14, 2000.[6]

## References

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1. ^ "Rodman Rockefeller Named IBEC Director". The New York Times. 5 October 1959. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
2. ^ Durr, Kenneth D (2006). A Company With a Mission: Rodman Rockefeller and the International Basic Economy Corporation, 1947-1985. Montrose Press. ISBN 0972887423.
3. ^ "Barbara Rockefeller, Ex-Head Of Craft Council, Dies at 55". The New York Times. 24 January 1986. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
4. ^ "Miss von Metzler Is Wed to R.C. Rockefeller". The New York Times. 14 June 1980. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
5. ^ "Allison H. Whipple, Broker, Marries Peter C. Rockefeller". The New York Times. 20 December 1987. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
6. ^ Pace, Eric (16 May 2000). "Rodman Rockefeller, 68, Dies; Active in Latin Trade Efforts". The New York Times. Retrieved 17 June 2019.

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Rockefeller family

children of William Avery Rockefeller Sr.|

* John Davison Rockefeller (m.) Laura Celestia Spelman
* William Avery Rockefeller Jr.
* Franklin Rockefeller

children of John Davison Rockefeller
children of William Avery Rockefeller Jr. |

* Elizabeth Rockefeller (m.) Charles Augustus Strong
* Alta Rockefeller
* Edith Rockefeller (m.) Harold Fowler McCormick
* John Davison Rockefeller Jr. (m.) Abigail Greene Aldrich
William Goodsell Rockefeller
* Percy Avery Rockefeller
* Ethel Geraldine Rockefeller (m.) Marcellus Hartley Dodge Sr.

children of Elizabeth Rockefeller
children of Alta Rockefeller
children of John Davison Rockefeller Jr.|

* Margaret Rockefeller Strong
John Rockefeller Prentice
Abigail Aldrich Rockefeller (m.) Jean Mauzé
* John Davison Rockefeller III (m.) Blanchette Ferry Hooker
* Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller (m. 1st) Mary Todhunter Clark (m. 2nd) Margaretta Large Fitler
* Laurance Spelman Rockefeller (m.) Mary French
* Winthrop Rockefeller
* David Rockefeller (m.) Margaret Rockefeller

children of William Goodsell Rockefeller
children of Percy Avery Rockefeller
children of Ethel Geraldine Rockefeller|

* Godfrey Stillman Rockefeller
* James Stillman Rockefeller
Isabel Stillman Rockefeller (m.) Frederic W. Lincoln IV
* Avery Rockefeller
Marcellus Hartley Dodge Jr.

children of John Rockefeller Prentice (1902–1972)|

* Abra Prentice

children of John Davison Rockefeller III
children of Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller
children of Laurance Spelman Rockefeller
children of Winthrop Rockefeller
children of David Rockefeller
children of Godfrey Stillman Rockefeller|

* John Davison Rockefeller IV
* Hope Aldrich Rockefeller
* Alida Ferry Rockefeller
Rodman Clark Rockefeller
* Steven Clark Rockefeller
* Michael Clark Rockefeller
* Mark Fitler Rockefeller
Laura Spelman Rockefeller
* Marion French Rockefeller
* Lucy Aldrich Rockefeller
* Laurance Rockefeller Jr.
Winthrop Paul Rockefeller
Abigail Aldrich Rockefeller
* Margaret Dulany Rockefeller
* Richard Gilder Rockefeller
* Eileen Rockefeller
Godfrey Anderson Rockefeller

children of John Davison Rockefeller IV|

* Justin Aldrich Rockefeller

children of Rodman Clark Rockefeller|

* Meile Louise Rockefeller

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