The Rockefellers : An American Dynasty

792 Pages·1960·85.206 MB·English

by  Peter Collier, David Horowitz

THE
ROCKEFELLERS
An
American Dynasty
PETER COLLIER & DAVID HOROWITZ
Peter Collier and David Horowitz
THE
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INDAVISON
)his is the story of an American
11839-1937)
dynasty. It is the story of the father,
who built the fortune. Of the son, CelesIItia Spelman
who cleansed thename.Ofthe Broth- 1839-1915)
ers, who manipulated both the name
and the fortune to their own ends.
And of the Cousins, who often wish Alta
they had inherited neither.
Through four generations, the
name has been synonymous with
great wealth: through three, with
great works. Now, in the fourth gen-
NELSONALDRICH
eration, the dynasty has begun to
(1908-
crumble. But the story of that dynas- )
ty is a saga of immense dimensions, a
saga inextricably interwoven with a Mary Margaretta
hundred years of American history. Todhunter Filler
For the rise of the dynasty to its pre- (19C0la7r-k (1M9u2r6p-h'y
eminentplaceparallels this country's ) )
rise to world power, and the growth
of the family's fortune interlocks
with a century of unprecedented na-
tional wealth.
Against a richly detailed backdrop
of history, the story of this unique
American family unfolds. It begins
with Senior, who amassed a fortune
amid the muck and disorder of the
Pennsylvania oil fields and left his \ael Marx
son, Mr. Junior, to deal with the pub- irk Clark
lic outcry. It follows Junior as he \-61) (1938- )
built the charities and foundations
that made the name a public insti-
tution. And it tracks the lives of Nelson Mark
Aldrich, Jr. Filler
Junior's sons, the five Rockefeller (1964- (1967-
)
(Continuedonhackflap)
THE ROCKEFELLERS
William MaryAnn Franklin Francis
Edith JOHNDAVISON, JR.
(1874-1960)
/ \
Abby GreeneAldrich Martha BairdAllen
'(1874-1948) (1895-1971)
\
LAURANGESPELMAN WINTHROP DAVID
(1910- ) (1912-73) (1915- )
Mary Barbara Margaret
French Sears McGrath
(1910- (1915-
) )
Winthrop
Paul
(1948-
)
Laura Marion Lucy Laurance, Jr.
Spelman French Aldrich (1944- )
(1936- (1938- (1941-
) ) )
David, Jr. Abby Neva Margaret Richard Eileen
(1941- ) Aldrich Goodwin Dulany Gilder McGrath
(1943- ) (1944- ) (1947- ) (1949- ) (1952- )
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Rockefellers
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AN AMERICAN
Holt, Rinehart ami Winston
DYNASTY
BY PETER COLLIER
AND
DAVID HOROWITZ
New York
©
Copyright 1976 hy PeterCollierand David Horowitz
Allrights reserved, including theright to reproduce
this book orportions thereofin anyform.
Published simultaneously in Canada by Holt. Rinehart
and Winston ofCanada. Limited.
Library ofCongress Cataloging in Publication Data
Collier, Peter.
The Rockefellers: an American dynasty.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
I. Rockefeller family. I. Horowitz. David.
1939- joint author. II. Title.
E747.C64 973.9'092'2 [B] 75-5465
ISBN 0-03-008371-0
Designer: Winston Potter
Printed in the I'nited States ofAmerica
CONTENTS
The Father
I