Person
Laurance Rockefeller
1910 – 2004
Known for Conservation philanthropist
Tags#conservation
Grandson of oil magnate John D. Rockefeller Sr., and — to my surprise — much softer and kinder than the Rockefeller name suggests. He married Mary French (Billings' granddaughter), fell in love with nature after moving to Woodstock, and spent decades helping create some twenty national parks. The Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller estate tells his story.