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Nelson Rockefeller weds...
Item # 567898
June 24, 1930
THE WORLD, New York City, June 24, 1930
* Nelson A. Rockefeller 1st marriage
This 28 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page that include: "MISS CLARK WED TO ROCKEFELLER" "John D. Jr.'s Son Nelson Bridegroom in Philadelphia" and more with two column photo of the married couple. (see)
Other news of the day. Light browning with small address label on the front page, otherwise good.
wikipedia notes: Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller (July 8, 1908 – January 26, 1979) was the 41st Vice President of the United States under Gerald Ford, and the 49th Governor of New York, as well as serving the Roosevelt, Truman, Eisenhower and Nixon administrations in a variety of positions. He was also a noted businessman, art collector, and philanthropist.
A Republican, he is often referred to as a moderate, begetting the designation Rockefeller Republican for Republicans with similarly moderate to liberal views. As Governor of New York from 1959 to 1973 his achievements included the expansion of the State University of New York, efforts to protect the environment, the building of the Nelson A. Rockefeller Empire State Plaza in Albany, increased facilities and personnel for medical care, and creation of the New York State Council on the Arts. After unsuccessfully seeking the Republican presidential nomination in 1960, 1964, and 1968, he served as Vice President from 1974 to 1977 under President Gerald R. Ford, but did not join the 1976 GOP national ticket with President Ford, marking his retirement from politics.
As a businessman he was President and later Chairman of Rockefeller Center, Inc., and he formed the International Basic Economy Corporation in 1947. Rockefeller assembled a significant art collection and promoted public access to the arts. He served as trustee, treasurer, and president, of the Museum of Modern Art, and founded the Museum of Primitive Art in 1954. In the area of philanthropy he established the American International Association for Economic and Social Development in 1946, and with his four brothers he founded the Rockefeller Brothers Fund in 1940 and helped guide it.
Category: The 20th Century
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