He turned his family-sponsored medical research center into Rockefeller University in New York. He donated millions of dollars to the Museum of Modern Art, his alma mater Harvard and the Council on Foreign Relations, where he served as chairman from 1970 to 1985. Rockefeller was a celebrated philanthropist.
In 1979, he used his contacts at the highest levels of government to bring the ailing and deposed shah of Iran to the United States for medical treatment. He was a globe-trotting financial diplomat and twice declined President Richard Nixon's offer to become secretary of the treasury because he felt his position at Chase gave him more influence. The younger Rockefeller's four brothers, John III, Nelson, Laurance and Winthrop, carved prominent careers in philanthropy, politics, conservation and politics, respectively.ĭavid Rockefeller became a banking stalwart. Rockefeller, who became one of the richest men in the world by the time he died in 1937. Rockefeller was the last surviving grandchild of oil baron John D. He was 101.Ī spokesman, Fraser Seitel, said the cause was congestive heart failure. David Rockefeller Sr., the heir to a vast and storied family fortune who, as president, chairman and chief executive of Chase Manhattan Bank, transformed a listless business into one of the world's largest financial institutions, died March 20 at his home in Pocantico Hills, New York.
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