Evening star., 1960-05-12
John D. Rockefeller, Jr.,
Dies in Arizona at 86

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TUCSON, Ariz.. May II CAP)
John d. Rockefeller jr., famed
philanthropiSt and head of one
of the worlds wealthiest fam
flies, died IN a Tucson hospital
yesterday at the age of SO.
Death was attributed to
pneumonia and heart strain.
A frequent winter visitor to
Tucson, Mr.. Rockefeller had
been i'll for several months. The
hospital announced he had
been taken of it's critical list
only an hour before he died.
Mr.. Rockefeller was admitted
to Tucson Medical Center last
December and remained there
until being discharged two
weeks ago. He was re-admitted
Monday when his condition be-
came serious, and members OF
the family were called to his
bedside.
His son, Nelson, Governor of
New York, arrived by plane
only a few hours before the
death. At the time of death,
Nelson, Laurance and Mrs
Rockefeller were at her apart
ment at the Arizona Inn here
Mrs. Rockefeller, the former
Martha Baird Allen, was Mr.
Rockefeller's second wife.
Mr.. Rockefeller's body was
cremated shortly after his
death and the ashes will be
flown to New York today, the
family disclosed this morning
Burial will be in the family
plot at Sleepy Hollow, Tarry-
town, N. Y.
For more than a generation
the name of John Dawson
Rockefeller, jr., was synony-
nous with worldwide phi
lanthropy.
He devoted his fullest ener-
gies to the stewardship of the
amazing Rockefeller millions
and dedicated his life to dis
pensing them so that they
might serve mankind well.
AS a result, it was said of
him that he gave away more
money than any other Ameri-
can.
Within a span of 80 years
he and his famous father,
founder of the huge oil for
tune, gave away more than
$3.50 million, most of it under
the direct supervision of the
junior Rockefeller.
No, 1 PhilanthrOpist
When the elder Rockefeller
died May %, 1887, his son
succeeded to the title as the
country'S No. l philanthropiSt
But even then, John D., jr.
had already been quietly anc
unoStentatiously controlling the
family fortune for more thar
20 years.
Evidence of his Stewardship
was reflected in 50 nations
These gifts cut across al
boundaries of creed, color, race
and religion.
Rockefeller benefactors went
into the great fields of public
service-science, art, religion
medicine, education, and rec
reation.
Great corporations were sci
up. to administer the millions
lavished upon literally thou
sands of causes that father anc
son believed worthy.
Fully realizing the respon-
sibility he would pass along tc
his only son when he woulc
pass to him a tremendous for
tune. the elder Rockefeller
pointed John D. jr.s early
training to the long job ahead
At his native Cleveland, Ohio
where he was born January 20
1874, the young Rockefeller
along with his three sisters. wa.
trained in his fathers concep'
of thrift, piety and industry.
Taught to Work Hard
AS a boy he was taught tt
work hard-for Is cents al
hour-at splitting rocks. rakinl
leaves, mending fence posts
Painstaking practice on hi
violin netted him 5 cents al
hour.
He was taught to love Got
and his fellow man. His father
busy amassing money, tool
time also to teach his boy tn
value of physical exercise. H
taught him to swim and t.
skate, always insisting that n
effort be wasted in motion, o
time or in any other form.
When the family moved t
New York City. John was
years old. The son of a multi
millionaire, he walked to an
from school.
He developed into a quiet
conscientious. Studious type. A
Brown University his scholasti
record was so impressive tha
PHI Beta Kappa, honorar
scholastic fraternity, honore
him by electing him to mem
bership in his junior year.
He was graduated in 189
and entered the New Yor
headquarters of Standard o
companies that fall, so as nc
to delay the start of his career
Four years after his gradua
" ton Mr.. Rockefeller marie
4" Abby Greene Aldrich, daughte
4" of United States Senator Mel
:. son w. Aldrich of Rhode Is
r land. They had six children
Z, a daughter and five sons
3 Abby, John D. III, Nelson