page_title: Laurance Rockefeller
hierarchical_section_title: Laurance Rockefeller
caption_attribution_description: Mr. &amp; Mrs. Laurance S. Rockefeller, half-length portraits, seated at table, facing each other, at champagne party, in Vivian Beaumont Theater, Lincoln Center / World Telegram &amp; Sun photo by John Bottega.
context_page_description: Laurance Spelman Rockefeller was an American businessman, financier, philanthropist, conservationist. Rockefeller was a son of John D. Rockefeller Jr. and Abby Aldrich Rockefeller. As a trustee of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, he provided venture capital for Intel, Apple Computer and many other successful start-ups. Rockefeller was known for his involvement in wilderness preservation, ecology and the protection of wildlife. His crusade was the establishing of a conservation ethic, and he was declared America's leading conservationist by Lady Bird Johnson.
context_section_description: Laurance Spelman Rockefeller (May 26, 1910 – July 11, 2004) was an American businessman, financier, philanthropist, conservationist. Rockefeller was a son of John D. Rockefeller Jr. and Abby Aldrich Rockefeller. As a trustee of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, he provided venture capital for Intel, Apple Computer and many other successful start-ups. Rockefeller was known for his involvement in wilderness preservation, ecology and the protection of wildlife. His crusade was the establishing of a conservation ethic, and he was declared America's leading conservationist by Lady Bird Johnson.
caption: Laurance and Mary Rockefeller (1965)
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