September 4, 1959

Laurance S. Rockefeller, President
Rockefeller Brothers Fund
30 Rockefeller Plaza
New York 20, New York

Dear Laurance:

Thank you very much for the
invitation to supper on Wednesday,
September 16th. I will be away on vaca-
tion at that time and am terribly sorry
that I will not be able to attend.

With kind regards and all good
wishes for a successful meeting.

Remarks by Laurance S. Rockefeller
before the National Institute of Social Sciences

December 15, 1959

Mr. Watson, Miss Hayes, Dr. Salk, ladies and gentlemen:

I appreciate more than I can possibly say the great honor given
me here tonight. Deeply grateful as I am, however, I doubt that I would
have had the courage to be on stage tonight if my good friend Frank Pace
had told me in advance that my act directly followed Miss Helen Hayes.

Many times those things which one least expects in life are the
most appreciated. Such is certainly true of this occasion.

My original surprise and gratification at the decision of the
National Institute of Social Sciences to give me its Gold Medal was all
the greater when I discovered that I was to have the further honor of
sharing this occasion with two truly great Americans, Miss Hayes and
Dr. Salk. In most humbly and thankfully accepting this award it should
hardly be necessary for me to say that I do so primarily as a member and
in behalf of a family and a family tradition which are basically responsible
for my being here with you tonight.

I have been told that it is customary for an award winner to
speak for a few minutes on whatever subject is uppermost in his heart
and mind. Thus I should like to speak to you of conservation from the
point of view of outdoor recreation as a major factor in the constructive,
re-creative use of leisure time.

reactive use of leisure time.

point of view of outdoor recreation as a major factor in the consummative
and mind. Thus I should like to speak to you of conservation from the
speak for a few minutes on whatever subject is upmost in his heart
I have been told that it is customary for an award winner to
for my being here with you tonight.

In behalf of a family and a family tradition which are basically reasonable
hardly be necessary for me to say that I do so primarily as a member and
Dr. Salk. In most humbly and thankfully accepting this award it should
arising this occasion with two truly great Americans, Miss Hayes and
the greater when I discovered that I was to have the further honor of
National Institute of Social Sciences to give me its Gold Medal was all
My original surprise and gratification at the decision of the
most appreciated. Such is certainly true of this occasion.

Many times those things which one least expects in life are the
had told me in advance that my act directly followed Miss Helen Hayes.
had the courage to be on stage tonight if my good friend Frank Pace
me here tonight. Deeply grateful as I am, however, I doubt that I would
I appreciate more than I can possibly say the great honor given
Mr. Watson, Miss Hayes, Dr. Salk, Ladies and Gentlemen:

December 13, 1958

before the National Institute of Social Sciences
Remarks by Lawrence S. Rocksteller

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Today the leaders and thinking people of our country are more and more
aware that we as a nation are rapidly approaching a crisis or cross roads.
Either we must go forward and meet the challenge of our present position
of world leadership, or by default fall back and give way to other people and
nations with ideologies destructive to our basic beliefs and way of life. There
are in my opinion fundamentally three factors the affirmation or denial of
which will in the final analysis determine whether or not we take the right
road:

First, a rediscovery and rededication of our people to the
principles on which our nation was founded and grew strong.

Secondly, a willingness to work however circumstances may
require to meet and fulfill our needs and aspirations as
individuals and as a nation.

Thirdly, a use of our growing leisure time in ways that are
not frivolous, frustrating, or self-defeating, but in such a
manner as to give us an opportunity for the creative fulfillment
of our physical and spiritual needs.

In regard to this last point my present concern is directed to that part
of our leisure time that is - or should of necessity be - devoted to outdoor
recreation involving the direct experience, enjoyment and contemplation of
nature. In this mechanized, impersonalized and urbanized twentieth century,

nature. In this mechanised, industrialised and urbanised twentieth century,
recreation involving the direct experience, enjoyment and contemplation of
our future time that is - or should be - devoted to outdoor

In regard to this last point my present concern is directed to that part
of our physical and spiritual needs.

w manner as to give us an opportunity for the creative fulfilment
not involving 'frustrating', or 'self-defeating', but in such a
THrightly, a use of our growing lifetime time in ways that are

individual and as a nation.

require to meet and fulfil our needs and aspirations as
Secondly, a willingness to work however circumstances may

road;

which will in the final analysis determine whether or not we take the right
are in my opinion fundamentally three factors the stimulation or denial of
nations with ideologies destructive to our basic pellets and way of life. There
of world leadership, or by default fall back and give way to other people and
Either we must go forward and meet the challenges of our present position
aware that we as a nation are rapidly approaching a crisis or cross roads.

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man cannot long afford to ignore or fail to experience the inner identity
between himself and the world of nature. I am firmly convinced that
whereas technology has freed us from the necessity for most physical
effort, nature has not. National physical indolence is as detrimental to
our general well-being as mental sluggishness and spiritual indifference.

It is most heartening that our Congress and President have shown
their recognition of the multiple benefits of outdoor recreation by creating
the National Outdoor Recreation Resources Review Commission, of which
I am privileged to be Chairman.

The Commission consists of eight Congressional and seven citizen
members. It has been given a mandate to prepare a report within three
years setting forth plans and recommendations for realistically meeting
the changing recreational needs and preferences of the American people
both for the present and looking ahead to the years 1976 and 2000. This is
to be done in the light of a comprehensive nationwide inventory and evaluation
of outdoor recreation resources and opportunities.

At the time the Commission was established, President Eisenhower
said: "Our recreation resources are as much a part of our national resources
as are our minerals, our fuels and our forests."

May we not further conclude that in the highly complex and complicated
world in which we live, outdoor recreation in the broadest sense must be
accepted as one of the basic social values towards which man aspires.

accepted as one of the basic social values towards which man abides
world in which we live, outdoor recreation in the broadest sense must be

May we not further conclude that in the highly complex and complicated
as are our minerals, our fuels and our forests."

said: "Our recreation resources are so much a part of our national resources
At the time the Commission was established, President Roosevelt
of outdoor recreation resources and opportunities.

to be done in the light of a comprehensive nationwide inventory and evaluation
born for the present and looking ahead to the years 1976 and 1980. This is
the changing recreational needs and preferences of the American people
years setting forth plans and recommendations for realistically meeting
members. It has been given a mandate to prepare a report within three
The Commission consists of eight Congressional and seven citizen

I am privileged to be Chairman.
the National Outdoor Recreation Resources Review Commission, of which
their recognition of the multiple benefits of outdoor recreation by creating
It is most heartening that our Congress and President have shown
our general well-being a mental tranquillity and spiritual indolence,
o effort, nature has not. National physical indolence is a detrimental to
whereas technology has freed us from the necessity for most physical
between himself and the world of nature. I am firmly convinced that
man cannot long afford to ignore or fail to experience the inner identity

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In conclusion, let me mention how pleased I am to see that the National
Institute of Social Sciences has shown in making its awards throughout the
years a continuing interest in conservation and outdoor recreation.

Your exceedingly generous recognition of me here tonight will be a
source of inspiration to me for years to come. Thank you, thank you all
very much.

very much.

source of inspiration to me for years to come. Thank you, thank you all.

Your exceedingly generous recognition of me here tonight will be a
years a continuing interest in conservation and outdoor recreation.

October 7, 1960

Mr. Laurance Rockefeller
Room 5600
30 Rockefeller Plaza
New York 20, New York

Dear Laurance:

The meeting of the Over-all Panel last Wednesday
was my first contact with it in two years. I want to tell
you how very moved I was by the spirit and dedication of the
group. This atmosphere of good will and mutual confidence is
perhaps the most important contribution of the whole project,
even more than the reports, useful as they have been.

May I say also how very impressed I was by your
skillful chairing of the meeting. There was a moment when it
looked as if we would lose the introduction, but you handled
the group beautifully, and I think it was quite clear now
what the consensus is.

All good wishes and kind regards.

Henry V. Klaeiger

Sincerely yours,

VII Good wishes and kind regards.

what the consensus is.

the group beautifully, and I think it was quite clear now looked as if we would lose the introduction, but you pambled skilful chafing of the meeting. There was a moment when it May I say also how very impressed I was by your even more than the reports, useful as they have been.

because the most important contribution of the whole project, Group. This atmosphere of good will and mutual confidence is how very moved I was by the spirit and dedication of the was my first contact with it in two years. I want to tell

Dear Launceston:

New York 30, New York
30 Rocketteler Plaza
Room 2600
Mr. Launceston Rocketteler

October 7, 1960

Rockefeller Brothers Fund

Laurance S. Rockefeller
President

Special Studies
Nancy Hanks, Executive Secretary
Room 922, 50 Rockefeller Plaza

October 27, 1960

Dear Henry:

My thanks for pulling the Preface and Introduction together --
wonderful job!

The publisher has agreed to a mid-March publication _IF_ we get
the material in.

In John's absence and with Augie's inability to touch anything
until November seventh, I've asked Emmet to do some editing and
send us all revised text the early part of next week.

Our title is _Prospect for America_. Hope you still like it -- I
understand it is close to the subtitle of your new book.

My best wishes,

Dr. Henry A. Kissinger
6 Divinity Avenue
Cambridge 38, Massachusetts

LAURANCE S. ROCKEFELLER

Laurance Spelman Rockefeller was born May 26, 1910, in New York City, the third son of John Davison Rockefeller, Jr., and Abby Greene Aldrich Rockefeller.

Dr. Rockefeller is a graduate of Lincoln School in New York and Princeton University, where he received his B. A. Degree in 1932.

On August 15, 1934, he married Mary French. They have four children.

Dr. Rockefeller is trustee and president of Jackson Hole Preserve, Incorporated, established in 1940 by Dr. Rockefeller's father, Mr. John D. Rockefeller, Jr., as a non-profit charitable and educational endeavor to conserve for public cultural and recreational purposes areas of outstanding primitive grandeur and natural beauty and to provide facilities for their use and enjoyment. The name is derived from the Jackson Hole valley in Wyoming where the organization, through gifts of Mr. John D. Rockefeller, Jr., made possible the present boundaries of Grand Teton National Park and established public use facilities, including Jackson Lake Lodge and the new facilities in the Colter Bay area. These facilities are operated by a wholly owned corporation, the Grand Teton Lodge Company.

Jackson Hole Preserve, Incorporated, under the leadership of Laurance S. Rockefeller, in 1954 launched a conservation program to both insure the preservation of the undisturbed beauty of the island of St. John in the U. S. Virgins group and to help advance the economy of the Virgin Islands. With funds which he made available, more than 5,000 acres, approximately half the island, were acquired and given to the Federal Government as the basis for the proposed Virgin Islands National Park. The Act of Congress establishing the Park was signed by President Eisenhower in August, 1956, and the new park was formally dedicated on December 1, 1956. As in the Jackson Hole area, the organization has continued to aid the National Park Service with further contributions, particularly in the provision of matching funds for the acquisition of privately owned lands within the Park boundaries.

Dr. Rockefeller turned over to Jackson Hole Preserve the Caneel Bay Plantation which he had acquired in 1952 and provided funds for an extensive construction, rehabilitation, and redecoration program so that visitors to St. John might have a place to stay. With this program have gone steps which have brought electric power to the island for the first time and other improvements. Currently, additional accommodations are being completed at Caneel Bay Plantation and the facility is operating on a year-round basis.

President Eisenhower appointed Dr. Rockefeller Chairman of the Outdoor Recreation Resources Review Commission in 1958 to survey outdoor recreation needs in the United States for the next forty years. The Commission's comprehensive

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program submitted later to President Kennedy resulted in the establishment of
the new Bureau of Outdoor Recreation. The Land and Water Conservation Fund,
another recommendation of the Commission, was passed by Congress in 1964.

At the request of President Johnson, Dr. Rockefeller organized and served
as Chairman of the recent White House Conference on Natural Beauty. Drafts of
four Congressional bills to help make our highways more attractive and enjoyable
have evolved from this Conference.

Also in the conservation field, Dr. Rockefeller is a trustee and vice president
of the New York Zoological Society, trustee of The Conservation Foundation, director
of the Hudson River Conservation Society, commissioner and secretary of the
Palisades Interstate Park Commission, and trustee of the American Committee,
International Wildlife Protection.

Separately and in conjunction with the tourism program under Puerto Rico's
"Operation Bootstrap," Dr. Rockefeller has personally developed the Dorado Beach,
a 1,200-acre tract on the Atlantic Ocean, 25 miles west of San Juan. This project
includes a 126-room resort hotel, a residential area, and an 18-hole golf course.

Since its formation in 1946, Dr. Rockefeller has been president of Rockefeller
Brothers, Inc., an investment and research organization founded to survey the needs
for venture capital in such fields as aviation, electronics, and housing.

Formerly, he was vice president of Air Youth of America and a director of
the National Aeronautics Association, which took over the activities of Air Youth in
1942. He was also a director of Inter-American Escadrille, organized in 1939 to
promote private flying in the Americas, and Commissioner of the New York City
Airport Authority.

In February, 1942, Dr. Rockefeller joined the Navy and served until November
of 1945, when he went on inactive duty with the rank of lieutenant commander, USNR.
Most of his war service was in the Bureau of Aeronautics, Production Division,
dealing with problems in the production of naval aircraft on the West Coast.

Dr. Rockefeller is a director of Eastern Air Lines, Inc., Vitro Corporation
of America, International Nickel Company of Canada, Ltd., Olin Mathieson Chemical
Corporation, and a member of the New York Stock Exchange. He has been a director
of Rockefeller Center, Inc., since 1936 and was chairman from 1953 to 1956.

Dr. Rockefeller is president of the board of managers of Memorial Center
for Cancer and Allied Diseases; chairman of the Advisory Council, Department of
Philosophy, Princeton University; a trustee of the Sloan-Kettering Institute for
Cancer Research, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Inc., the Institute of Defense
Analyses, and the National Board of the Y. W. C. A. of the United States of America.
He is also vice president and trustee of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Inc., which
since its establishment in 1940 to the end of 1956 has made philanthropic grants
totaling $11,240,187.

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LAURANCE S. ROCKEFELLER

Awards

Commandeur de L'Ordre Royal du Lion, Belgium, 1950

Conservation Service Award, Department of the Interior, 1956

Horace Marden Albright Scenic Preservation Medal, American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society, 1957

Clement Cleveland Award, New York Cancer Committee of American Cancer Society, 1959

Gold Medal, National Institute of the Social Sciences, 1959

Conservation Service Award, Department of the Interior, 1962

Fifty-Four Founders Award, Izaak Walton League of America, 1962

Certificate of Merit, Society of American Foresters, 1962

C. Walter Nichols Award, New York University Graduate School of Business Administration, 1963

Gold Seal Award, National Council of Garden Clubs, 1963

Distinguished Service Medal, Theodore Roosevelt Association, 1963

Distinguished Service Medal, American Forestry Association, 1963

Certificate, The National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States, 1964

New Jersey Tercentenary Medallion, 1964

Audubon Medal, National Audubon Society, 1964

Conservation Award, Rod and Gun Editors Association of Metropolitan New York, 1965

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Societies and Clubs

American Geographical Society
Life Member

American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Associate Member

American Museum of Natural History
Life Member

American Rocket Society
Member

Aviation Advisory Committee of the Harvard Business School
Member

Caribbean Conservation Corporation
Life Member

Cornell University
Member, Advisory Committee on Regional Affairs

Federal Grand Jury Association
Life Member

France-America Society
Member

Friends of the American Museum in Britain
Life Friend

Friends of the Whitney Museum of American Art
Member

Green Mountain Horse Association, Inc.
Contributing Member

Municipal Art Society of New York, The
Life Member
Representative of Society to the Fine Arts Federation of New York

Museum of Early American Folk Arts
Founding Member

Museum of Modern Art, The
Member of Corporation

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National Institute of Social Sciences
Life Member

National Trust for Historic Preservations
Life Member

New York Blood Center Committee
Member

New York Botanical Garden
Life Member

New York Convention and Visitors Bureau
Member

New York State Chamber of Commerce
Member

New York State Conservation Council
Member

New York State Forestry and Park Association
Life Member

New York University Electoral Committee for the C. Walter Nichols Award
Member

Save-the-Redwoods League
Life Member

Westchester County Conservation Association
Life Member

Woods Hole Oceanographic Associates
Life Member

## New York

Boone and Crockett (American Museum
of Natural History), conservation
committee

Brook (board of directors)

Camp Fire Club of America

Downtown Association

Hemisphere Club

Ivy, Princeton

Knickerbocker

Links

Links Golf

Princeton Club of New York

River

Rockefeller Center Luncheon

Seawanhaka Yacht

University

## Washington, D. C.

Capitol Hill

Metropolitan

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QUOTATIONS - LAURANCE S. ROCKEFELLER

"Conservation today means far more than just preserving our natural re-
sources. It means their wise use and protection so that more and more people may
enjoy and benefit by them. Only in so doing may our invaluable human resources be
enriched. . . For all too long, I fear, we Americans as a people have tended to
think of conservation as something which need not concern us too much. Amid such
abundant resources as those with which this nation has been blessed, it is diffi-
cult to conceive of our 'running out' of them."

-June 11, 1955, at the dedication of
Jackson Lake Lodge, Grand Teton National
Park, Wyoming

"In the midst of the complexities of modern life, with all its pressures, the spirit of man needs more and more to refresh itself by communion with unspoiled nature. We need more and more the serene relaxation that only the peace and timeless beauty of our natural heritage can bring."

-December 1, 1956, at the dedication of the
Virgin Islands National Park, Cruz Bay, St.
John, U. S. Virgin Islands

"It has always seemed to me that true conservation is a dynamic, not a
static force. In other words, conservation means more than the preservation of
areas notable either for their natural beauty or their history; it means providing
accessibility to these places and furnishing facilities for their enjoyment. . .
conservation is best served when it is everybody's responsibility -- just as its
fruits should be everybody's enjoyment."

-May 8, 1957, at the eighth annual Arboretum
Day of the Garden Club of New Jersey, speak-
ing on the Palisades Interstate Park

"Looking to the future, it seems inevitable that the dynamic growth in our population will continue for a long time to come. The situation is truly a challenge for leadership and for devotion to the inspiring objective of providing this great people of ours with a park system worthy of their recreational, educational, and inspirational needs."

-September 17, 1957, at the National Park
Service Development Conference, Grand
Teton National Park, Wyoming

Mr. and Mrs. Laurance Spelman Rockefeller

have the honour of announcing

the marriage of their daughter

Lucy Aldrich

to

Mr. Charles Hamlin

Saturday, the thirteenth of June

One thousand nine hundred and sixty-four

Union Church of Pocantico Hills

Pocantico Hills

Tarrytown, New York

[LC]

National Geographic Society

WASHINGTON, D. C. 20036

LEONARD J. GRANT
ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT AND EDITOR

September 13, 1965

Dear Dr. Kissinger:

Mr. Horace Albright and Dr. Melville Grosvenor, President of the National Geographic Society, have recently proposed Laurance Spelman Rockefeller for non-resident membership in the Cosmos Club on the basis of distinction in public service.

Your name has been mentioned as one of the Club members he knows and it occurs to me that you might feel he is qualified for membership and may wish to write a supporting letter to the Admissions Committee. Accordingly I am enclosing some biographical information which I hope will be of help.

With best wishes,

Dr. Henry A. Kissinger
104 Fletcher Road
Belmont, Massachusetts

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Enclosure

September 21, 1965

Mr. Leonard Grant
Assistant to the President and Editor
National Geographic Society
Washington, D. C. 20036

Dear Mr. Grant:

I am enclosing a letter to the
Admissions Committee of the Cosmos Club
supporting Laurance Rockefeller for a
non-residential membership.

I think it is a splendid idea to
propose him.

With best regards.

Henry A. Kissing

Sincerely yours,

With best regards.

brobome dim.

non-residential membership.

supporting Lawrence Rockefeller for a
Admissions Committee of the Columbia Club
I am enclosing a letter to the

Dear Mr. Grant:

Washington, D. C. 20036
National Geographic Society
Vice President to the President and Editor
Mr. Leonard Grant

September 31, 1962

September 22, 1965

Admissions Committee
The Cosmos Club
2121 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D. C.

Gentlemen:

I understand that Mr. Laurance Spelman Rockefeller has been proposed for membership in the Cosmos Club. I would like to support this proposal most strongly.

I have known Mr. Rockefeller since 1956 when I was Executive Director of the Special Studies Project of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund. Since that time I have seen him either as an associate or socially very frequently. I can think of no one who would be better suited for membership in the Cosmos Club.

Mr. Rockefeller is best known, of course, for his interest in conservation where his achievements are on the public record. In addition, I have been privileged to observe his encouragement through the Rockefeller Brothers Fund of the performing arts and also of the moral dimension of American politics.

Mr. Rockefeller is an extremely dedicated and thoughtful person. He will add luster to the Cosmos Club.

Henry V. Kleiniger

Sincerely yours,

bereav. He will add further to the Cosmos Club.
Mr. Rockett is an extremely dedicated and thoughtful
politician.
the performing arts and also of the moral dimension of American
life encouragement through the Rockettler Brothers Fund of
public record. In addition, I have been privileged to observe
interest in conservation where pie achievements are on the
Mr. Rockett is best known of course, for pie

membership in the Cosmos Club.
I can think of no one who would be better suited for
him either as an associate or socially very kedwardly.
Rockettler Brothers Fund. Since that time I have seen
Executive Director of the Special Studies Project of the
I have known Mr. Rockett since 1926 when I was

would like to express this proposal most strongly.
I have been proposed for membership in the Cosmos Club.
I understand that Mr. Laurence Steinman Rockett

Gentlemen:

Washington, D. C.

SISI Massachusetts Avenue, N.W.

The Cosmos Club

Advisory Committee

September 22, 1962