{"id":1523,"date":"2017-09-15T08:01:56","date_gmt":"2017-09-15T13:01:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ualrexhibits.org\/characters\/?p=1523"},"modified":"2022-12-13T16:04:23","modified_gmt":"2022-12-13T22:04:23","slug":"an-addition-to-the-famous-family-wp-rockefeller-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ualrexhibits.org\/characters\/an-addition-to-the-famous-family-wp-rockefeller-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Win Paul Rockefeller: An Addition to a Famous Family (WP Rockefeller-1)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Winthrop “Win” Paul Rockefeller, born September 17, 1948, in New York City, was Arkansas\u2019s seventeenth lieutenant governor (1996-2006), among his many accomplishments. His papers are housed with UA Little Rock Center for Arkansas History and Culture, The Winthrop Paul Rockefeller Papers, 1888-2006, UALR.MS.0255<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Winthrop Paul Rockefeller inherited enormous wealth from his family.  The origins of Rockefeller’s wealth came from his great-grandfather John D. Rockefeller, Sr., (1839-1937), an American industrialist, philanthropist, and founder of the Standard Oil Company, the University of Chicago, and the Rockefeller Foundation.  John Rockefeller’s wife, Laura Celestia \u201cCettie\u201d Spelman Rockefeller (1839-1915), was an American abolitionist, philanthropist, and school teacher.<\/p>\n

Rockefeller\u2019s grandparents were John D. Rockefeller, Jr., (1874-1960), an American financier and philanthropist, and Abigail “Abby” Greene Aldrich Rockefeller, an American philanthropist and socialite.<\/p>\n

Rockefeller was the only child of Winthrop Rockefeller (1912-1971), governor of Arkansas (1967-1971), and Jievute Paulekiute \u201cBobo\u201d Sears Rockefeller, also known as Barbara (1916-2008), an American actress.<\/p>\n

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Portrait of Winthrop Rockefeller, circa 1930s<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Portrait of Jievute Paulekiute “Bobo” Sears Rockefeller, 1948, aka Barbara<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Portrait of John D. Rockefeller, Jr., 1920<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Portrait of Abigail “Abby” Greene Aldrich Rockefeller, circa 1920<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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Winthrop Paul Rockefeller served as Arkansas’s seventeenth lieutenant governor from 1996-2006. Following in the footsteps of numerous Rockefellers before him, his philanthropy and political activities left a lasting impression on the state of Arkansas.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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