John D. Rockefeller is often remembered as the world’s first billionaire, but his story goes far beyond just amassing wealth ...

A seventy-million-dollar renovation beautifully presents the museum’s non-Western art—even if doubts remain about whether all ...

So said John Davison Rockefeller, at the age of 60, when he was fingering the yellowed leaves of a precious document, his own Ledger A, which he had kept as a 16-year-old assistant bookkeeper in a ...

Those of us who had a hand in establishing Asia Society shared a basic intent: to contribute to a broader and deeper understanding between the peoples of the United States and Asia. We felt a certain ...

Laurance Spelman Rockefeller was born May 26, 1910, in New York, and was the fourth of six children of John D. Rockefeller Jr. and Abby Aldrich Rockefeller.

John D. Rockefeller III, the commission’s chairman, wrote in a submission letter on March 27, 1972, that “after two years of concentrated effort, we have concluded that, in the long run, no ...

He was the grandson of William G. Rockefeller, great-grandson of James Stillman, and great-grandnephew of both John D. Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie.

Two days later, it was reported one of Rockefeller's close political aides, John A. Wells, had arranged the publication and offered to buy 100,000 copies to distribute — mostly for free.

Rockefeller founded Standard Oil in 1870. By 1880, having eliminated its competitors, it controlled 90 to 95 per cent of oil in the United States, and was accused many times over of exploiting others ...

The five Rockefeller brothers together in New York in 1967. From left: David Rockefeller, Winthrop Rockefeller, Frank Pace, John D Rockefeller 3rd, Nelson Rockefeller, and Laurence Rockefeller ...

The scenes illustrated in Buddha, Sage of the Shakya Clan: Masterworks from the Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd Collection began to appear by the second century in Mathura (in modern-day Uttar ...