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At the time, Rockefeller was in the company of his 27-year-old mistress and research assistant Megan Marshak. </font><p><b>Father:</b> <a href="/people/059/000052900/">John D. Rockefeller, Jr.</a> (b. 1874, d. 1960)<br><b>Mother:</b> Abby Greene Aldrich (b. 1874, d. 1948)<br><b>Sister:</b> Abby (b. 1903)<br><b>Brother:</b> <a href="/people/205/000172686/">John D. Rockefeller III</a> (b. 1906)<br><b>Brother:</b> <a href="/people/026/000052867/">Laurance Rockefeller</a> (Eastern Airlines exec, b. 1910)<br><b>Brother:</b> <a href="/people/057/000052898/">Winthrop Rockefeller</a> (Governor of Arkansas, b. 1912, d. 1973)<br><b>Brother:</b> <a href="/people/728/000022662/">David Rockefeller</a> (founder of the Trilateral Commission, b. 1915)<br><b>Wife:</b> Mary Todhunter Clark (b. 1907, m. 23-Jun-1930, div., three sons, two daughters)<br><b>Son:</b> Rodman Clark Rockefeller (b. 1932)<br><b>Daughter:</b> Ann Clark (b. 1934)<br><b>Son:</b> Steven Clark Rockefeller (b. 1936)<br><b>Son:</b> Michael Clark Rockefeller (b. 1938, d. 1961 drowning, in New Guinea)<br><b>Daughter:</b> Mary Clark (b. 1938)<br><b>Wife:</b> Margaretta Fitler Murphy ("Happy", m. 4-May-1963, d. 19-May-2015, two sons)<br><b>Son:</b> Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller, Jr. (b. 1964)<br><b>Son:</b> Mark Fitler Rockefeller (b. 1967)<br><b>Mistress:</b> Megan Marshak (his assistant)<br><p> High School: Lincoln School (1926)<br> University: <a href="/edu/853/000068649/">BA Economics, Dartmouth College (1930)</a><br><p> <a href="/gov/537/000042411/">US Vice President</a> (1974-77)<br> <a href="/gov/909/000051756/">Governor of New York</a> (1959-73)<br> <a href="/gov/530/000132134/">US Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs</a> (1944-45)<br> <a href="/org/060/000052901/">Metropolitan Museum of Art</a> trustee<br> <a href="/org/125/000059945/">Museum of Modern Art</a> trustee, president<br> <a href="/org/692/000051539/">Alfalfa Club</a> (1975)<br> <a href="/org/505/000042379/">Council on Foreign Relations</a> <br> <a href="/org/849/000041726/">Knights of Pythias</a> <br> <a href="/org/207/000134802/">Pilgrims Society</a> <br> <a href="/org/464/000041341/">Psi Upsilon Fraternity</a> <br> <a href="/org/512/000041389/">Phi Beta Kappa Society</a> <br> <a href="/event/225/000118868/">Shot: Accidental</a> shot himself in the foot with an air rifle (1922)<br> <a href="/group/425/000179885/">Funeral: Martin Luther King (1968)</a> <br> <a href="/honors/482/000045347/">Presidential Medal of Freedom</a> (10-Jan-1977)<br> <a href="/lists/050/000140627/">Secret Service Codename</a> Sandstorm<br> <a href="/group/438/000127057/">Rockefeller Family</a> <br> Risk Factors: <a href="/lists/786/000064594/">Dyslexia</a><br> <p> <b>Rotten Library Page:</b><br><a href="http://www.rotten.com/library/bio/usa/nelson-rockefeller/">Nelson Rockefeller</a><p> <br> <p> <table> <tr> <td align=right valign=middle style="padding-right: 5px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 22px; font-style: italic; color: #ff3333;">New!</span><br> <a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/" class="fotmlink" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: #dd0000;">NNDB MAPPER</a></td> <td valign=middle align=right style="border-left: 1px solid #bbb; padding-left: 5px;">Create a map starting with</td> <td valign=middle align=right><a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/start/?id=28239"><img src="/man.gif" border=0 style="padding: 2px;"></a></td> <td align=left valign=middle> <a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/start/?id=28239">Nelson Rockefeller</a></td> </tr> </table> <font face="Trebuchet MS, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="-2">Requires Flash 7+ and Javascript.</font> <br><br><p> <font size=-1>Do you know something we don't?</font><br> <font size=-1><a href="http://commentary.nndb.com/submit/feedback/?id=28239" rel="nofollow">Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile</a></font><br> <p> <br><br><p><font size=-1>Copyright ©2019 Soylent Communications</font><p> </td></tr></table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="top" style="padding: 0px 0px 8px 25px;"></td></tr> </table> </center> </body> </html>