Winthrop Rockefeller Winthrop Rockefeller Winthrop Rockefeller (May 1, 1912 – February 22, 1973) was an American politician and philanthropist, who served as the first Republican governor of Arkansas since Reconstruction. He was a third-generation member of the Rockefeller family. Winthrop Rockefeller was born in New York, to philanthropists John Davison Rockefeller Jr. (1874–1960) and Abigail Greene "Abby" Aldrich (1874–1948). He had one elder sister named Abby, three elder brothers John III, Nelson, and Laurance, and a younger brother named David. Nelson served as Governor of New York and Vice President of the United States. Winthrop attended Yale University (1931–34) but was ejected
Michael Rockefeller Rockefeller" which appeared on their 1986 album "Jamboree". In the travel adventure book "Ring of Fire: An Indonesian Odyssey" the Blair brothers claim to have discussed Rockefeller's death with a tribesman who killed him. Christopher Stokes's short story "The Man Who Ate Michael Rockefeller", published in the 23rd issue of "McSweeney's Quarterly Concern" (Spring 2007), presents a fictional account of young Michael's demise. The 2004 novel "King of America" by Samantha Gillison is loosely based on the life of Michael Rockefeller. The 2007 film "Welcome to the Jungle" deals with two young couples who venture after Michael Rockefeller (thinking they