Blanchette Ferry Rockefeller of Alzheimer's Disease, on November 29, 1992, at the age of 83. Blanchette was buried at the Rockefeller Family Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, New York. The Blanchette Rockefeller Neurosciences Institute (BRNI) at West Virginia University in Morgantown, West Virginia is named in her honor. Blanchette Ferry Rockefeller Blanchette Ferry Hooker (October 2, 1909 – November 29, 1992) was the wife of John D. Rockefeller III and mother of Jay Rockefeller. She was twice president of the Museum of Modern Art. Blanchette Ferry Hooker was born in Manhattan, New York on October 2, 1909. She was the daughter of Elon Huntington Hooker,
Margaret Rockefeller Strong 1965. She then donated the corner townhouse to her cousin, David Rockefeller, who founded the Center for Inter-American Relations there. In December 1979, Margaret donated her father's estate, Villa Le Balze in Fiesole, Tuscany, Italy to Georgetown University which operates an overseas campus there. Her life can be read at "El Inútil de la Familia", book written by Jorge Edwards, a Chilean writer. Margaret Rockefeller Strong Margaret Rockefeller Strong (1897–1985) was an American activist. Margaret was the daughter of Elizabeth "Bessie" Rockefeller (1866–1906) and Dr. Charles Augustus Strong (1862–1940). Her maternal grandfather was Standard Oil co-founder John D. Rockefeller (1839–1937).