Susan Cohn Rockefeller Susan Cohn Rockefeller Susan Cohn Rockefeller (born 1959) is an entrepreneur, conservationist, and filmmaker. She is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Musings. She also designs jewelry with themes that fit in with her work. She received her undergraduate degree from Hampshire College and her master's degree from New York University. Susan lives in New York City with her husband, David Rockefeller Jr. and her children. She met David while filming in Alaska in 2006 and they were married in 2008. Rockefeller's films have explored a range of contemporary issues such as ocean acidification and the future of ocean health, PTSD
Founder's Hall (Rockefeller University) business, from which he retired in 1897. His efforts at philanthropy were formally guided from 1891 by Frederick T. Gates, a Baptist minister who had previously (1889) recommended to Rockefeller that he establish the University of Chicago. Much of Rockefeller's early philanthropy was on a comparatively small scale, and it was soon clear that larger-scale endeavors needed to be organized to properly guide his charitable giving. Gates suggested to Rockefeller that he establish a medical research institute that would be on a par with major European institutions of the period. In June 1902, Rockefeller made a commitment of $1 million