Laurance Rockefeller Laurance Rockefeller Laurance Spelman Rockefeller (May 26, 1910 – July 11, 2004) was an American philanthropist, businessman, financier, and major conservationist. He was a prominent third-generation member of the Rockefeller family, being the fourth child of John Davison Rockefeller Jr. and Abigail Greene "Abby" Aldrich. His siblings were Abby, John III, Nelson, Winthrop, and David. Rockefeller was born in New York City. He graduated from Princeton University (1932) and attended Harvard Law School for two years, until he decided he did not want to be a lawyer. On August 22, 1934, in Woodstock, Vermont, Laurance married childhood friend Mary French,
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