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,
The European University of America is now known as the International University of America in London. The European University of America The International University of America was the precursor of Britain's International University of America in London. The European University of America began in 1980 as a small private business college in San Francisco, California. The London Campus opened in February 1992. For more than a decade the San Francisco branch of the school, which focused largely on French students seeking an American MBA program, offered a California state-approved master's degree in international business, focusing on a single major project. Over time the university shifted