THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
DAVID ROCKEFELLER, 1915-2017 (2017)
August 15, 2023
(last updated on November 22, 2023)
PUBLISHED BY ON MAR 22, 2017
David Rockefeller, PhD’40, a prominent philanthropist, banking executive and University trustee whose grandfather, John D. Rockefeller Sr., was the philanthropic founder of the University of Chicago, died on March 20. He was 101. Rockefeller’s ties to the University spanned a lifetime, from touring Egypt and the Middle East as a teenager with distinguished University archaeologist James Henry Breasted to the endowment of a professorship in UChicago’s economics department, from which he received his doctorate. Rockefeller was associated with the University’s Board of Trustees for seven decades, providing a strong connection to the institution’s founding in 1890. Read full story »