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{{short description|American banker and philanthropist (1915β2017)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2017}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = David Rockefeller | image = David Rockefeller, 1984 (cropped).jpg | caption = Rockefeller in 1984 | office = Chairman of the {{avoid wrap|[[Council on Foreign Relations]]}} | term_start = 1970 | term_end = 1985 | predecessor = [[John J. McCloy]] | successor = [[Peter George Peterson]] | birth_date = {{birth date|1915|6|12}} | birth_place = [[New York City]], U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2017|3|20|1915|6|12}} | death_place = [[Pocantico Hills, New York]], U.S. | party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] | spouse = {{marriage|[[Margaret Rockefeller|Margaret McGrath]]|1940|1996|end=died}} | profession = Investment banker | occupation = {{flatlist| * Financial executive * philanthropist * writer}} | children = {{hlist|David Jr.|[[Abby Rockefeller (ecologist)|Abigail]]|[[Neva Goodwin|Neva]]|[[Peggy Dulany|Margaret]]|[[Richard Rockefeller|Richard]]|[[Eileen Rockefeller Growald|Eileen]]}} | parents = {{ubl|[[John D. Rockefeller Jr.]]|[[Abby Aldrich Rockefeller|Abigail Greene Aldrich]]}} | relatives = [[Rockefeller family]] | education = {{ubl|[[Harvard University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])|[[London School of Economics]]|[[University of Chicago]] ([[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]])}} | allegiance = United States | branch = [[United States Army]] | serviceyears = 1942β1945 | battles = [[World War II]] | rank = [[Captain (United States)|Captain]] }} '''David Rockefeller''' (June 12, 1915 β March 20, 2017) was an American economist and [[investment banker]] who served as chairman and chief executive of [[Chase Bank|Chase Manhattan Corporation]]. He was the oldest living member of the third generation of the [[Rockefeller family]] from 2004 until his death in 2017.<ref name=James>{{cite news |title=James S. Rockefeller, 102, Dies; Was a Banker and a '24 Olympian |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/11/business/james-s-rockefeller-102-dies-was-a-banker-and-a-24-olympian.html |quote= James Stillman Rockefeller, who helped capture an Olympic rowing title for the United States before a banking career with a company that eventually become Citigroup, died yesterday at his home in Greenwich, Conn., his family announced. He was 102. |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=August 11, 2004 |access-date=2012-09-16 }}</ref> Rockefeller was the fifth son and youngest child of [[John D. Rockefeller Jr.]] and [[Abby Aldrich Rockefeller]], and a grandson of [[John D. Rockefeller]] and [[Laura Spelman Rockefeller]]. He was noted for his wide-ranging political connections and foreign travel, in which he met with many foreign leaders. His fortune was estimated at $3.3 billion at the time of his death.<ref name=Forbes>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/david-rockefeller-sr/?list=billionaires |title=David Rockefeller, Sr. |access-date=March 20, 2017 |magazine=[[Forbes]]}}</ref>
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