Photograph, Press - Winthrop and Jeannette Rockefeller
Object number2018.013.32
DateApril 1, 1967
Associated LocationChicago, Illinois
MediumPaper, Ink
Dimensions9 1/4 × 11 3/4 in. (23.5 × 29.8 cm)
Credit LineOld State House Museum Collection
DescriptionA press photograph of Winthrop and Jeannette Rockefeller attending their nephew Jay's weddding.Winthrop Rockefeller was born on May 1, 1912 in New York City, New York. Rockefeller moved to Morrilton, Arkansas in 1953, founding Winrock Farms and entering into state politics shortly thereafter. In 1955, Governor Faubus named Rockefeller to the Arkansas Industrial Development Commission. Rockefeller lost the 1964 Governor's election to Faubus before becoming the thirty-seventh Governor of Arkansas in 1967. He was reelected in 1969. Rockefeller died of pancreatic cancer on February 22, 1973, in Palm Springs, California.
Status
Not on view
