Early life and education Nelson Rockefeller
rockefeller born in 1908 in bar harbor, maine. second son of financier , philanthropist john davison rockefeller jr. , philanthropist , socialite abigail greene abby aldrich. had 2 elder siblings—abby , john iii—as 3 younger brothers: laurance, winthrop, , david. father, john jr., son of standard oil co-founder john davison rockefeller sr. , schoolteacher laura celestia cettie spelman. mother, abby, daughter of senator nelson wilmarth aldrich , abigail pearce truman abby chapman. rockefeller received elementary, middle , high school education @ lincoln school in new york city, experimental school administered teachers college of columbia university. in 1930 graduated cum laude a.b. degree in economics dartmouth college, member of casque , gauntlet (a senior society), phi beta kappa, , zeta chapter of psi upsilon.