Visionary Benefactor: David Rockefeller Leaves Enormous Footprint at Harvard
David Rockefeller, the last surviving grandson of Standard Oil founder John D. Rockefeller, embodied an era when globe-trotting banking chiefs worked in tandem with the world’s most powerful leaders. An heir to the Rockefeller family fortune, he served in North Africa and France in military intelligence during World War II. In 1946, he began his banking career as an assistant manager with Chase National Bank…