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Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller (July 8, 1908 – January 26, 1979), sometimes referred to by his nickname Rocky,[1] was an American businessman and politician who served as the 41st vice president of the United States from 1974 to 1977. A member of the Republican Party and wealthy Rockefeller family, he previously served as the 49th governor of New York from 1959 to 1973. He also served as assistant secretary of State for American Republic Affairs for Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman (1944–1945) as well as under secretary of Health, Education and Welfare (HEW) under Dwight D. Eisenhower from 1953 to 1954. In 1980, HEW split into 2 cabinet level agencies: Health & Human Services (HHS) & Department of Education. A grandson of Standard Oil founder John D. Rockefeller, he was a noted art collector and served as administrator of Rockefeller Center in Manhattan, New York City.

Rockefeller sought the Republican presidential nomination in 1960, 1964, and 1968.

1960

His bid in the 1960 primary ended early when then-Vice President Richard Nixon surged ahead in the polls. After quitting the campaign, Rockefeller backed Nixon and concentrated his efforts on introducing more moderate planks into Nixon's platform, partially succeeding in the Treaty of Fifth Avenue.

1964

Rockefeller, as the leader of the Republicans' "Eastern Establishment," began as the front-runner for the 1964 nomination against conservative Senator Barry Goldwater of Arizona, who led the conservative wing of the Republican Party.[82][83] In 1963, a year after Rockefeller's divorce from his first wife, he married Margaretta "Happy" Murphy, a divorcee with four children, which alienated many Republican married women. The divorce was widely condemned by politicians, such as liberal Senator Prescott Bush of Connecticut, who condemned his infidelity, divorce, and remarriage. Rockefeller finished third in the New Hampshire primary in March, behind write-in Henry Cabot Lodge II (from neighboring Massachusetts) and Goldwater. He then endured poor showings in several more of the party primaries before winning an upset in Oregon in May. Rockefeller took a strong lead in the California primary, and his team seemed so assured of his victory that it cut advertising funds in the last days of his campaign. However, the birth of Rockefeller's child three days before the California primary put the divorce and remarriage issue back in the minds of voters, and on primary election day, Rockefeller narrowly lost the California primary and dropped out of the race. At a discouraging point in the 1964 California primary campaign against Goldwater, his top political aide Stuart Spencer called on Rockefeller to "summon that fabled nexus of money, influence, and condescension known as the Eastern Establishment. 'You are looking at it, buddy,' Rockefeller told Spencer, 'I am all that is left.'".[84] Rockefeller exaggerated, but the collapse of his wing of the party was underway.[85]

However, at the Republican National Convention in San Francisco in July, Rockefeller was given five minutes to speak before the convention in defense of five amendments to the party platform put forth by the moderate wing of the Republican Party[86] to counter the Goldwater plank. He was booed and heckled for sixteen minutes while he stood firmly at the podium insisting on his right to speak.[87] However, Goldwater supporters claimed that the booing was from not the convention floor but the gallery. Rockefeller was reluctant to support Goldwater in the general election.[88] The conflict between Rockefeller and Goldwater would have lasting effects, as Goldwater would subsequently vote against Rockefeller's confirmation for the vice presidency in 1974 and became a key player in blocking Rockefeller from being on the 1976 presidential ticket.[citation needed]

Rockefeller's stump speeches often used the phrase "the brotherhood of man, under the fatherhood of God"; reporters covering his campaign came to abbreviate the expression as BOMFOG.

Rockefeller again sought the presidential nomination in the 1968 primaries. His opponents were Nixon and Governor Ronald Reagan of California. In the contest, Rockefeller again represented the liberals, Reagan representing the conservatives, and Nixon representing moderates and conservatives. Rather than formally announce his candidacy and enter the state primaries, Rockefeller spent the first half of 1968, alternating between hints that he would run and pronouncements that he would not be a candidate.[citation needed] Shortly before the Republican convention, Rockefeller finally let it be known that he was available to be the nominee, and he sought to round up uncommitted delegates and woo reluctant Nixon delegates to his banner, armed with public opinion polls that showed him doing better among voters than either Nixon or Reagan against Democrat Hubert Humphrey. Despite Rockefeller's efforts, Nixon won the nomination on the first ballot.

Awards received

Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1977

Universal Brotherhood Medal, Jewish Theological Seminary of America, 1961

Charles Evans Hughes Medal, National Conference of Christians and Jews, 1965

Distinguished Service to Conservation Award, National Wildlife Federation/Sears Roebuck Foundation, 1966

Gold Medal Award, National Institute of Social Sciences, 1967 (awarded to all five Rockefeller brothers)

Award of Merit, American Institute of Architects, New York Chapter, 1968

Distinguished Service Award, State University of New York, 1973

Four Freedoms Foundation Award, 1974

Order of Merit, Chile, 1945

National Order of the Southern Cross, Brazil, 1946

Order of the Aztec Eagle, Mexico, 1949

Order of Ruben Dario, Nicaragua, 1953

Medallion de los Andes, University of the Andes, Colombia, 1958

Commandeur of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, France, 1958

Grande Croix de l'Ordre de Leopold II of Belgium, 1959

Ramon Magsaysay Award, Philippines, 1959

Grand Cross of the Order of Orange-Nassau, Netherlands, 1960

Prathamabhorn Knight Grand Cross of the Most Exalted Order of the White Elephant, Thailand, 1960

Légion d'honneur, Commandeur, France, 1960

Commander of the Order of Dannebrog, 1st Class, Denmark, 1960

Grand Ufficials del Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana, Italy, 1962

Order of the White Rose, Commander 1st Class, Finland, 1962

Agricultural Merit Award, Brazilian Rural Confederation, 1963

Grand Cordon of the Order of the Brilliant Star, Nationalist China, 1969

Nicholas Copernicus Award, Poland, 1972

The following institutions and facilities have been named in honor of Nelson A. Rockefeller:

The Nelson A. Rockefeller Center for Public Policy and the Social Sciences, Dartmouth College, a social science research center.[140]

The Nelson A. Rockefeller Collegiate Center, Binghamton University, New York.[141]

Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy, University at Albany, State University of New York.[citation needed]

The Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller Empire State Plaza.[142]

Nelson A. Rockefeller Park, Battery Park City, New York City.[143]

P.S. 121 in Brooklyn NY was renamed Nelson A. Rockefeller Elementary School[144] after his death in 1980.[citation needed]

Rockefeller Institute of Government, the public policy research arm of the State University of New York.