Had Begin By CARMAN CUM G NEW YORK (CP) - All a . through their lives the Rocke- a tellers exist under the shadow = of a dollar sign. Every time they write their name they put down a word synonomous with wealth. How has it affected them? One young Rockefeller went to work as a laborer in the Oklahoma oil fields. Another lost his life in New Guinea swamp on an anthropological trip. A third Modelll Day 'Rockelellers I ning 100 Years Ago WM creet. Their names appear into the mammoth Standard Oil sometimes on the social or busi- monopoly—is history. ness pages but only rarely on; The extent of the fortune has the news page. inever been precistelyl/flmeiasured The roots of the dynasty in b ' one Pom 3_ ncome America go back to 1720, when was said 10 be about 500.000.000 Johann Peter Rockefeller eml. 8' year- There have been esti- grated from tile German Rhine- males that the Who“! fflmlly land. But the modern day has given away something In Rockefeller family really began the neighborhood of 9.500.000.- 100 years ago when his gmn‘ooo. 'famlly spokesman says grandson. John Damon mar. ‘ the estimate ls probably reason- ried Laura Spclman. ‘lble- of jun 70 GOOD I: .- II —. family New York at the age 1! 10. M be was brought up in a massive .000 house or no one smoked, danced or played cards and w re the n were "fined" if they were lsfe'for family prayers or failed to ac- count for their allowances. The young John D. lived most of his life under his father's shadow. He was 63 when the old man died and he himself lived until 1960. when he died without ever having broken a childhood pledge never to smoke. drink or swear. He was survived by a daugh- ter. named A after her mother. and five sons: John D. 111. Nelson, Laurence. Winthrop and David it was .lohn D, or. now 50. I who mildly shocked his con- stlldyinginJaaantsbeoomoan on before Johhg the state department. Nelson. 36. also served in Washington as an assistant sec- retary of state before going into New York politics. Laurence. 54 and an aviation enthusiast. has sometimes been called the quiet plugger of the family. He is president of Rock- efeller Brothers Inc.. which file five sons founded in 1940 to co- ordinate thelr philanthropies. He is also known as a conser- vationist. Winthrop. s husky 52-year-old rancher, earned the title of playboy and adventurer of the clan in his younger years. He oned the army as a private before Pearl Ear to lieutenant - colonel in For In 12 no Mon. an. st, 19“! V“ ‘oss Jeannette Edris and settled down to raising cattle and mall.- ing political bay on a gjam' spread In Arkansas. ' David, 49. a brilliant ‘ bookish economics PhD. :11: joined the army as a prival. and moved up to captain in the African and French campaigns; After the war he joined uncle Winthrop Aldrich's Chase Mall. hattan Bank and has since by. come president. Recently he spent more than two hours dis. cussing international affair! with Premier Khrushchev at the Kremlin. . Their sister Abby- is mar‘ banker Jean Maine and quietly in New York. She wa, divorced from her first husband John D.. son black sheep. showed little bril- w I‘Ckled Pm” '°' John D himself gave awayl temporaries of the 30s when he in 1948 d h sec ' - form during the 19305. visiting fiance m school and quit at the ' l t East fighting. an or ond dled in jam and night mum. more than 500000.000 before sudied prisons at close range . After the w“ Winthrop 196, g i came involved in a sensational (Robot 38¢ 0‘. 16 ‘0 work 35 3 53‘5'we9k he died in Florida in 1987 at and even donned old clothes to Clerk 1" CIEVCIBM- 1the age of 97. v that time he visit relief shelters. He also Four years later he formed aihad also erased much of the served as a League of Nations Several of them also have had experience in divorce marriage with Barbara Paulekinie Sears, d iv o r c e d ROYAL SECURITlES (WINS farm produce business with a image of a ruthless “robberlclerk before immersing him- Corporation Limited FM IWO- NEISOR and Will- partner. He was already a pros- baron" that built up along with 3self in the various boards. daughter 0‘ Ill Immigrant Lith- l-III‘OP~ Erandsons 0f the Ol‘lfiinll perous businessman when oil his bank account. lfoundations and funds that “Oman C031 mlfler- M' ALEX M WILSON JOhn D» the Path has led Into discoveries in Pennsyl» By that time also his sollflmake up the Rockefeller chari- T1320 bmke With“! l Ye" stocks and Bonds vania captured his attention. iJohn D. Jr.. had taken over the; table complex. The rest—how he parlayed an‘fulletime job of giving awayl His Son. 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