نلسون ألدريتش روكفلر Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller ‏(8 يوليو1908 – 26 يناير 1979) كان رجل أعمال أمريكي، ورجل بر وموظف عمومي وسياسي. وقد عمل نائب رئيس الولايات المتحدة رقم 41 (1974–1977) تحت الرئيس جرالد فورد، وحاكم نيويورك رقم 49 (1959–1973). كما خدم في ادارات الرؤساء فرانكلن روزڤلت، هاري ترومان، ودوايت أيزنهاور في مناصب مختلفة. وكعضوفي أسرة روكفلر، فقد كان جامعاً بارزاً للتحف الفنية.

كان روكفلر، كجمهوري، ليبرالي أوتقدمياً أومعتدلاً سياسياً.

حاكم نيويورك 1959–1973

منتصراً على الحاكم السابق، البليونير أڤريل هاريمان.

In taking over control of the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority, Rockefeller shifted power away from Robert Moses, and in doing so became the first politician to win such a battle with the master builder Moses in decades.

السياسة الوطنية

نائب الرئيس 1974–1977

Following President Nixon's resignation on August 9, 1974, President Gerald Ford nominated Rockefeller on August 20 to serve as Vice President of the United States. Rockefeller's top competitor had been جورج هـ.و. بوش.

وفاته

Rockefeller died on January 26, 1979, at age 70 from a heart attack. An initial report had incorrectly stated that he was at his office at Rockefeller Center working on a book about his art collection, and a security guard found him slumped over his desk.

التاريخ الانتخابي

الأوسمة التي حصل عليها

• 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 Copericus Award, Poland, 1972

نصب تذكارية لنلسون روكفلر

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

• The Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government, the public policy research arm of the State University of New York
• The Nelson A. Rockefeller Center, Dartmouth College, a social science research center
• Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy, University at Albany, State University of New York
• The Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller Empire State Plaza
• Nelson A. Rockefeller Park, Battery Park City, New York

Awards named for Nelson A. Rockefeller

• Nelson A. Rockefeller Award, Purchase College School of the Arts, presented annually to five individuals who have distinguished themselves through their contributions to the arts or the environment.
• Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller Award for Excellence in Public Service, State Academy for Public Administration.
• Nelson A. Rockefeller Distinguished Public Service Award, Nelson A. Rockefeller Center for the Social Sciences, Dartmouth College.
• Nelson A. Rockefeller Award, American Society for Public Administration, Empire State Capital Area Chapter, presented to an individual whose governmental career in New York State demonstrates exemplary leadership, performance, and achievement in shaping public policy, developing and implementing major public programs, or resolving major public problems.
• Nelson A. Rockefeller Award, The New York Water Environment Association, Inc., awarded to an elected official at a City (population over 250,000), State or National level who has made a substantial and meaningful contribution to advancing effective environmental programs.
• Nelson A. Rockefeller Public Service Award, Rockefeller Institute of Government (1988–1994).

ببليوگرافيا

• Colby, Gerard; Dennet, Charlotte (1996). Thy Will be Done, The Conquest of The Amazon: Nelson Rockefeller and Evangelism in the Age of Oil. HarperPerennial. ISBN .
• Connery, Robert H.; Benjamin, Gerald (1979). Rockefeller of New York; Executive Power in the Statehouse. Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press.
• Deane, Elizabeth (1999). "Transcript: The Rockefellers". American Experience. Boston: PBS.
• Isaacson, Walter (2005) [1992]. Kissinger: A Biography. New York: Simon & Schuster.
• Kramer, Michael; Roberts, Sam (1976). "I Never Wanted to be Vice-President of Anything!": An Investigative Biography of Nelson Rockefeller. New York: Basic Books.
• Morris, Joe Alex (1960). Nelson Rockefeller, A Biography. New York: Harper & Brothers.
• Persico, Joseph E. (1982). The Imperial Rockefeller: A Biography of Nelson A. Rockefeller. New York: Simon & Schuster.
• Reich, Cary (1996). The Life of Nelson A. Rockefeller: Worlds to Conquer, 1908–1958. 1. New York: Doubleday. ISBN . Lay summary. (Volume 1 of the most comprehensive biography of Nelson ever written, the author had accessed many papers in the Rockefeller Archive Center for his research but died before writing Volume 2, covering the crucial period from 1959 to 1979.)
• "People & Events: Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1908-1979". American Experience. Boston: PBS. 2000.

انظر أيضاً

• Empire State Plaza
• جرالد فورد
• GE Building (Room 5600 - The Rockefeller Family Office)
• Wallace Harrison
• J Edgar Hoover
• Henry Kissinger
• Kykuit The Rockefeller family estate
• Robert Moses
• Museum of Modern Art
• Richard Nixon
• David Rockefeller
• Rockefeller Brothers Fund
• Rockefeller Center
• Rockefeller family
• Rockefeller Republican
• فرانلكن روزڤلت
• الأمم المتحدة
• مركز التجارة العالمي

الهامش

وصلات خارجية

مشاع الفهم فيه ميديا متعلقة بموضوع نلسون روكفلر.

• Rockefeller Archive Center: Nelson Rockefeller Contains details on the collection of public and private papers available to researchers at the Center.
• The Rocky Roll An extended portrait by Time Magazine of Nelson campaigning for New York Governor in 1958.
• Rockefeller Archive Center: Archived papers of the Special Studies Project, 1956-1960.
• [2] Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress biography
• Spartacus Educational Biography
• نلسون روكفلر at Find A Grave
• www.rca5600.be Contains details about the relation between Rockefeller's role in US policy and his role in Cultural policy
• Finding aid for the Nelson Rockefeller Oral History, Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library

نطقب:United States presidential election, 1960 نطقب:United States presidential election, 1964