Rockefeller, Jay
From Astro-Databank
| Name |
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| Birthname | John Davison Rockefeller IV | ||
| born on | 18 June 1937 at 21:30 (= 9:30 PM ) | ||
| Place | New York NY, USA, 40n42, 74w00 | ||
| Timezone | EDT h4w (is daylight saving time) | ||
| Data source |
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| Astrology data |   27°21'   03°57 Asc. 13°02'
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Biography
American noted family and politician, a Democrat, he served in the US Senate from West Virginia beginning in 1985.
The son of John D. Rockefeller III and Blanchette Ferry Hooker, Jay grew up in a privileged home. He is a 1954 graduate of the private school Phillips Exeter Academy in 1954. He spent three years studying Japanese in Tokyo and, ion 1961, he earned his bachelor's degree from Harvard University with a major in Far Eastern Languages and History.
After college, Rockefeller joined the Peace Corps and VISTA. Completing his volunteer work, he moved to West Virginia and was elected to the state congress in 1966, moving on to be West Virginia's Secretary of State two years later. He made an unsuccessful bid for the Governor's office in 1972 and turned to education. From 1973-76, he was president of West Virginia Wesleyan College. Re-entering politics, he ran successfully for Governor in 1976 and again in 1980. In 1984, he was elected to the US Senate.
Rockefeller married Sharon Percy in 1967 and the couple has four children.
Events
- Work : Lose social status 1972 (Lost bid for Governor)
- Work : New Career 1966 (Politics)
- Work : Gain social status 1976 (Successfully ran for Governor)
- Relationship : Marriage 1967
Source Notes
Sy Scholfield quotes newspaper article “Son to
John D. Rockefellers 3d,” New York Times, June 19, 1937, p. 14.
Categories
- Family : Childhood : Advantaged
- Family : Childhood : Family noted
- Family : Parenting : Kids more than 3 (Four)
- Family : Relationship : Marriage more than 15 Yrs
- Vocation : Politics : Public office
- Vocation : Politics : Candidate and lost
- Vocation : Education : Administrator (President of a college for three years)
