MemoirsRandom House Publishing Group, 27. apr 2011 - 560 pages Born into one of the wealthiest families in America—he was the youngest son of Standard Oil scion John D. Rockefeller, Jr., and the celebrated patron of modern art Abby Aldrich Rockefeller—David Rockefeller has carried his birthright into a distinguished life of his own. His dealings with world leaders from Zhou Enlai and Mikhail Gorbachev to Anwar Sadat and Ariel Sharon, his service to every American president since Eisenhower, his remarkable world travels and personal dedication to his home city of New York—here, the first time a Rockefeller has told his own story, is an account of a truly rich life. |
Contents
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Travels | 39 |
Rockefeller Center | 50 |
Harvard | 63 |
Learning from the Great Economists | 78 |
A Dissertation a Wife and a Job | 101 |
Emissary for Balance in the Middle East | 265 |
Surviving OPEC | 281 |
Business Turbulence | 304 |
Family Turmoil | 321 |
Brotherly Conflicts | 336 |
The Shah | 356 |
Redemption | 376 |
New York New York | 383 |
The War | 104 |
Embarking on a Career at Chase | 125 |
Launching a Parallel Career | 139 |
Building the Chase Manhattan Bank | 155 |
Conflict | 168 |
Difficult Transitions | 180 |
Creating a Global Bank | 196 |
Taking the Helm | 211 |
Engaging the Soviets | 222 |
Penetrating the Bamboo Curtain | 243 |
Proud Internationalist | 404 |
South of the Border | 420 |
A Passion for Modern Art | 443 |
Rockefeller Center Redux | 465 |
Partnerships | 482 |
Epilogue 493 | 493 |
Afterword | 495 |
Acknowledgments | 501 |
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