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  • PLACE OF BIRTH: Bar Harbor, Maine
  • PLACE OF DEATH: New York, New York
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Nelson Rockefeller served four terms as New York governor, and was appointed vice president under Gerald Ford.

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Nelson Rockefeller (born July 8, 1908) was a grandson of John D. Rockefeller, Sr., founder of Standard Oil. After working in business and government, he was elected governor of New York in 1958 and served four terms. President Gerald Ford appointed Rockefeller as his vice president in 1974. An avid art collector and patron, Rockefeller has a wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art named after him.

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