He is widely considered the wealthiest American of all time, and the richest person in modern history.Rockefeller was born into a large family in upstate New York and was shaped by his con man father and religious mother. William Avery "Devil Bill" Rockefeller Sr. (November 13, 1810 - May 11, 1906) was an American businessman, lumberman, herbalist, salesman, and con artist who went by the alias of Dr. William Levingston.He worked as a lumberman and then a traveling salesman who identified himself as a "botanic physician" and sold elixirs. They also represented serious moral outrages during a conservative era. Senator when the long-serving Sen. Robert Byrd died in June 2010. [1] The Peabody Museum has published the catalogue of an exhibition of pictures taken by Rockefeller during the New Guinea expedition. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the International Insitutute of Strategic Studies, the Advisory Board of RAND, the Pacific Council on International Policy, the Committee on Foreign Relations in Los Angeles, the Western Justice Center, and has served as a participant in the World Economic Forum and the Aspen Institute. Her book, The Heroine's Bookshelf (Harper), won the Colorado Book Award for nonfiction. In order to destroy the family, the media convinced women that they could not rely on the heterosexual contract. His daughter Alta married Ezra Parmalee Prentice. New York. Blyth says the media sends one message loud and clear. Nicholas Rockefeller, CBS Television City, Nicholas Rockefeller - University of Oregon Law School, Nicholas Rockefeller visits Xiwai International School, Xiwai International School of Shanghai International University. Godfrey and Lucy had married on September 20, 1806, in Amwell, Hunterdon County, New Jersey. As brothers John D. and William Rockefeller rose to social prominence during the late 19th century, their company - Standard Oil - became a significant force in the booming fossil fuels industry, and established the roots for the generational . Jeff Cohen's play The Man Who Ate Michael Rockefeller, based on the short story by Christopher Stokes, had its world premiere in an Off Broadway production at the West End Theatre in New York. Joseph Pulitzer offered a reward of $8,000 for information about "Doc Rockefeller," who was known to be alive and living under a false name, but whose whereabouts were a family secret.