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Winthrop Paul Rockefeller was born on 17 September, 1948 in New York City, New York, U.S., is an American politician. Discover Winthrop Paul Rockefeller's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 57 years old?

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Age 57 years old
Zodiac Sign Virgo
Born 17 September 1948
Birthday 17 September
Birthplace New York City, New York, U.S.
Date of death 16 July, 2006
Died Place Little Rock, Arkansas
Nationality United States

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His wife is Deborah Cluett Sage (m. 1971-1979) Lisenne Dudderar (m. 1983)

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Parents Winthrop Rockefeller Jievute "Bobo" Paulekiute
Wife Deborah Cluett Sage (m. 1971-1979) Lisenne Dudderar (m. 1983)
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Children 8

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1948

Winthrop Paul "Win" Rockefeller (September 17, 1948 – July 16, 2006) was an American Republican politician and businessman who served as the 17th lieutenant governor of Arkansas from 1996 until his death in 2006.

He was a member of the Rockefeller family.

Rockefeller was born in New York City, New York, the only child of Arkansas Governor Winthrop Rockefeller and actress Jievute "Bobo" Paulekiute.

1950

His parents separated in 1950 and divorced four years later.

His maternal grandparents were Lithuanian.

Rockefeller grew up in both the United States and in Europe and was educated at schools in New York, England, and in Switzerland.

1966

This margin far greater than the vote received by his father in the 1966 and 1968 gubernatorial elections.

1971

On March 22, 1971, Rockefeller married Deborah Cluett Sage of New York, the eldest daughter of Louis Davidson Sage and the former Constance Cluett Ward.

The couple met while both were studying in Oxford, England.

The wedding took place at the Bruton Parish Church at Colonial Williamsburg in Virginia.

The couple had three children:

1974

He attended the American College of Switzerland, and Pembroke College, Oxford for one year, before graduating with a Certificate from the Ranch Management program at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas in 1974.

1979

The couple divorced on January 11, 1979.

1981

Rockefeller served from 1981 to 1995 on the Arkansas State Police Commission.

1983

On June 4, 1983, Rockefeller married Lisenne Dudderar, an administrative assistant with the Arkansas Nature Conservancy.

They had four sons:

They adopted a daughter, Grace, in Hong Kong.

Win and Lisenne founded a school for children with learning disabilities in Little Rock, now known as the Academy at Riverdale.

Rockefeller served as chief executive of Winrock Farms, Inc., which had been set up by his father, and had interests in various small businesses around the state: in retailing, automobiles, farming, and the resort industry.

He was an active member of the National Federation of Independent Business.

1991

In 1991, he was appointed by President George H. W. Bush to serve on the President's Council on Rural America and became chairman of the council.

He was a president of the Quapaw Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America and served on the board of directors of the national Scouting organization.

1994

Rockefeller's first foray into elective politics came when he won a narrow victory over Arkansas State Senator Charlie Cole Chaffin, the first woman elected to serve in the Arkansas State Senate and the 1994 nominee for Lieutenant Governor.

1996

The November 1996 special election was necessitated by the resignation of Governor Jim Guy Tucker and the elevation of Lieutenant Governor Mike Huckabee to the Governorship.

1997

In 1997, Rockefeller created Books in the Attic, a program using existing resources, Boy Scouts, and volunteers to ensure access to reading opportunities for all children.

1998

Rockefeller was subsequently re-elected in 1998 to a full four-year term with 67 percent of the vote, over physician Dr. Kurt Dilday.

2001

As Acting Governor on September 11, 2001, the day terrorists attacked the World Trade Center and The Pentagon, he resisted calls to declare a state of emergency and instead urged Arkansans to remain calm and to donate blood.

He sponsored Project ChildSafe, a national firearms safety program that has distributed hundreds of thousands of free trigger locks in Arkansas.

He was honorary chairman of the Arkansas Literary Festival.

2002

Rockefeller was elected once again in 2002 with 60 percent of the vote, over Arkansas State Supreme Court Justice Ron Sheffield, the first Black man nominated for statewide office as a Democrat.

Money was important to the race.

As Lieutenant Governor, Rockefeller was an avid proponent of the state’s economic interests, and he often traveled at his own expense to seek out potential foreign investors, while at the same time donating his own governmental salary to charity.

2004

In 2004, he served as the chairman of the Arkansas Republican Party.

2005

Rockefeller was ranked # 283 on the Forbes magazine list of the nation's wealthiest people in 2005, with a fortune the magazine estimated at $1.2 billion.

As lieutenant governor, which was a part-time job, he forwarded his $34,673 state salary to charity.

On July 20, 2005, however, he bowed out of the race due to his myeloproliferative disease, a blood disorder that can develop into leukemia if left untreated.

In October 2005 and March 2006, Rockefeller underwent unsuccessful bone marrow transplants at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, Washington.

2006

Rockefeller had announced his candidacy for governor and was expected to face Asa Hutchinson in the Republican primary election in May 2006.

On July 8, 2006, after the failure of his second bone marrow transplant, he returned to Little Rock, where he died eight days later at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.

On July 19, his body lay in state in the rotunda of the Arkansas State Capitol, and the next day, a memorial service was held at Pulaski Heights United Methodist Church, of which Rockefeller was a member.