Happy Rockefeller

Happy Rockefeller
Rockefeller in 1973
Second Lady of the United States
In role
December 19, 1974 – January 20, 1977
Vice PresidentNelson Rockefeller
Preceded byBetty Ford
Succeeded byJoan Mondale
First Lady of New York
In role
May 4, 1963 – December 18, 1973
GovernorNelson Rockefeller
Preceded byMary Rockefeller
Succeeded byKatherine Wilson
Personal details
Born
Margaretta Large Fitler

(1926-06-09)June 9, 1926
Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, U.S.
DiedMay 19, 2015(2015-05-19) (aged 88)
Pocantico Hills, New York, U.S.
Resting placeRockefeller Family Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, New York
Political partyRepublican
Spouses
James Murphy
(m. 1949; div. 1963)
(m. 1963; died 1979)
Children6, including Mark Rockefeller

Margaretta Large "Happy" Rockefeller (née Fitler, formerly Murphy; June 9, 1926 – May 19, 2015) was a philanthropist who, as the wife of vice president Nelson Rockefeller, served as second lady of the United States from 1974 to 1977. She was previously the first lady of New York from 1963 to 1973, during her husband's last three terms in office.[1]

In 1991, she was appointed a public delegate to the United Nations by US President George H. W. Bush.[2][3] She also was president of the board of the Saratoga Performing Arts Center north of Albany, New York,[2][3] among other philanthropic projects.[3]

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