Laura Rockefeller Chasin

Laura Rockefeller Chasin
Born
Laura Spelman Rockefeller

October 11, 1936
DiedNovember 17, 2015(2015-11-17) (aged 79)
Cambridge, Massachusetts
NationalityAmerican
Occupation(s)Philanthropist and founder of the Public Conversations Project
Known forPhilanthropy and member of the Rockefeller family
Spouse(s)James H. Case (divorced)
Richard Chasin
Children3
Parent(s)Laurance Spelman Rockefeller
Mary French

Laura Spelman Rockefeller (October 11, 1936 – November 17, 2015[1]) was an American philanthropist. She was the eldest child of Laurance Spelman Rockefeller (1910–2004) and Mary French (1910–1997), and a fourth generation member of the Rockefeller family. She has two younger sisters, Marion, Lucy Aldrich Rockefeller, and a younger brother, Laurance Spelman Rockefeller Jr. Her patrilineal great-grandfather was Standard Oil's co-founder John D. Rockefeller[2] and her matrilineal great-grandfather was Frederick H. Billings, a president of Northern Pacific Railway. Both of her grandmothers, Mary Billings French and Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, were important to the early development of YWCA USA. Chasin is known as the founder, former executive director, and former board member of the Public Conversations Project in Watertown, Massachusetts.

  1. ^ "Laura Chasin Obituary". Legacy.com. 20 November 2015. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
  2. ^ "Released trustees agree to discuss woman president". Miami News. 23 April 1976. Retrieved 18 February 2011.