Laura Rockefeller Chasin
Laura Rockefeller Chasin (born 1936) is the daughter of Laurance Spelman Rockefeller (1910–2004) and Mary French and a fourth generation member of the Rockefeller family. Her paternal great-grandfather is Standard Oil's co-founder John D. Rockefeller and maternal great-grandfather is Fredrick Billings, a president of Northern Pacific Railway.
Chasin has served on the board of directors of the Children's Defense Fund.
Her first husband was James H. Case. Her second husband is Richard Chasin, a psychiatrist, and a trustee of the principal family-controlled philanthropy, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund. The Chasins currently reside in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
See also
| Rockefeller family | |
|---|---|
| ancestors | Johann Peter Rockefeller (1682–1763) (Arrived in America ca.1723) • (Grandson) William Rockefeller • Godfrey Rockefeller (1745–1818) • Godfrey Lewis Rockefeller (1784–1857) • William Avery Rockefeller |
| William Avery Rockefeller (1810–1906) | Lucy Rockefeller • John David Rockefeller (m.) Laura Spelman • William Rockefeller • Mary Ann Rockefeller • Franklin Rockefeller • Francis Rockefeller |
| John Davison Rockefeller
(1839–1937) William Rockefeller (1841–1922) |
Elizabeth "Bessie" Rockefeller Strong • Alice Rockefeller • Alta Rockefeller Prentice • Edith Rockefeller
McCormick (m.) Harold Fowler McCormick • John Davison Rockefeller, Jr. (m.) Abigail "Abby"
Greene Aldrich Lewis Edward Rockefeller • Emma Rockefeller McAlpin • William Goodsell Rockefeller • John Davison Rockefeller • Percy Avery Rockefeller • Geraldine Rockefeller Dodge |
| Elizabeth Rockefeller Strong
(1866–1906) Alta Rockefeller Prentice (1871–1962) John Davison Rockefeller, Jr. (1874–1960) ---- William Goodsell Rockefeller (1870–1922) Percy Avery Rockefeller (1878–1934) Geraldine Rockefeller Dodge (1882–1973) |
Margaret Strong John Rockefeller Prentice • Mary Adeline Prentice Gilbert Abby Rockefeller Mauzé • John D. Rockefeller III (m.) Blanchette Ferry Hooker • Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller (m.1st.) Mary Todhunter Clark (m.2nd.) Margaretta Fitler Murphy • Laurance Spelman Rockefeller • Winthrop Rockefeller • David Rockefeller ---- James Stillman Rockefeller • John Sterling Rockefeller Isabel Rockefeller Lincoln (m.) Frederic Walker Lincoln, Jr. • Avery Rockefeller • Winifred Rockefeller Emeny • Faith Rockefeller Model Marcellus Hartley Dodge, Jr. |
| John Rockefeller Prentice (1902–1972) ---- John D. Rockefeller III (1906–1978) Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller (1908–1979) Laurance Spelman Rockefeller (1910–2004) Winthrop Rockefeller (1912–1973) David Rockefeller (1915) ---- ---- Faith Rockefeller Model (1909–1960) |
Abra
Prentice Wilkin ---- John Davison ("Jay") Rockefeller IV • Hope Aldrich Rockefeller • Alida Rockefeller Messinger Rodman Rockefeller • Steven Clark Rockefeller • Michael Rockefeller • Mark Fitler Rockefeller Laura Spelman Rockefeller Chasin • Marion French Rockefeller Winthrop Paul Rockefeller David Rockefeller, Jr. • Neva Rockefeller Goodwin • Peggy Dulany • Eileen Rockefeller Growald ---- ---- Robert Model |
| Jay Rockefeller (1937) ---- Rodman Rockefeller (1932–2000) Steven Clark Rockefeller (1936) |
Justin Aldrich Rockefeller ---- Meile Rockefeller Steven C. Rockefeller, Jr. |
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