Blanchette Ferry Hooker was born in Manhattan, New York on October 2, 1909. She was the daughter of Elon Huntington Hooker, founder of Hooker Electrochemical Company, and his wife, Blanche Ferry of Detroit, whose family owned the F M Ferry Seed Company.
Blanchette Rockefeller's life-long involvement in New York City's charitable and civic activities included her lengthy affiliation with the Museum of Modern Art, for which she served as founding chairman of its Junior Council, and two terms as president. She was a trustee of the Brearly School, Vassar College and The Juilliard School. She was a member of the New York Philharmonic Symphony Society, the English-Speaking Union, the American Federation of Arts, the Riverside Church, and the River Club, as well as numerous other leading cultural institutions. She shared many of her husband's philanthropic interests and deep interest in Asia and Asian art. She was a member of the Asia Society, which JDR 3rd founded. Blanchette and JDR 3rd devoted a great deal of time to art collecting. They gradually assembled world-class collections of Asian and American art which were donated to the Asia Society and to San Francisco's DeYoung Museum.
Mother of Senator John D Rockefeller 4.
She died in New York City of pneumonia, a complication of Alzheimer's Disease, on November 29, 1992, at the age of 83.
Blanchette Rockefeller's life-long involvement in New York City's charitable and civic activities included her lengthy affiliation with the Museum of Modern Art, for which she served as founding chairman of its Junior Council, and two terms as president. She was a trustee of the Brearly School, Vassar College and The Juilliard School. She was a member of the New York Philharmonic Symphony Society, the English-Speaking Union, the American Federation of Arts, the Riverside Church, and the River Club, as well as numerous other leading cultural institutions. She shared many of her husband's philanthropic interests and deep interest in Asia and Asian art. She was a member of the Asia Society, which JDR 3rd founded. Blanchette and JDR 3rd devoted a great deal of time to art collecting. They gradually assembled world-class collections of Asian and American art which were donated to the Asia Society and to San Francisco's DeYoung Museum.
Mother of Senator John D Rockefeller 4.
She died in New York City of pneumonia, a complication of Alzheimer's Disease, on November 29, 1992, at the age of 83.
Blanchette Ferry Hooker was born in Manhattan, New York on October 2, 1909. She was the daughter of Elon Huntington Hooker, founder of Hooker Electrochemical Company, and his wife, Blanche Ferry of Detroit, whose family owned the F M Ferry Seed Company.
Blanchette Rockefeller's life-long involvement in New York City's charitable and civic activities included her lengthy affiliation with the Museum of Modern Art, for which she served as founding chairman of its Junior Council, and two terms as president. She was a trustee of the Brearly School, Vassar College and The Juilliard School. She was a member of the New York Philharmonic Symphony Society, the English-Speaking Union, the American Federation of Arts, the Riverside Church, and the River Club, as well as numerous other leading cultural institutions. She shared many of her husband's philanthropic interests and deep interest in Asia and Asian art. She was a member of the Asia Society, which JDR 3rd founded. Blanchette and JDR 3rd devoted a great deal of time to art collecting. They gradually assembled world-class collections of Asian and American art which were donated to the Asia Society and to San Francisco's DeYoung Museum.
Mother of Senator John D Rockefeller 4.
She died in New York City of pneumonia, a complication of Alzheimer's Disease, on November 29, 1992, at the age of 83.
Blanchette Rockefeller's life-long involvement in New York City's charitable and civic activities included her lengthy affiliation with the Museum of Modern Art, for which she served as founding chairman of its Junior Council, and two terms as president. She was a trustee of the Brearly School, Vassar College and The Juilliard School. She was a member of the New York Philharmonic Symphony Society, the English-Speaking Union, the American Federation of Arts, the Riverside Church, and the River Club, as well as numerous other leading cultural institutions. She shared many of her husband's philanthropic interests and deep interest in Asia and Asian art. She was a member of the Asia Society, which JDR 3rd founded. Blanchette and JDR 3rd devoted a great deal of time to art collecting. They gradually assembled world-class collections of Asian and American art which were donated to the Asia Society and to San Francisco's DeYoung Museum.
Mother of Senator John D Rockefeller 4.
She died in New York City of pneumonia, a complication of Alzheimer's Disease, on November 29, 1992, at the age of 83.
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