Winthrop Paul Rockefeller (1948 - 2006)

Biography

Winthrop Rockefeller is Notable.

13th Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas

On March 22, 1971, Rockefeller married Deborah Cluett Sage of New York, the eldest daughter of Louis Davidson Sage and Constance Cluett Ward. The couple met while both were studying in Oxford, England. The wedding took place in Colonial Willamsburg, Virginia at Bruton Parish Church. Deborah's sisters Marion Ticknor Sage, Martha Davidson Sage, and Christina Sage were the bridesmaids and flower girl. Richard Scott Dentel of Yardley, PA was the best man. Win's parents Winthrop and Bobo and Deborah's parents attended the wedding together with other members of both families. The couple had three children:

Andrea Davidson Rockefeller (b. July 31, 1972)
Katherine Cluett Rockefeller (b. February 7, 1974)
Winthrop Paul Rockefeller Jr. (b. July 10, 1976)

The couple divorced on January 11, 1979. On June 4, 1983, he married Lisenne Dudderar, an administrative assistant with the Arkansas Nature Conservancy. They had four sons:

William Gordon Rockefeller
Colin Kendrick Rockefeller (born c. 1990)
John Alexander Camp Rockefeller
Louis Henry Rockefeller

They also 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 had announced his candidacy for governor and was expected to face the more conservative Asa Hutchinson in the Republican primary election in May 2006. On July 20, 2005, however, he bowed out of the race, citing 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. On July 8, 2006, after the failure of his second bone marrow transplant, he returned to Little Rock and died July 16, 10:37 am, at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock. On July 19, his body lay in state in the Capitol Rotunda, and the next day, a memorial service was held at Pulaski Heights United Methodist Church, where Rockefeller was a member. At the time of his death, he was survived by his mother, wife, children, and one granddaughter, Emma, through his daughter Katherine.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Wikipedia

• "Arkansas Lt. Gov. Winthrop Rockefeller Dies at 57", New York Times, July 17, 2006
• "Lt. Gov. Win Rockefeller Dies Peacefully", Todaysthv.com July 17, 2006.