Rockefeller, Peggy (1915-1996)

Title: Rockefeller, Peggy (1915-1996)
Commemorated in: Peggy Rockefeller, Plaque
Source: Peggy Rockefeller, The Art Market
birthday: 1915-09-28
Birthplace: Mt. Kisco, NY
Death Date: 1996-03-26
Occupation: Conservationist
Biographical Text: Peggy Rockefeller was an active land conservationist. She was born Margaret McGrath, and attended three separate schools in her youth. Rockefeller founded two land conservation organizations during her career; the Maine Coast Heritage Trust and the American Farmland Trust. Rockefeller was a trustee of the New York Philharmonic from 1953 to 1970, and was a board member of the New York Botanical Garden. A two-acre rose garden in the botanical garden was restored in her honor in 1988, and named the "Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden."

Rockefeller married David Rockefeller in 1940. She passed on March 26, 1996 from complications related to a previous heart surgery.
Contributor: O'Neill, Iris
Bibliography: Margaret Rockefeller, Wikipedia

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