U.S. philantropist and oil magnate John D. Rockefeller gives a dime to a child, in this undated picture. Rockefeller was noted for his habit of giving coins as tips to all and sundry.

Born June 12, 1915, as the sixth child of John D. Rockefeller Jr. and Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, David Rockefeller graduated from Harvard in 1936 and earned a doctorate in economics from the ...

Rockefeller was the sixth child of John D. Rockefeller Jr. and the grandson of Standard Oil co-founder John D. Rockefeller, ... John D. Rockefeller Sr., in 1885, when he was approximately 46.