Alida rockefeller messenger biography of barack obama

American philanthropist

Alida Rockefeller Messinger (born 1948) is an American philanthropist who is an heir to the Rockefeller family fortune.^[1]

A donor to Democratic candidates and environmentalist causes, she is the former of wife of Minnesota governor and U.S.

Senator Mark Dayton.^[2] Messinger is also a sister of ex-West Virginia governor and U.S. Senator Jay Rockefeller. She has notably been a major donor to progressive political causes in her home state of Minnesota.^[3]

Outside of activism, she is a former trustee of the Rockefeller Family Fund, a public charity started by her father and his siblings.

Her great-grandfather is John D. Rockefeller, the founder of the Standard Oil Company and widely considered to be the wealthiest American of all time and the richest person in modern history.^[4]

Early life and family

Messinger was born in 1948. She is the youngest daughter of John Davison Rockefeller Rockefeller-oil heiress donates $1.8 million to elect ...

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