Alida Rockefeller Messinger
Alida Rockefeller Messinger (born 1948) is the fourth child of John D. Rockefeller 3rd and his wife Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller, and a fourth generation member of the Rockefeller family. She is a sister of Democratic West Virginia Senator John D. Rockefeller IV. According to an account in the New York Times, Messinger was only five years old when her father, John D. Rockefeller III, began to teach her about philanthropy.[1] She said:
| “ | "My father and mother's greatest fear was that their four children might take their wealth for granted and grow up spoiled and arrogant ... They wanted us to learn early that with wealth comes responsibility. -- Alida R. Messinger, 1989[1] | ” |
Messinger is a philanthropist and is a major donor to conservation[2] and environmental organizations. Her Alida R. Messinger Charitable Trust also funds conservation and environmental groups, as does the Rockefeller Family Fund, founded in 1967, of which she is a trustee.
Messinger also contributes financially to the Center for Public Integrity. She gave over a million dollars to democratic-leaning 527 organizations in 2004.[3]
She married current Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton in 1978. They had two sons together; they divorced in 1986. In addition, she has a daughter with her current husband William Messinger.
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- ^ a b "Philanthropy for the 21st Century". The New York Times. November 5, 1989. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DE1D81039F936A35752C1A96F948260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all. Retrieved 2010-01-11. "... Alida Rockefeller Messinger, 40, says she was only 5 years old ..."
- ^ Will Evans (eptember 9, 2008). "Profile: League of Conservation Voters". NPR. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=94411562. Retrieved 2010-01-11. "Funders: In 2008, League of Conservation Voters' non-federal 527 received $275,000 from Alida Messinger;"
- ^ Dotty Lynch And Steve Chaggaris (July 23, 2004). "Washington Wrap". CBS News. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/07/26/politics/main631847.shtml. Retrieved 2010-01-11. "... the following contributors have donated $1 million dollars of more to various democratic-leaning 527s. ... Alida R. Messinger, trustee for the Rockefeller Family Fund, has contributed $1,177,000 this election cycle."
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