- Date:
- 1910
- Original Format:
- Photographic Print
- Item#:
- 45.538
John D. Rockefeller (1839-1937)
John Davidson Rockefeller was an American industrialist and philanthropist. He founded the Standard Oil Company in 1870 which dominated the petroleum industry. He founded the University of Chicago, the Rockefeller Foundation, the Rockefeller University which does medical research and contributed to many other charitable organizations.