Nelson Rockefeller believed in fate. After all, he was born on the same day as his larger-than-life grandfather, John D. Rockefeller, Sr., a coincidence he always took to be an omen of great things to ...

"On His Own Terms: A Life of Nelson Rockefeller" by Richard Norton Smith (Random House, 843 pages, $38) (Audiobook, 32 CDs, 41 hours, $65) Nelson Rockefeller pursued a dream over the course of his ...

Richard Norton Smith has written a scholarly and balanced biography of Nelson Rockefeller that portrays the former New York governor as a quintessential man of his times, both in action and passion.

Mary Rockefeller Morgan, daughter of Nelson and Michael’s twin, was determined to honor her family of collectors, and Indigenous art. By Sam Roberts The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Michael C.