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Laura Spelman Rockefeller (October 11, 1936 – November 17, 2015) was an American philanthropist. She was the eldest child of Laurance Spelman Rockefeller (1910–2004) and Mary French (1910–1997), and a fourth generation member of the Rockefeller family. She has two younger sisters, Marion, Lucy Aldrich Rockefeller, and a younger brother, Laurance Spelman Rockefeller Jr.. Her patrilineal great-grandfather was Standard Oil's co-founder John D. Rockefeller and her matrilineal great-grandfather was Frederick H. Billings, a president of Northern Pacific Railway. Both of her grandmothers, Mary Billings French and Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, were important to the early development of YWCA USA. Chasin is known as the founder, former executive director, and former board member of the Public Conversations Project in Watertown, Massachusetts.

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Born	11 October 1936
Died	17 November 2015 (aged 79) Cambridge, Massachusetts
Zodiac	Libra
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Mary French Rockefeller · Mother · 1910-1997 · American philanthropist edit info

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Laurance Rockefeller · Father · 1910-2004 · American businessman, financier, philanthropist, and conservationist edit info

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John D. Rockefeller · Great-grandfather · 1839-1937 · American business magnate and philanthropist edit info

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John D. Rockefeller Jr. · Grandfather · 1874-1960 · American philanthropist edit info

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