David Rockefeller Senior (n. , New York City, New York, SUA – d. , Pocantico Hills(d), Mount Pleasant(d), New York, SUA) a fost un om de afaceri american, adept al globalismului și patriarhul actual al familiei Rockefeller. Era singurul copil al lui John D. Rockefeller Jr. și Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, și nepotul magnatuluiJohn D. Rockefeller, fondator al Standard Oil. Cei cinci frați decedați ai săi sunt: Abby, John D. III, Nelson, Laurance și Winthrop. A fost căsătorit cu Margaret "Peggy" McGrath și a avut șase copii: David, Abby, Neva, Peggy, Richard și Eileen.
David Rockefeller, Jr.[*][[David Rockefeller, Jr. (American sailor and philanthropist)|]] Eileen Rockefeller Growald[*][[Eileen Rockefeller Growald (American philanthropist)|]] Abby Rockefeller[*][[Abby Rockefeller (American ecologist, feminist, and member of the Rockefeller family)|]] Peggy Dulany[*][[Peggy Dulany (American philanthropist)|]] Richard Rockefeller[*][[Richard Rockefeller (family physician in Falmouth, Maine who practiced and taught medicine in Portland, Maine)|]] Neva Goodwin Rockefeller[*][[Neva Goodwin Rockefeller (economist)|]]
Century Club (cunoscut și ca The Century Association), New York;*
Harvard Club of New York;*
River Club, New York;*
Knickerbocker Club, New York;*
Links Club, New York;*
University Club, New York;*
Recess Club, New York;*
Economic Club of New York;
New York Yacht Club;*
Alfalfa Club, Washington;
Bohemian Club, San Francisco— Rockefeller și fiul său, David Jr., sunt membri ai Stowaway Camp din Bohemian Grove.
(*Sursa: Who's Who 2006, 158th Annual Edition, London: A & C Black Publishers Ltd)
Să nu uităm și de Bilderberg Group;
Bibliografie
Memoirs, David Rockefeller, New York: Random House, 2002.
David: Report on a Rockefeller, William Hoffman, New York: Lyle Stuart, 1971. (The only existing biography)
Significant mentions:
The Rockefeller Century: Three Generations of America's Greatest Family, John Ensor Harr and Peter J. Johnson. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1988.
The Rockefeller Conscience: An American Family in Public and in Private, John Ensor Harr and Peter J. Johnson, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1992.
The Life of Nelson A. Rockefeller: Worlds to Conquer 1908-1958, Cary Reich, New York: Doubleday, 1996.
Abby Aldrich Rockefeller: The Woman in the Family, Bernice Kert, New York: Random House, 1993.
Those Rockefeller Brothers: An Informal Biography of Five Extraordinary Young Men, Joe Alex Morris, New York: Harper & Brothers, 1953.
The Rockefellers: An American Dynasty, Peter Collier and David Horowitz, New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1976.
The American Establishment, Leonard Silk and Mark Silk, New York: Basic Books, Inc., 1980.
American Hegemony and the Trilateral Commission, Stephen Gill, Boston: Cambridge University Press, Reprint Edition, 1991.
The Chase: The Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A., 1945-1985, John Donald Wilson, Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 1986.
Wriston: Walter Wriston, Citibank, and the Rise and Fall of American Financial Supremacy, Phillip L. Zweig, New York: Crown Publishers, 1995.
Paul Volcker: The Making of a Financial Legend, Joseph B. Treaster, New York: Wiley, 2004.
Financier: The Biography of André Meyer; A Story of Money, Power, and the Reshaping of American Business, Cary Reich, New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1983.
Continuing the Inquiry: The Council on Foreign Relations from 1921 to 1996, Peter Grose, New York: Council on Foreign Relations: 1996.
Imperial Brain Trust: The Council on Foreign Relations and United States Foreign Policy, Laurence H. Shoup, and William Minter, New York: Authors Choice Press, (Reprint), 2004.
Cloak of Green: The Links between Key Environmental Groups, Government and Big Business, Elaine Dewar, New York: Lorimer, 1995.
The Shah's Last Ride, William Shawcross, New York: Simon & Schuster, 1989.
Divided We Stand: A Biography of New York City's World Trade Center, Eric Darton, New York: Basic Books, 1999.
The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York, Robert Caro, New York: Random House, 1975.
The Rich and the Super-Rich: A Study in the Power of Money Today, Ferdinand Lundberg , New York: Lyle Stuart; Reprint Edition, 1988.
Global Manipulators: The Bilderberger Group... The Trilateral Commission... Covert Power Groups of the West, Robert Eringer, New York: Pentacle Books, 1980.
Interlock: The untold story of American banks, oil interests, the Shah's money, debts, and the astounding connections between them, Mark Hulbert, New York: Richardson & Snyder; 1st edition, 1982.
The Money Lenders: Bankers and a World in Turmoil, Anthony Sampson, New York: Viking Press, 1982.
The Chairman: John J. McCloy— The Making of the American Establishment, Kai Bird, New York: Simon & Schuster, 1992.
Cole, Patrick, David Rockefeller Pledges $225 Million to Family Fund, Bloomberg.com, 20 noiembrie 2006.
Di Mento, Maria and Ian Wilhelm, Continuing a Giving Tradition: David Rockefeller announces a $225-million pledge, The Chronicle of Philanthropy, RBF Web site, 20 noiembrie 2006.
Forbes.com, The World's Richest People, page 13, List for 2006.
Butler, Desmond O., Two U.N. Oil-for-Food Probers Resign, The Washington Times, 21 aprilie 2005, on the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies Web site; Two Resign Over U.N. Oil-for-Food Inquiry, The New York Times Archive, 21 aprilie 2005.
Barnes and Noble Web site: Selected Book Reviews of David Rockefeller's Memoirs, 2002.
The Rockefeller Archive Center, Collections: Rockefeller Family Archives; Contents, RAC Web site, 2006.
The Height of Ambition, New York Times (NYT) article of 8 septembrie 2002, detailing the original idea for the World Trade Center from Rockefeller, with the involvement of Robert Moses and Nelson.
Last of the Big-Time Rockefellers December, 1995 NYT article outlining the final decision on the family's finances and fate of Rockefeller Center in the hands of the five trustees on the Trust Committee earlier established by the family.