Richard Gilder Rockefeller was a family physician in Falmouth, Maine, who practiced and taught medicine in Portland, Maine, from 1982 to 2000.
11 Facts About Richard Rockefeller
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Richard Rockefeller was a son of David Rockefeller, a grandson of financier and philanthropist John D Rockefeller Jr.
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Richard Rockefeller was a grandson of American financier John D Rockefeller Jr.
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Richard Rockefeller obtained an undergraduate degree from Harvard University, a master's degree in Education, and a medical degree from Harvard Medical School.
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Richard Rockefeller was chairman of the United States Advisory Board of Doctors Without Borders from 1989 until 2010, and served on the board of Rockefeller University in New York City until 2006.
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Richard Rockefeller gave an inspiring talk at the San Francisco Commonwealth Club about the use of MDMA-assisted psychotherapy to treat PTSD.
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Richard Rockefeller was the founder and former chairman of Hour Exchange Portland, a service credit barter in Portland and throughout the state of Maine.
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Richard Rockefeller served as chairman of the board of Maine Coast Heritage Trust from 2000 to 2006.
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At the time of his death, Richard Rockefeller, an experienced pilot, was flying home after visiting his father at the Richard Rockefeller family estate in Pocantico Hills, a hamlet in the town of Mount Pleasant, New York.
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The family patriarch, his father, David Richard Rockefeller, had celebrated his 99th birthday on June 12,2014.
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Richard Rockefeller was the only one of the six siblings to have died during his father's lifetime.