Hope Aldrich Rockefeller (born May 17, 1938) is a retired American newspaper publisher and businesswoman. Rockefeller was born on May 17, 1938, the eldest daughter of philanthropist John Davison Rockefeller III and his wife Blanchette Ferry Hooker. She is a great-granddaughter of

John D. Rockefeller John Davison Rockefeller Sr. (July 8, 1839 – May 23, 1937) was an American business magnate and philanthropist. He has been widely considered the wealthiest American of all time and the richest person in modern history. Rockefeller was ...

. Her paternal grandparents were John D. Rockefeller, Jr. and

Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Abigail Greene Aldrich Rockefeller (October 26, 1874 – April 5, 1948) was an American socialite and philanthropist. She was a prominent member of the Rockefeller family through her marriage to financier and philanthropist John D. Rockefel ...

and her maternal grandfather was Elon Huntington Hooker.

Early life and career

She grew up in

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and Mount Pleasant, New York. Hope pursued a career in

journalism Journalism is the production and distribution of reports on the interaction of events, facts, ideas, and people that are the " news of the day" and that informs society to at least some degree. The word, a noun, applies to the occupation (pro ...

and has worked for Long Island's '' Newsday'',

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's ''

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'', New York's ''

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'', and the ''

Washington Monthly ''Washington Monthly'' is a bimonthly, nonprofit magazine of United States politics and government that is based in Washington, D.C. The magazine is known for its annual ranking of American colleges and universities, which serves as an alterna ...

''. In 1978, she joined ''

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'' in Santa Fe, New Mexico to work for Richard McCord as a news reporter. In 1988, she acquired the newspaper from him, and became a publisher.

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Rockefeller married John Spencer (born February 3, 1930) on July 5, 1959, in Irvington, New York. They resided in Santa Fe, New Mexico were she published her weekly newspaper until their divorce. They had three sons; *David "Dave" Hooker Spencer (born December 1, 1961), a

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advocate *Benjamin Murray Spencer (December 11, 1964 - June 24, 1989) *Theodore Spencer (born August 3, 1966), a trustee of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund In 1996, Rockefeller was New Mexico's third wealthiest resident, with an approximate net worth of $250 million ($475 million adjusted to inflation in 2022). After her divorce and retirement she relocated to Corona del Mar, California were she is a resident to this day. Her former husband moved back to

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SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BOOKS ON THE ROCKEFELLER FAMILY AND THEIR PHILANTHROPIES
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Rockefeller family Winthrop family 1938 births Living people People from Santa Fe, New Mexico American people of English descent American people of German descent 20th-century American journalists {{US-journalist-1930s-stub

Early life and career

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