He attended Phillips Academy Andover[1] and later Yale University, at the same time as family friend George H. W.
[2] Godfrey spent 25 years in the commercial helicopter industry, working for Bell Helicopters as Chief Pilot; Peter Wright, Sr. recalled that he once landed a 32-foot (9.8 m) Bell 47 on a 40-foot (12 m) wide tennis court "because he did not want to ruin the lawn!
[2] Rockefeller "played an important role in the founding and creation" of the World Wildlife Fund, which included "hiring the first staff and chief scientist",[3] and later served as its executive director from 1972 to 1978.
Rockefeller owned a home on Gibson Island in Maryland and was keenly interested in the preservation of the failing Chesapeake Bay.
Following his unexpected death on January 22, 2010, at the St. Andrew's Club in Delray Beach, Florida, where he also owned a home, the Gibson Island community honored him by flying their flag at half-mast.