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Rockefeller was born in Oakland, California, on December 10, 1944, a twin daughter of Senator Charles Harting Percy (1919â2011) and Jeanne Valerie Dickerson, who died in 1947. She earned a Bachelor's degree at Stanford University and later studied at Morris Harvey College and West Virginia Wesleyan College. Her twin sister Valerie was murdered in 1966 at the family home by a mysterious intruder.NEWS,weblink Newly disclosed account surfaces in 1966 Valerie Percy murder case, The Chicago Tribune, June 14, 2011, Robert, McCoppin, Glenn, Wall, September 23, 2014, In 1967, she married John Davison "Jay" Rockefeller IV (born 1937). He is the son of John Davison Rockefeller III (1906â1978) and Blanchette Ferry Hooker (1909â1992) and is part of the famous Rockefeller family. She and her husband have four children and seven grandchildren.In 2005, she was diagnosed with colon cancer and underwent chemotherapy and radiation therapy.WEB, WETA's Percy Rockefeller Diagnosed With Cancer, 26 July 2005, 2015-07-28,weblink Her cancer has since metastasized in the bones.AV MEDIA, Watch now: Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies, 2015-07-28,weblink Her experience prompted her to convince filmmaker Ken Burns to produce the 2015 documentary (Cancer (film)|Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies). WEB, Dome - Diagnosis Inspires Documentary, 2015-07-28,weblink It is adapted from the book of the same name by Siddhartha Mukherjee.On November 21, 2019, she was awarded the National Medal of Arts by then-U.S. President Donald Trump.WEB, President Donald J. Trump to Award the National Medal of Arts and National Humanities Medal,weblink November 21, 2019, whitehouse.gov, NARA, National Archives, The Rockefellers live in the Northwest quadrant of Washington, DC and retain a permanent residence in Charleston, West Virginia."West Virginia's First Ladies," West Virginia Division of Culture and History, June 2007.Career
As First Lady of West Virginia, Rockefeller promoted the Public Broadcasting Service; helped establish a centralized system to assist mentally disabled children; and founded Mountain Artisans, a quilting business for low-income artisans. She also campaigned to bring down utility costs and to improve care for the elderly. After her husband was elected to the United States Senate in 1985, she became chief executive officer of WETA-TV in Washington, D.C. She later became chairwoman of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.(14 Sep 2008), weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20080914134232weblink">"Sharon Percy Rockefeller", WETA website (archived 25 Jan 2021): " . . . a member of the board of directors of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting for 12 years, including four years as chairman." She is a former member of the Steering Committee of the Bilderberg Group.WEB,weblink Former Steering Committee Members, bilderbergmeetings.org, Bilderberg Group, 2014-02-08, 2014-02-02,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20140202095633weblink">weblink dead, She has also been the chairperson of the National Gallery of Art.WEB,weblink National Gallery of Art Names Darren Walker Trustee, Mitchell Rales Appointed President, Selvin, Claire, 2019-09-27, ARTnews, en-US, 2019-09-28,References
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