Abby Rockefeller Mauzé

Who was Abby Rockefeller Mauzé?

Abigail Aldrich "Abby" Rockefeller was an American philanthropist. She was first child and only daughter of philanthropists John Davison Rockefeller, Jr. and Abigail Greene "Abby" Aldrich. She was commonly referred to as "Babs" to avoid confusion with her mother. She and her five brothers carried on the Rockefeller family tradition of philanthropy stemming back to their paternal grandparents John Davison Rockefeller, Sr. and Laura Celestia "Cettie" Spelman.

Unlike her famous brothers, she always remained out of the public eye. Among the many positions she held were: membership of the Board of Trustees of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, set up by her and her brothers in 1940; advisory member of the Board of Trustees of the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center,; and honorary trustee of the Rockefeller Family Fund, founded by various family members in 1967.

She was also a benefactor of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the YWCA, New York Hospital, the Museum of Modern Art; the New York Zoological Society; and the Asia Society, which was established by another brother, John D. Rockefeller III.