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Alida Rockefeller Messinger
American philanthropist
Alida Rockefeller Messinger (born 1948) is an American philanthropist who is an heir to the Rockefeller family fortune.[1]
A donor to Democratic candidates and environmentalist causes, she is the former of wife of Minnesota governor and U.S.
Senator Mark Dayton.[2] Messinger is also a sister of ex-West Virginia governor and U.S. Senator Jay Rockefeller. She has notably been a major donor to progressive political causes in her home state of Minnesota.[3]
Outside of activism, she is a former trustee of the Rockefeller Family Fund, a public charity started by her father and his siblings.
Her great-grandfather is John D. Rockefeller, the founder of the Standard Oil Company and widely considered to be the wealthiest American of all time and the richest person in modern history.[4]
Early life and family
Messinger was born in 1948.
She is the youngest daughter of John Davison Rockefeller