David Rockefeller

大卫.洛克菲勒(David Rockefeller)

Banker-philanthropist

银行家 - 慈善家

1915-2017

1915-2017年

David Rockefeller, who has died aged 101, was the last of a breed. An old-style banker-statesman, he ran Chase Manhattan at the height of its power in an era before bond traders came to dominate the world of international finance. A philanthropist with a keen sense of civic¹ duty, he left his mark on a wide range of institutions and the Manhattan skyline.

大卫?洛克菲勒去世，享年101岁，他是家族同辈人中的最后一位。作为一名老派的银行家-政治家，他在大通曼哈顿(Chase Manhattan)处于巅峰的时期执掌该行，当时债券交易员尚未主宰国际金融世界。作为一名具有敏锐公民责任感的慈善家，他在众多机构和曼哈顿天际线上留下了自己的印记。

Born on June 12 1915, he became the most eminent² third-generation member of the dynasty founded on John D?Rockefeller's Standard Oil fortune. He was the youngest of the five sons of John D Jr (there was also a daughter). And while Nelson became a celebrated³ governor of New York state, it was David who left the deepest impression in business and public life.

他出生于1915年6月12日，是家族最知名的第三代成员，这个家族建立在约翰?D?洛克菲勒(John D?Rockefeller)创建的标准石油(Standard Oil)所带来的财富的基础上。他是小约翰(John D Jr)的五个儿子中最小的一个（还有一个女儿）。尽管兄长纳尔逊(Nelson)成为获得赞誉的纽约州州长，但大卫在商业和公共生活中留下了最深的印记。

In the 1960s and 1970s, he came to be seen by many as the leading emissary for western capitalism⁴. In the developing world and behind the iron curtain, he was habitually⁵ greeted as though he was a head of state.

在20世纪六、七十年代，他被许多人视为西方资本主义的主要使者。在发展中世界和铁幕后面，他习惯性地受到国家元首般的欢迎。

As he said of a 1964 meeting with Nikita Khrushchev: “The Soviets⁶ would rather deal with what they consider to be a real capitalist than somebody they think is a parlour pink. Furthermore, they believe their own propaganda and think I really run the country.”

正如他在谈到1964年与尼基塔?赫鲁晓夫(Nikita Khrushchev)的会晤时所说的：“苏联人宁愿与他们认为是真正的资本家的人打交道，而不愿与他们认为是空谈社会主义者的人瞎扯。再说他们相信自己的宣传，以为我真的在掌管国家。”

The constant travelling and personal contacts — Rockefeller is said to have met 200 heads of state in 40 years — undoubtedly⁷ helped open the world for Chase and other US banks. But his frequent tours were motivated as much by Rockefeller’s desire to promote understanding between nations. As a former colleague at Chase put it: “He was an internationalist first and an international banker second.”

不断的旅行和私人联系——洛克菲勒据信在40年里会晤了200位国家元首——无疑帮助为大通和其他美资银行打开了世界的大门。但这种频繁旅行也受到洛克菲勒增进国与国之间理解的愿望激励。正如大通的一名前同事所说的：“他首先是一个国际主义者，其次才是一个国际银行家。”

David joined the family bank at the age of 30 and with a doctorate⁸ in economics. From his family estate⁹ on the banks of the Hudson river, the Chase chairman lived the life of a financial potentate¹⁰, entertaining visiting heads of state and financiers.

大卫在30岁时进入家族银行，那时他已获得经济学博士学位。在他坐落于哈德逊河岸边的家族庄园，这位大通董事长过着金融君主的生活，经常款待到访的国家元首和金融家。

After private meetings with Khrushchev and China’s Zhou Enlai, Chase became the first US bank to open a representative office in Moscow and establish a correspondent relationship with state-controlled Bank of China.

在与赫鲁晓夫和周恩来进行不公开会谈后，大通成为首家在莫斯科开设办事处、并与中国国有的中国银行(Bank of China)建立代理关系的美资银行。

Rockefeller helped the former Shah of Iran find a home in exile after the 1979 revolution and later to enter the US for medical treatment — an event that led to the seizure¹¹ of the US embassy in Tehran and a long hostage crisis.

洛克菲勒帮助伊朗前国王在1979年革命后找到流亡居所，后来到美国接受医疗——这一事件导致美国驻德黑兰大使馆被占领，酿成一场旷日持久的人质危机。

The life of an international statesman did not always sit comfortably with the responsibilities of a modern bank executive, and Chase performed poorly in the early 1970s.

一个国际政治家的生活并不总是与现代银行高管的职责完美相容，大通在20世纪70年代初表现不佳。

After the discovery that a $33m bond trading loss had been covered up, he promoted Willard Butcher to take charge of the bank’s day-to-day affairs.

在发现3300万美元债券交易损失被掩盖后，他提拔了维拉德?布彻(Willard Butcher)接管该行的日常事务。

Rockefeller also left his mark on New York. While his father had created the landmark¹² Rockefeller Center and brother John D?III the Lincoln Center for the performing arts, David produced One Chase Plaza¹³, one of the earliest downtown office towers.

洛克菲勒也在纽约留下了自己的印记。他的父亲创建了标志性的洛克菲勒中心(Rockefeller Center)，他的兄长约翰?洛克菲勒三世(John D. Rockefeller III)创建了林肯表演艺术中心(Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts)，而大卫开发了大通曼哈顿广场一号(One Chase Manhattan Plaza)，那是曼哈顿下城最早的办公楼之一。

He was instrumental, with his governor brother, in forming a coalition¹⁴ of business interests that gave birth to the twin towers of the World Trade Center.

他与他的州长哥哥推动成立了一个商业利益联盟，该联盟后来缔造了世界贸易中心(World Trade Center)这座双塔建筑。

Rockefeller had a mild, soft-spoken manner and exhibited an ability to live sensibly with vast wealth.

洛克菲勒言谈举止温文尔雅，并展现出能够在拥有巨大财富的情况下过着节制有度的生活。

He was predeceased by his son Richard and his wife Peggy.

他的妻子佩吉(Peggy)和儿子理查德(Richard)都先于他去世。