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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...good John D. and his evil twin, went partners with each other. The deeply pious Baptist Sunday-school teacher would work the rest of the week as a corporate Borgia--the worst of the "malefactors of great wealth," according to Teddy Roosevelt. In his parallel universe of philanthropy, the lipless, squinty skinflint would dispense hundreds of millions of dollars, which among many other things built the University of Chicago and transformed the entire field of medical education and research. Rockefeller's enemies simplified the puzzle by dismissing him as a hypocrite. Rockefeller, being a man of profound internal consistency...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: John D. Rockefeller: Oil In The Family | 6/15/1998 | See Source »

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