大衛•洛克菲勒去世 享年101歲大綱

David Rockefeller
大衛.洛克菲勒(David Rockefeller)

Banker-philanthropist
銀行家 - 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 civic duty, he left his mark on a wide range of institutions and the Manhattan skyline.
大衛?洛克菲勒去世，享年101歲，他是家族同輩人中的最後一位。作爲一名老派的銀行家-政治家，他在大通曼哈頓(Chase Manhattan)處於巔峯的時期執掌該行，當時債券交易員尚未主宰國際金融世界。作爲一名具有敏銳公民責任感的慈善家，他在衆多機構和曼哈頓天際線上留下了自己的印記。

Born on June 12 1915, he became the most eminent 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 celebrated governor of New York state, it was David who left the deepest impression in business and public life.
他出生於1915年6月12日，是家族最知名的第三代成員，這個家族建立在約翰?D?洛克菲勒(John D?Rockefeller)創建的標準石油(Standard Oil)所帶來的財富的基礎上。他是小約翰(John D Jr)的五個兒子中最小的一個（還有一個女兒）。儘管兄長納爾遜(Nelson)成爲獲得讚譽的紐約州州長，但大衛在商業和公共生活中留下了最深的印記。

In the 1960s and 1970s, he came to be seen by many as the leading emissary for western capitalism. In the developing world and behind the iron curtain, he was habitually greeted as though he was a head of state.
在20世紀六、七十年代，他被許多人視爲西方資本主義的主要使者。在發展中世界和鐵幕後面，他習慣性地受到國家元首般的歡迎。

As he said of a 1964 meeting with Nikita Khrushchev: “The Soviets 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.”
正如他在談到1964年與尼基塔?赫魯曉夫(Nikita Khrushchev)的會晤時所說的：“蘇聯人寧願與他們認爲是真正的資本家的人打交道，而不願與他們認爲是空談社會主義者的人瞎扯。再說他們相信自己的宣傳，以爲我真的在掌管國家。”

The constant travelling and personal contacts — Rockefeller is said to have met 200 heads of state in 40 years — undoubtedly 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.”
不斷的旅行和私人聯繫——洛克菲勒據信在40年裏會晤了200位國家元首——無疑幫助爲大通和其他美資銀行打開了世界的大門。但這種頻繁旅行也受到洛克菲勒增進國與國之間理解的願望激勵。正如大通的一名前同事所說的：“他首先是一個國際主義者，其次纔是一個國際銀行家。”

David joined the family bank at the age of 30 and with a doctorate in economics. From his family estate on the banks of the Hudson river, the Chase chairman lived the life of a financial potentate, entertaining visiting heads of state and financiers.
大衛在30歲時進入家族銀行，那時他已獲得經濟學博士學位。在他坐落於哈德遜河岸邊的家族莊園，這位大通董事長過着金融君主的生活，經常款待到訪的國家元首和金融家。

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.
在與赫魯曉夫和周恩來進行不公開會談後，大通成爲首家在莫斯科開設辦事處、並與中國國有的中國銀行(Bank of China)建立代理關係的美資銀行。

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 seizure of the US embassy in Tehran and a long hostage crisis.
洛克菲勒幫助伊朗前國王在1979年革命後找到流亡居所，後來到美國接受醫療——這一事件導致美國駐德黑蘭大使館被佔領，釀成一場曠日持久的人質危機。

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.
一個國際政治家的生活並不總是與現代銀行高管的職責完美相容，大通在20世紀70年代初表現不佳。

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.
在發現3300萬美元債券交易損失被掩蓋後，他提拔了維拉德?布徹(Willard Butcher)接管該行的日常事務。

Rockefeller also left his mark on New York. While his father had created the landmark Rockefeller Center and brother John D?III the Lincoln Center for the performing Arts, David produced One Chase Plaza, one of the earliest downtown office towers.
洛克菲勒也在紐約留下了自己的印記。他的父親創建了標誌性的洛克菲勒中心(Rockefeller Center)，他的兄長約翰?洛克菲勒三世(John D. Rockefeller III)創建了林肯表演藝術中心(Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts)，而大衛開發了大通曼哈頓廣場一號(One Chase Manhattan Plaza)，那是曼哈頓下城最早的辦公樓之一。

He was instrumental, with his governor brother, in forming a coalition of business interests that gave birth to the twin towers of the World Trade Center.
他與他的州長哥哥推動成立了一個商業利益聯盟，該聯盟後來締造了世界貿易中心(World Trade Center)這座雙塔建築。

Rockefeller had a mild, soft-spoken manner and exhibited an ability to live sensibly with vast wealth.
洛克菲勒言談舉止溫文爾雅，並展現出能夠在擁有巨大財富的情況下過着節制有度的生活。

He was predeceased by his son Richard and his wife Peggy.
他的妻子佩吉(Peggy)和兒子理查德(Richard)都先於他去世。