Hope Aldrich Rockefeller Spencer (born May 17, 1938) is the daughter of John D. Rockefeller, III, and Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller. Her older brother is Jay Rockefeller

Jay Rockefeller

John Davison "Jay" Rockefeller IV is the senior United States Senator from West Virginia. He was first elected to the Senate in 1984, while in office as Governor of West Virginia, a position he held from 1977 to 1985...

, the prominent Democratic

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 U.S. senator

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 from West Virginia

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. She is a great-granddaughter of John D. Rockefeller

John D. Rockefeller

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 I, the Standard Oil

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 founder.

Aldrich pursued a career in journalism

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 and has worked for Long Island

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's Newsday

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, Beijing

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's China Daily

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, New York's The Village Voice

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, and the Washington Monthly. She worked for the Santa Fe Reporter in the 1980s before she bought the newspaper and became its publisher.

She continues to reside in New Mexico

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 and as of 1996, Aldrich was New Mexico's third wealthiest resident. Her net worth was approximately $250 million at that time. She now lives in Corona Del Mar, California.

Married in 1959 to John Spencer

John Spencer

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 (February 3, 1930–) (a descendant from a second cousin of Mary Anna Randolph Custis

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 and through him from Charles II, King of England and King of Scotland

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), they were the parents of:

• David Hooker Spencer (December 1, 1961–)
• Benjamin Murray Spencer (December 11, 1964–)
• Theodore Spencer (August 3, 1966–)