MUSEUM

Founded in New York City by the Rockefeller Family, 1929.

Official Website:
http://www.moma.org/

Location:
Manhattan, NY

Founding Date:
7-Nov-1929

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Ansel Adams	Photographer	20-Feb-1902	22-Apr-1984	Yosemite photographer
Sid Bass	Business	1942		Fort Worth Billionaire
Leon Black	Business	c. 1951		Billionaire, Apollo Management
Eli Broad	Business	6-Jun-1933		Billionaire
Gordon Bunshaft	Architect	9-May-1909	6-Aug-1990	Skyscraper architect
Willard C. Butcher	Business	25-Oct-1926	25-Aug-2012	CEO of Chase Manhattan Bank, 1980-91
Kitty Carlisle	Singer	3-Sep-1910	18-Apr-2007	A Night at the Opera
Russell L. Carson	Business	1943		Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe
Anne Cox Chambers	Business	1-Dec-1919		Billionaire, former US Ambassador to Belgium
Gustavo Cisneros	Business	1945		Billionaire Venezuelan media mogul
Steve Cohen	Business	11-Jun-1956		Hedge fund billionaire
Leon G. Cooperman	Business	c. 1943		Omega Advisors, Inc.
Samuel Eilenberg	Mathematician	30-Sep-1913	30-Jan-1998	Category theory
Carol B. Einiger	Business	c. 1948		Post Rock Advisors LLC
Vartan Gregorian	Educator	8-Apr-1934		President of Carnegie Corporation
Philip Johnson	Architect	8-Jul-1906	25-Jan-2005	The Glass House
Jeff Koons	Sculptor	21-Jan-1955		Artistic hack, Cicciolina's ex-husband
Marie-Josée Kravis	Economist	11-Sep-1949		President of MoMA
Mary Lasker	Activist	30-Nov-1900	21-Feb-1994	Health care advocate
Ronald S. Lauder	Business	26-Feb-1944		US Ambassador to Austria, 1986-87
Leonard Maltin	Critic	18-Dec-1950		Film critic
Donald Marron	Business	21-Jul-1934		PaineWebber CEO
Henry S. Morgan	Business	24-Oct-1900	8-Feb-1982	Co-Founder of Morgan Stanley
Peter Norton	Computer Programmer	14-Nov-1943		Retired computer utilities programmer
Frank O'Hara	Poet	27-Jun-1926	25-Jul-1966	Meditations in an Emergency
Richard Parsons	Business	4-Apr-1948		CEO of Time Warner, 2002-07
Peter G. Peterson	Business	5-Jun-1926		Chairman, Council on Foreign Relations
David Rockefeller	Business	12-Jun-1915		Founder of the Trilateral Commission
Nelson Rockefeller	Politician	8-Jul-1908	26-Jan-1979	Ford's Vice President
Sharon Percy Rockefeller	Business	10-Dec-1944		CEO of WETA Public Broadcasting
Richard E. Salomon	Business	c. 1942		Chairman of Mecox Ventures
Jon A. Shirley	Business	1938		President and COO of Microsoft, 1983-90
Jerry I. Speyer	Business	23-Jun-1940		Tishman Speyer Properties
Edward Steichen	Photographer	27-Mar-1879	25-Mar-1973	Photo-Secessionist
Kirk Varnedoe	Curator	19-Jan-1946	15-Aug-2003	Curator at MOMA, 1988-2001
Clifton R. Wharton, Jr.	Business	13-Sep-1926		CEO of TIAA-CREF, 1987-92
John Hay Whitney	Business	17-Aug-1904	8-Feb-1982	New York Herald Tribune
Gary Winnick	Business	13-Oct-1947		Founder of Global Crossing

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