David Rockefeller in 1981.

David Rockefeller, then a student in the London School of Economics endowed by his father, John D. Rockefeller Jr., picks up his own milk in London on Nov. 29, 1937. The photo caption at the time said: "Young Rockefeller lives in modest rooms, five flights up, which he rents from Sir William Beveridge, former director of the school."

David Rockefeller working in his office at Rockefeller Center on Dec. 8, 1939 in New York.

Officers of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace – including Harvey H. Bundy, left, Joseph E. Johnson, and David Rockefeller – look at a cornerstone in United Nations Plaza in New York, Oct. 19, 1953.

In this Nov. 28, 1967 photo, the five Rockefeller brothers meet in New York to receive gold medals from the National Institute of Social Sciences. From left are: David Rockefeller, then-president of the Chase Manhattan Bank; Winthrop Rockefeller, governor of Arkansas; Frank Pace, president of the NISS; John D. Rockefeller 3rd, chairman of the Rockefeller Foundation; Nelson Rockefeller, governor of New York; and Laurence Rockefeller, a conservation adviser to President Johnson.

President Ronald Reagan greets David Rockefeller, then-chairman of the Council Americas, on May 8, 1984, at the State Department, where Reagan addressed a meeting of the council.

Multiple generations of the Rockefeller family come together for a group photo during the Audubon Society's Centennial Gala at New York's Museum of Natural History. The family was presented with the 2005 Audubon Medal for its conservation achievements during the past 100 years.

David Rockefeller, his daughter Neva Rockfeller Goodwin, left, and Eileen Rockfeller, right, talk at a May 22, 2015, ceremony on Mount Desert Island marking the gift of more than 1,000 acres of woodlands, streams, hiking trails and carriage roads abutting Acadia National Park to the Mount Desert Island & Garden Preserve. Rockefeller described his donation as a "gift to all the people of Maine."