| Allison Whipple Rockefeller | |
| Birth Name: | Allison Hall Whipple |
| Birth Date: | 20 November 1958 |
| Birth Place: | Manhattan, New York, U.S. |
| Education: | B.A. Hamilton College 1980 |
| Alma Mater: | Trinity-Pawling School |
| Occupation: | Philanthropist, conservationist |
| Spouse: | Peter C. Rockefeller |
| Relatives: | Rodman Rockefeller (father-in-law) George Whipple III (brother) |
| Family: | Rockefeller family |
Allison Hall Whipple Rockefeller (November 20, 1958[1]) is an American conservationist.[2] [3]
She is the daughter of advertising executive George Carroll Whipple Jr. and JoeAnn Whipple.[4] She graduated from Trinity-Pawling School and received a B.A. from Hamilton College in 1980. In 1987, She married Peter Clark Rockefeller, a son of Rodman C. and Barbara Olsen Rockefeller of New York; and grandson of Nelson A. Rockefeller, a New York Governor and U.S. vice president.[5] She is the sister of lawyer and NY1 society reporter George Whipple III.[6] [7]
The Whipple family is descended from John Whipple, an early settler in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, and became established in the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. Through her father, she is a descendant of Senator Daniel Webster, founding father William Whipple, and signers of the United States Declaration of Independence Charles Carroll of Carrollton and Stephen Hopkins.[8]