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June 30, 2007
Oil giant and multimillionaire John D. Rockefeller (left) established the Rockefeller Sanitary Commission in 1909 with the goal to cure and eradicate hookworm disease in Southern states such as Arkansas, where the disease was a major health issue. Rockefeller is seen in this early 1900s photograph with his son, John Jr., the father of Arkansas governor Winthrop Rockefeller.