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Winthrop Paul "Win" Rockefeller (born September 17 , 1948 ), is currently Lieutenant Governor of the U.S. State of Arkansas . He is the son of former governor Winthrop Rockefeller , and a member of the famous Rockefeller Family . He was elected Lt. Governor in a 1996 special election triggered by the resignation of Governor Jim Guy Tucker and the promotion of then-Lt. Governor Mike Huckabee . Rockefeller was subsequently re-elected in 1998 to a full four-year term, receiving 67% of the vote. In 1997 , he created ''Books in the Attic'', a program using existing resources and volunteers to ensure access to reading opportunities for all children. He was elected once again in 2002 with 60% of the vote. Rockefeller is well known for representing the more Liberal Wing of the Republican Party in Arkansas. In the past, he has drawn a great deal of criticism from conservatives for his support of Planned Parenthood and legal Abortion . Religious political activists have criticized a fundraiser he held in his home in support of the organization. {Link without Title} Rockefeller is the immediate past president of the Quapaw Area Council of the Boy Scouts Of America and currently serves on the Boy Scouts National Board of Directors. He served from 1981 to 1995 on the Arkansas State Police Commission . In 1991 , he was appointed by President George H. W. Bush to serve on the President’s Council On Rural America and was elected chairman. Rockefeller serves as chief executive of Winrock Farms, Inc. and has interests in various small businesses around the state in the areas of retailing, automobiles, farming and the resort industry. He is an active member of the National Federation Of Independent Business . He attended Pembroke College , Oxford University and graduated from Texas Christian University . Lt. Governor Rockefeller had announced his candidacy for governor and was expected to face the more conservative Asa Hutchinson , a former Congressman and Homeland Security undersecretary, in the Republican primary election in May 2006. However, on July 20 , 2005 he bowed out of the race citing a blood disorder that could develop into Leukemia if untreated. He underwent a Bone Marrow Transplant in October 2005 , but it was unsuccessful, necessitating a second bone marrow transplant in March 2006 . EXTERNAL LINKS
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