Henry Kissinger Wife: Who is Nancy Kissinger?

Nancy Sharon Kissinger is an American philanthropist and socialite, and the wife of former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger.

The couple has been married since March 30, 1974. They now live in Kent, Connecticut, and New York City.

Nancy Kissinger was born in Manhattan and grew up in White Plains, New York. Her parents were Agnes and Albert Bristol Maginnes, a wealthy lawyer and football player.

In 1955, she received a B.A. in history from Mount Holyoke College. She was a long-time aide to New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller before her marriage, whom Kissinger recommended to him in 1964 while she was a student at Harvard.

Her first job was as Kissinger’s researcher on a Rockefeller task force; once the task force’s work was completed, she went on to work for Rockefeller at the Rockefeller Brothers Fund. She later worked as the director of international studies for Rockefeller’s Commission on Critical Choices for Americans.