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Skull and Bones Society

ORGANIZATION

Founded in 1832 at Yale University. Originally called the Eulogian Club. The society owns Deer Island in the St. Lawrence River.

Location:
New Haven, CT

Founding Date:
1832

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Victor Ashe
Diplomat
1-Jan-1945   US Ambassador to Poland
Thomas W. Ludlow Ashley
Politician
11-Jan-1923 15-Jun-2010 Congressman from Ohio, 1955-81
Roy L. Austin
Diplomat
13-Dec-1939   US Ambassador to Trinidad
David L. Boren
Politician
21-Apr-1941   Governor and Senator from Oklahoma
Lloyd W. Bowers
Attorney
9-Mar-1859 9-Sep-1910 US Solicitor General, 1909-10
Frank B. Brandegee
Politician
8-Jul-1864 14-Oct-1924 US Senator, committed suicide
Christopher Buckley
Novelist
24-Dec-1952   Thank You for Smoking
James L. Buckley
Politician
9-Mar-1923   US Senator from New York, 1971-77
William F. Buckley
Columnist
24-Nov-1925 27-Feb-2008 National Review
Mac Bundy
Government
30-Mar-1919 16-Sep-1996 National Security Advisor, 1961-66
William Bundy
Government
24-Sep-1917 6-Oct-2000 Cold War advisor to JFK, LBJ
George H.W. Bush
Head of State
12-Jun-1924   41st US President, 1989-93
George W. Bush
Head of State
6-Jul-1946   43rd US President, 2001-09
Jonathan J. Bush
Relative
6-May-1931   Brother of George H.W. Bush
Prescott Bush
Politician
15-May-1895 8-Oct-1972 US Senator from Connecticut, 1952-63
Henry Sloane Coffin
Religion
5-Jan-1877 25-Nov-1954 Meaning of the Cross
William Sloane Coffin
Activist
1-Jun-1924 12-Apr-2006 Civilly disobedient chaplain
Chauncey Depew
Politician
23-Apr-1834 5-Apr-1928 Co-Founder of the Pilgrims Society
Bill Donaldson
Government
2-Jun-1931   SEC Chairman, 2003-05
Timothy Dwight
Educator
14-May-1752 11-Jan-1817 President of Yale, 1795-1817
Irving Fisher
Economist
27-Feb-1867 29-Apr-1947 The Theory of Interest
Evan Griffith Galbraith
Business
2-Jul-1928 21-Jan-2008 US Ambassador to France, 1981-85
Austan D. Goolsbee
Economist
18-Aug-1969   Chair, Council of Economic Advisers, 2010-11
Earl G. Graves, Jr.
Business
5-Jan-1962   Black Enterprise magazine
Thomas Guinzburg
Publisher
30-Mar-1926 8-Sep-2010 Former owner, Viking Press
W. Averell Harriman
Diplomat
15-Nov-1891 26-Jul-1986 Ambassador to USSR, Governor of NY
Francis Burton Harrison
Politician
18-Dec-1873 21-Nov-1957 Drug prohibition
John Heinz
Politician
23-Oct-1938 4-Apr-1991 US Senator from Pennsylvania, 1977-91
Robert Kagan
Government
26-Sep-1958   Influential neocon, cofounded PNAC
Larry Kelley
Football
30-May-1915 27-Jun-2000 Winner, 1936 Heisman Trophy
John Kerry
Politician
11-Dec-1943   US Secretary of State
Eddie Lampert
Business
19-Jul-1962   Billionaire, Chairman of Sears
Winston Lord
Diplomat
17-Aug-1937   President, Council on Foreign Relations, 1977-85
Vernon R. Loucks, Jr.
Business
c. 1935   CEO of Baxter International, 1980-99
Henry R. Luce
Business
3-Apr-1898 28-Feb-1967 Founded Time Magazine
Archibald Macleish
Poet
7-May-1892 20-Apr-1982 Conquistador
Franklin MacVeagh
Government
22-Nov-1837 6-Jul-1934 US Treasury Secretary, 1909-13
F. O. Matthiessen
Critic
19-Feb-1902 1-Apr-1950 American Renaissance
Robert D. McCallum, Jr.
Diplomat
1946   US Ambassador to Australia
David McCullough
Historian
7-Jul-1933   The American Experience
Dana Milbank
Journalist
27-Apr-1968   Washington Post White House reporter
Donald Grant Mitchell
Author
12-Apr-1822 15-Dec-1908 Reveries of a Bachelor
John Negroponte
Diplomat
21-Jul-1939   US Ambassador to the UN, 2001-04
Stephen A. Schwarzman
Business
14-Feb-1947   Co-Founder, Blackstone Group
Frederick W. Smith
Business
11-Aug-1944   Founder and CEO of Federal Express
Amos Alonzo Stagg
Football
16-Aug-1862 17-Mar-1965 Mr. Football
Potter Stewart
Judge
23-Jan-1915 7-Dec-1985 US Supreme Court Justice, 1958-81
Henry L. Stimson
Government
21-Sep-1867 20-Oct-1950 US Secretary of War 1911-13, 1940-45
William Graham Sumner
Educator
30-Oct-1840 12-Apr-1910 Laissez faire sociologist
Alphonso Taft
Government
5-Nov-1810 21-May-1891 Attorney General under Grant
William Howard Taft
Head of State
15-Sep-1857 8-Mar-1930 27th US President, 1909-13
Strobe Talbott
Government
25-Apr-1946   Time journalist, Deputy Secy. of State
James W. Wadsworth, Jr.
Politician
12-Aug-1877 21-Jun-1952 US Senator from New York, 1915-27
Morrison Waite
Judge
29-Nov-1816 23-Mar-1888 US Chief Justice, 1874-88
George Herbert Walker III
Diplomat
c. 1931   US Ambassador to Hungary, 2003-06
William H. Welch
Scientist
8-Apr-1850 30-Apr-1934 Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
James Whitmore
Actor
1-Oct-1921 6-Feb-2009 Give 'em Hell, Harry!
William C. Whitney
Business
5-Jul-1841 2-Feb-1904 US Secretary of the Navy, 1885-89




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