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Skull and Bones entry from the 1948 Yale Banner. Former President George Herbert Walker Bush is listed fourth down.

Skull and Bones, a secret society at Yale University, was founded in 1832. Until 1971, the organization published annual membership rosters, which were kept at Yale's library. In this list of notable Bonesmen, the number in parentheses represents the cohort year of Skull and Bones, as well as their graduation year from Yale. Image File history File links Question_book-3. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (648x1467, 880 KB)Skull and Bones entry from the 1948 Yale Banner. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (648x1467, 880 KB)Skull and Bones entry from the 1948 Yale Banner. ... For the pirate flag, see Jolly Roger. ... For the Europe album, see Secret Society (Europe album). ... Yale redirects here. ... Sterling Memorial Library Sterling Memorial Library is the largest library at Yale University, containing over 4 million volumes in over 15 floors. ...

As there are no official rosters published post 1982, membership for later years is highly speculative, and there are some who claim them to be a power elite.^[1] A Power Elite, in political and sociological theory, is a small group of people who control a disproportionate amount of the means of production and access to decision-makers in a political system. ...

Founders

• William Huntington Russell (1832), Connecticut State Legislator^[2]
• Alphonso Taft (1832), U.S. Attorney General (1876–1877); Secretary of War (1876); Ambassador to Austria-Hungary (1882) and Russia (1884–1885); father of William Howard Taft^[3]

William Huntington Russell (1809-1885) was a co-founder of the Skull and Bones society at Yale University in 1832, along with his classmate Alphonso Taft. ... Alphonso Taft (November 5, 1810 – May 21, 1891) was the Attorney General and Secretary of War under President Ulysses S. Grant and the founder of an American political dynasty. ... The United States Attorney General is the head of the United States Department of Justice concerned with legal affairs and is the chief law enforcement officer of the United States government. ... The Secretary of War was a member of the United States Presidents Cabinet, beginning with George Washingtons administration. ... Austria-Hungary, also known as the Dual monarchy (or: the k. ... For other persons named William Howard Taft, see William Howard Taft (disambiguation). ...

1830s

• Morrison R. Waite (1837), U.S. Supreme Court Justice^[4]
• William Maxwell Evarts (1837), U.S. Secretary of State; Attorney General; Senator; grandson of Roger Sherman^[5][6]

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1840s

Timothy Dwight (Bones 1849), President of Yale (1886-1899) and one of a number of Bonesmen to go on to posts at the university

• Timothy Dwight V (1849), Yale acting Treasurer 1887–1889, Yale President 1886–1899^[7]

Timothy Dwight, D.D., LL.D., President of Yale University. ... Timothy Dwight, D.D., LL.D., President of Yale University. ... Timothy Dwight V (1828 - 1916) was President of Yale University from 1886 through 1899. ...

1850s

• Daniel Coit Gilman (1852), president of the University of California, Johns Hopkins University, and the Carnegie Institution^[8]
• Andrew Dickson White (1853), Co-founder and first President of Cornell University^{[citation needed]}
• William Henry Gleason (1853), Lt. Governor of Florida; founder of Eau Gallie, Florida; lawyer and land speculator^{[citation needed]}
• Chauncey Depew (1855), U.S. Senator (R-New York 1899–1911)^[9]
• John T. Croxton (1857), Union Army general during the American Civil War and later the U.S. Ambassador to Bolivia.

Daniel Coit Gilman Daniel Coit Gilman (July 6, 1831-October 13, 1908) was an American educator. ... Berkeley Davis Irvine Los Angeles Merced Riverside San Diego Santa Barbara Santa Cruz UC Office of the President in Oakland The University of California (UC) is a public university system in the state of California. ... The Johns Hopkins University, founded in 1876, is a private institution of higher learning located in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. ... The Carnegie Institution of Washington (CIW) is a foundation established by Andrew Carnegie in 1902 to support scientific research. ... Andrew Dickson White in 1885 Andrew Dickson White (November 7, 1832 – November 4, 1918) was a U.S. diplomat, author, and educator, best known as the co-founder of Cornell University. ... Cornell redirects here. ... William Henry Gleason was born in 1829. ... Eau Gallie, an independent city in Brevard County, Florida from the mid-1800s to 1969 when citizens voted to merge with neighboring Melbourne, Florida. ... Chauncey M. Depew Chauncey Mitchell Depew (April 23, 1834 – April 5, 1928) served as a United States Senator from New York from 1899 to 1911. ... The 21st Michigan Infantry, a company of Shermans veterans. ... Combatants United States of America (Union) Confederate States of America (Confederacy) Commanders Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee Strength 2,200,000 1,064,000 Casualties 110,000 killed in action, 360,000 total dead, 275,200 wounded 93,000 killed in action, 258,000 total...

1860s

• Simeon Eben Baldwin (1861), Governor and Chief Justice, State of Connecticut; son of Roger Sherman Baldwin^[10]
• Franklin MacVeagh (1862), US Secretary of the Treasury^[11]
• William Collins Whitney (1863), U.S. Secretary of the Navy; New York City financier^{[citation needed]}

Simeon Eben Baldwin (February 5, 1840–January 30, 1927) was a governor of the U.S. state of Connecticut. ... Roger Sherman Baldwin (January 4, 1793–February 19, 1863) was an American lawyer involved in the Amistad case, who later became governor of Connecticut and United States Senator. ... Franklin MacVeagh (November 22, 1837–July 6, 1934) was an American banker and Treasury Secretary. ... William Collins Whitney (July 5, 1841–February 2, 1904) was an American political leader and financier and founder of the prominent Whitney family. ...

1870s

William Howard Taft (Bones 1878), son of the society's co-founder and the first of three Bonesman to become US President

• William H. Welch (1870), dean of Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine^[12]
• Edwin F. Sweet (1871), Assistant Secretary of Commerce*^[13]
• Arthur T. Hadley (1876), Yale president 1899-1921^[14]
• Edward Baldwin Whitney (1878), New York Supreme Court Justice^{[citation needed]}
• William Howard Taft (1878), 27th President of the United States; Chief Justice of the United States; Secretary of War; son of Alphonso Taft^[15]

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1880s

• Walter Camp (1880), founder of American football^[16]
• Frank Bosworth Brandegee (1885), U.S. Representative (R-Connecticut 1902–1905); U.S. Senator (R-Connecticut 1905–1924)^{[citation needed]}
• Amos Alonzo Stagg (1888), College football Hall of Fame coach^[17][18]
• Henry L. Stimson (1888), US Secretary of War^[19]
• George W. Woodruff (1889), College Hall of Fame football coach, Acting Secretary of the Interior and Pennsylvania state attorney-general^[12]
• Gifford Pinchot (1889), First Chief of U.S. Forest Service^{[citation needed]}

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1890s

• Lee McClung (1892), Yale Treasurer 1904–1909; U.S. Treasurer 1909–1912^{[citation needed]}
• Pierre Jay (1892), first chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York^[20]
• Henry Sloane Coffin, president of the Union Theological Seminary^[21]
• Harry Payne Whitney (1894), husband of Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney; investment banker^[22]
• Amos Pinchot (1897), progressive leader^[23]

Thomas Lee Bum McClung (March 26, 1870 – December 19, 1914) was an American football player who later served as the 22nd Treasurer of the United States. ... Pierre Jay was the first chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York He graduated from Yale University in 1892, and was a member of Skull and Bones, one of the most well known of the secret societies based at Yale University. ... The Federal Reserve Bank of New York is the most important of the twelve Federal Reserve Banks of the United States. ... Henry Sloane Coffin (born January 5, 1877 in New York City; died November 25, 1954 in Lakeville, Connecticut) was president of the Union Theological Seminary, Moderator of the Presbyterian Church USA, and one of the most famous ministers in the U.S. He was the uncle of William Sloane Coffin... Disambiguation: This page refers to Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York, an ecumenical seminary affiliated with Columbia University. ... Harry Payne Whitney was a businessman, horsebreeder and the husband of Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney. ... Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, in Vogue magazine, 15 January 1917 Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney (January 9, 1875 – April 18, 1942) was born into the prominent United States Vanderbilt family and married into the prominent Whitney family. ... Pinchot battled Perkins (who controlled the money) for control of the Progressive party Amos Pinchot (1872-1944) was an American political leader of the early 20th century. ...

1900s

• Percy Rockefeller (1900), director of Brown Brothers Harriman, Standard Oil, and Remington Arms^[13]
• Charles Seymour (1908), President of Yale 1937–1951^[24]
• Harold Stanley (1908), founder of investment house Morgan Stanley^{[citation needed]}

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1910s

Archibald MacLiesh (Bones 1915), poet, diplomat, three-time Pulitzer Prize winner, and Librarian of Congress

Senator Prescott Bush (Bones 1916) has long been rumored to have played a role in Skull and Bones' alleged theft of the skull of Native American leader Geronimo^[25]

• George L. Harrison (1910), banker; President of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, former Chairman of the board of New York Life Insurance Co., and special consultant to fellow Bonesman, Henry L. Stimson.^[26][27]
• Robert A. Taft (1910), U.S. Senator (R-Ohio 1939–1953)^[26][28]
• Alfred Cowles (1913), founder of the Cowles Commission^{[citation needed]}
• Averell Harriman (1913), U.S. Ambassador and Secretary of Commerce; Governor of New York; Chairman and CEO of the Union Pacific Railroad, Brown Brothers & Harriman, and the Southern Pacific Railroad^[29]
• Archibald MacLeish (1915), poet and diplomat^[30]
• Donald Ogden Stewart (1916), author and screenwriter, Academy Award winner for The Philadelphia Story^[31]
• Prescott Bush (1916), U.S. Senator (R-Connecticut 1952–1963), Father of George H.W. Bush, grandfather of George W. Bush^[32]
• E. Roland Harriman (1917), businessman; railroad executive; president of American Red Cross^{[citation needed]}
• H. Neil Mallon (1917), CEO of Dresser Industries ^[33]
• Artemus Gates (1918), president of New York Trust Company, Union Pacific Railroad, TIME-Life, and Boeing Company^{[citation needed]}
• F. Trubee Davison (1918), Director of Personnel at the CIA^[34][35][36]
• Howard M. Baldrige (1918) - U.S. Representative (R-Nebraska 1931–1933)^{[citation needed]}
• Robert A. Lovett (1918), US Secretary of Defense^{[37] [38]}

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1920s

• Briton Hadden (1920), co-founder of Time-Life Enterprises^[39]
• Henry Luce (1920), co-founder of Time-Life Enterprises ^[40]
• Henry P. Davison Jr. (1920), senior partner at JP Morgan^{[citation needed]}
• John Sherman Cooper (1923), U.S. Senator (R-Kentucky 1946–1949, 1952–1973); member of the Warren Commission^[1]
• Russell Davenport (1923), editor of Fortune magazine; created Fortune 500 list^[41]
• F. O. Matthiessen, historian, literary critic^[42]
• Charles Stafford Gage (1925), Yale Treasurer 1954–1966; Mathiesson Chemical^{[citation needed]}
• George Herbert Walker, Jr. (1927), financier and co-founder of the New York Mets; uncle to President George Herbert Walker Bush^[43]
• John Rockefeller Prentice (1928), Grandson of John D. Rockefeller; pioneer of artificial insemination^{[citation needed]}

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1930s

• H. J. Heinz II (1931), Heir to H. J. Heinz Company; father of H. John Heinz III^[44]
• Samuel Hazard Gillespie Jr(1932)
• Amory Howe Bradford (1934) general manager for the New York Times
• Hugh Cunningham (1934), Rhodes Scholar
• Jonathan Brewster Bingham (1936), U.S. Representative (D-New York)^[45]
• Potter Stewart (1936), U.S. Supreme Court Justice^[46]
• Clint Frank (1938), 1937 Heisman Trophy winner
• William P. Bundy (1939), State Department liaison for the Bay of Pigs invasion, brother of McGeorge Bundy^[47]

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1940s

• McGeorge Bundy (1940), Special Assistant for National Security Affairs; National Security Advisor; Professor of History, brother of William Bundy ^[48]
• Ralph Wetmore Halsey, Jr. (1942), founder and chairman of Halsey Associates, New Haven investment consultants^[49]
• James Whitmore, American actor.^{[citation needed]}
• Richard Dale Drain (1943), CIA; co-authored early paper proposing the Bay of Pigs invasion^[50]
• William Sloane Coffin, clergyman and peace activist^[51]
• Dean Witter, Jr. (1944), son of the founder of investment house Dean Witter Reynolds^[52]
• James L. Buckley (1944), U.S. Senator (R-New York 1971–1977) and brother of William F. Buckley, Jr.^[53][54][55]
• Howard Weaver (1945), CIA^{[citation needed]}
• John Chafee (1947), U.S. Senator; Secretary of the Navy and Governor of Rhode Island; father of Lincoln Chafee^[56]
• George H. W. Bush (1948), 41st President of the United States; 11th Director of Central Intelligence; son of Prescott Bush; father of George W. Bush^[57]
• Charles Edwin Lord (1949), U.S. Comptroller of the Currency^{[citation needed]}

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1950s

• Dino Pionzio (1950), CIA Deputy Chief of Station during Allende overthrow^{[citation needed]}
• Evan G. Galbraith (1950), US ambassador to France; managing director of Morgan Stanley^[58][59]
• William F. Buckley, Jr. (1950), founder of National Review^[60]
• William Henry Draper III (1950), Chair of United Nations Development Programme and Export-Import Bank of the United States^[61]
• William H. Donaldson (1953), appointed chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission by George W. Bush; founding dean of Yale School of Management; co-founder of DLJ investment firm ^[62][63]
• Thruston Ballard Morton, Jr (1954), Board of Kroger 1968-2001, PNC Bank, LG&E, and others; Executive in Residence at the University of Louisville until 2003.
• David McCullough (1955), U.S. historian; two-time Pulitzer Prize winner^[64]
• Robert Gow (1955), business associate of George H. W. Bush; president of Bush's Zapata Oil^[65]
• R. Inslee Clark, Jr. (1957), Director of Undergraduate Admissions who helped Yale become coeducational; former Headmaster of Horace Mann School^[66]
• Winston Lord (1959), Chairman of Council on Foreign Relations; Ambassador to China; Assistant U.S. Secretary of State ^[67][68]

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1960s

John Kerry (Bones 1966) faced off against George W. Bush (Bones 1968) in the 2004 US presidential election, the first time two Bonesman had run against one another for that office ^[69]

• David Boren (1963), Governor of Oklahoma, U.S. Senator, President of the University of Oklahoma^[70][71]
• Frederick W. Smith (1966), founder of FedEx^[72][73]
• John Kerry (1966), U.S. Senator (D-Massachusetts 1985.present); Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts 1983–1985; 2004 Democratic Presidential nominee^[74]
• Don Schollander Olympic Gold medal swimmer.^[75]
• Victor Ashe (1967), Tenn. State House (1968–1975); Tenn. State Senate (1976–1984); Mayor of Knoxville, Tenn. (1988–2003); appointed Ambassador to Poland (2004–Present) by George W. Bush^[76][77]
• George W. Bush (1968), 43rd President of the United States; 46th Governor of Texas^[78]
• Robert McCallum, Jr (1968), Ambassador to Australia^[79][80]
• Roy Leslie Austin (1968), appointed ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago by George W. Bush^[81][82]
• Stephen A. Schwarzman (1969), co-founder The Blackstone Group^[83][84]

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Since 1980

• Earl G. Graves, Jr. (1984), president of Black Enterprise^[85]
• Edward S. Lampert (1984), founder of ESL Investments; chairman of Sears Holdings Corporation ^[86][87]
• Dana Milbank (1990), political reporter for The Washington Post^{[88] [89] [90]}
• John Wertheim (1990), American lawyer and politician^[91]

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Notes

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References

• Robbins, Alexandra (2002). Secrets of the Tomb: Skull and Bones, the Ivy League, and the Hidden Paths of Power. Boston: Little, Brown. ISBN 0-316-72091-7. 

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Further reading

• Millegan, Kris, ed. Fleshing Out Skull and Bones: Investigations into America's Most Powerful Secret Society. Walterville, OR: Trine Day, 2003. ISBN 0-9720207-2-1
• Sutton, Antony C. America's Secret Establishment: An Introduction to the Order of Skull & Bones. Walterville, OR: Trine Day, 2003. ISBN 0-9720207-0-5