Het valt mijn inziens toch nog wel mee met die verschrikkelijk grote invloed die deze mensen hebben als je dit rijtje van meeste succesvolle skull & bones mensen ziet. Als je elk jaar de 15 meest veelbelovende studenten uitkiest op een Ivy league universiteit, oftewel de elite van de elite, dan is het toch niet vreemd dat er veel zijn die boven gemiddeld presteren in de maatschappij?:
Sloane Coffin, Jr. ('49) 
V. Van Dine ('49) 
James Buckley ('44) 
Bill Buckley ('50) 
Hugh Cunnigham ('34) 
Hugh Wilson ('09) 
Reuben Holden ('40) 
Charles R. Walker ('16) 
Yale's 'unofficial' Secretary of War, Robert D. French ('10) 
Archibald MacLiesh ('15) 
Dino Pionzio ('50), CIA Deputy Chief of Station during Allende overthrow 
William and McGeorge Bundy 
Richard A. Moore ('3?) 
Senator David Boren ('6 
 
Senator John Kerry ('66) 
...and, of course, George Herbert Walker Bush. Bush tapped Coffin, who tapped Buckley.
Some other prominent Bonesmen include:
Henry Luce ('20), Time-Life 
John Thomas Daniels ('14), founder Archer Daniels Midland 
Gifford Pinchot ('89), President Theodore Roosevelt's chief forester 
Frederick E. Weyerhaeuser ('96) 
Harold Stanley ('0 , founder of Morgan Stanley, investment banker
, founder of Morgan Stanley, investment banker 
Alfred Cowles ('1 , Cowles Communication
, Cowles Communication 
Henry P. Davison ('20), senior partner Morgan Guaranty Trust 
Thomas Cochran ('04) Morgan partner 
Senator John Heinz ('31) 
Pierre Jay ('92), first chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York 
George Herbert Walker, Jr. ('27), financier and co-founder of the NY Mets 
Artemus Gates ('1 , President of New York Trust Company, Union Pacific, TIME, Boeing Company
, President of New York Trust Company, Union Pacific, TIME, Boeing Company 
William Draper III (50), the Defense Department, UN and Import-Export Bank 
Dean Witter, Jr.('44), investment banker 
Senator Jonathan Bingham ('36) 
Potter Stewart ('36), Supreme Court Justice 
Senator John Chaffe ('47) 
Harry Payne Whitney ('94), husband of Gertrude Vanderbilt, investment banker 
Russell W. Davenport ('2 , editor Fortune Magazine, created Fortune 500 list
, editor Fortune Magazine, created Fortune 500 list 
Evan G. Galbraith ('50), Ambassador to France and Managing Director of Morgan Stanley 
Richard Gow ('55), president Zapata Oil 
Amory Howe Bradford ('34), husband of Carol Warburg Rothschild and general manager for the New York Times 
C. E. Lord ('49), Comptroller of the Currency 
Winston Lord ('59), Chairman of CFR, Ambassador to China and assistant Secretary of State in the Clinton administration
					 
				
			
			
			
		 
		
		
		
			
			
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