Prescott Bush

**Prescott Sheldon Bush** (May 15, 1895 – October 8, 1972) was an American banker and politician. After working as a Wall Street executive investment banker, he represented Connecticut in the United States Senate from 1952 to 1963.

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## Skull and Bones

A member of the Bush family, Prescott was the father of President George H. W. Bush, and the paternal grandfather of President George W. Bush and former Florida Governor Jeb Bush. Prescott Bush and his sons were graduates from Yale, being members of Yale's cheerleading squad. Each were initiated into the Skull and Bones secret society.

Prescott Bush was the only Bush to be admitted in Zeta Psi fraternity. Prescott was among a group of Bonesmen who dug up and removed a skull from a grave at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, in 1918. Lore has it that it was Geronimo's skull.

## Career

* Roswell Incident, 1947
* National Security Act of 1947
* Psychological Clinic Annex, 1947-1962
* Edgewood Arsenal human experiments, 1948-75
* Death of James Forrestal, 1949
* 1st Annual report, 1952
* Site Able (WMD storage), 1952
* Dep of Health, Education, and Welfare, Apr 1953
* Death of Frank Olson, Nov 1953
* SOM1-01, 1954
* DARPA, 1958-
* Death of Kennedy, Nov 1963
* SRI (AI, 1966), (RV, 1972)

During World War I, Prescott Bush was a federal government official in charge of coordination and assistance to major weapons contractors. From 1944 to 1956, Prescott Bush was a member of the Yale Corporation, the principal governing body of Yale University. He was on the board of directors of CBS.

Prescott Bush was politically active during this period, with a focus on social issues. He was involved with the American Birth Control League as early as 1942, and served as the treasurer of the first nationwide campaign of Planned Parenthood in 1947. He was also an early supporter of the United Negro College Fund, serving as chairman of the Connecticut branch in 1951.

From 1947–1950, he served as Connecticut Republican finance chairman, and was the Republican candidate for the United States Senate in 1950, but lost to Sen. William Burnett Benton. The death of Senator Brien McMahon in 1952 created a vacancy that enabled the Republicans to nominate Bush. Prescott defeated the Democratic nominee, Abraham Ribicoff, and was elected to the Senate. Bush was a staunch supporter of President Dwight D. Eisenhower, serving in the senate until January 1963.

Prescott Bush and New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller were longtime friends. Bush favored a Nixon-Rockefeller ticket for 1960, and was presumed to support Rockefeller's 1964 presidential candidacy until 1963. Supposedly there was a falling out in their friendship over Rockefeller's extramarital affair.

## References

1. ↑ Berkower, Simone. "Cheerleading of the '20s: Epitome of masculinity". Yale Daily News.
2. ↑ *Geronimo's kin sue Skull and Bones*. NBC News. February 18, 2009.
3. ↑ https://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/facility/manzano.htm
4. ↑ Chapman, Roger. Culture Wars: An Encyclopedia of Issues, Viewpoints and Voices Volume 1 M.E. Sharpe Inc. Armonk, New York, 2010, page 61
5. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prescott\_Bush#Business\_career
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prescott\_Bush#Political\_life