Skull and Bones

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Yale University organization collegiate secret society student society

Skull and Bones is a secretive and influential Yale University society known for its powerful and well-connected members in American political, media, and business circles.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Skull and Bones canonical	31
Skull and Bones society	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Yale University organization ⓘ collegiate secret society ⓘ student society ⓘ
affiliation	Yale University ⓘ
alternativeName	Chapter 322 ⓘ Order of Skull and Bones ⓘ The Order ⓘ
associatedWith	American business elite ⓘ American media elite ⓘ American political elite ⓘ
buildingType	windowless meeting hall ⓘ
campus	Yale University campus ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
fieldOfActivity	leadership development ⓘ social organization ⓘ student networking ⓘ
foundedBy	Alphonso Taft ⓘ William H. Russell ⓘ surface form: William Huntington Russell
foundingYear	1832 ⓘ
hasAlumniNetwork	Bonesmen ⓘ
hasApproximateMembershipPerYear	about 15 members ⓘ
hasHeadquarters	the Tomb ⓘ
hasMotto	Boni pastoris est tondere pecus, non deglubere ⓘ
hasNotableMember	Averell Harriman ⓘ George H. W. Bush ⓘ George W. Bush ⓘ Harold Stanley ⓘ Henry Luce ⓘ James Jesus Angleton ⓘ John Kerry ⓘ President William Howard Taft ⓘ surface form: William Howard Taft
hasTradition	annual tapping of new members ⓘ secret initiation rituals ⓘ
headquartersLocation	High Street, New Haven, Connecticut ⓘ
influencedReputationOf	Yale senior societies ⓘ
languageOfMotto	Latin ⓘ
locatedIn	New Haven, Connecticut ⓘ Yale University ⓘ
memberOf	Yale senior societies ⓘ
membershipRestriction	Yale College seniors ⓘ
membershipType	undergraduate senior society ⓘ
notableFor	elite membership ⓘ influence in American politics ⓘ rituals and traditions ⓘ secrecy ⓘ
operatesAs	private, invitation-only club ⓘ
selectionProcess	invitation only ⓘ tap day selection ⓘ
subjectOf	conspiracy theories ⓘ
symbol	skull and crossbones ⓘ

Referenced by (32)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Henry Luce → memberOf → Skull and Bones ⓘ

George H. W. Bush → memberOf → Skull and Bones ⓘ

President William Howard Taft → memberOf → Skull and Bones ⓘ

subject surface form: William Howard Taft

Stephen A. Schwarzman → memberOf → Skull and Bones ⓘ

Potter Stewart → memberOf → Skull and Bones ⓘ

Briton Hadden → memberOf → Skull and Bones ⓘ

Archibald MacLeish → memberOf → Skull and Bones ⓘ

Paul Mellon → memberOf → Skull and Bones ⓘ

Prescott Bush → memberOf → Skull and Bones ⓘ

Henry L. Stimson → memberOf → Skull and Bones ⓘ

Chief Justice Morrison R. Waite → memberOf → Skull and Bones ⓘ

subject surface form: Morrison R. Waite

the Tomb → affiliatedWith → Skull and Bones ⓘ

the Tomb → usedBy → Skull and Bones ⓘ

the Tomb → ownedBy → Skull and Bones ⓘ

High Street, New Haven, Connecticut → associatedWith → Skull and Bones ⓘ

subject surface form: Skull and Bones Tomb

High Street, New Haven, Connecticut → ownedBy → Skull and Bones ⓘ

subject surface form: Skull and Bones Tomb

this entity surface form: Skull and Bones society

Order of Skull and Bones → alternateName → Skull and Bones ⓘ

Yale senior societies → includes → Skull and Bones ⓘ

Bonesmen → memberOf → Skull and Bones ⓘ

Charles Phelps Taft II → memberOf → Skull and Bones ⓘ

Daniel Coit Gilman → memberOf → Skull and Bones ⓘ

The Order → alsoKnownAs → Skull and Bones ⓘ

Alphonso Taft → memberOf → Skull and Bones ⓘ

Mr. Republican → memberOf → Skull and Bones ⓘ

subject surface form: Robert A. Taft

Jonathan Bush → memberOf → Skull and Bones ⓘ

David S. Ingalls → memberOf → Skull and Bones ⓘ

Frederick Wallace Smith → memberOf → Skull and Bones ⓘ

John → memberOf → Skull and Bones ⓘ

subject surface form: John Kerry

Ogden Mills Reid → memberOf → Skull and Bones ⓘ

Kingman Brewster Jr. → memberOf → Skull and Bones ⓘ

Edward Wilson → memberOf → Skull and Bones ⓘ

John Hay Whitney → memberOf → Skull and Bones ⓘ