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.

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 →
fieldOfActivity	leadership development → social organization → student networking →
foundedBy	Alphonso Taft → 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 → 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 (11)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Archibald MacLeish → Briton Hadden → George H. W. Bush → Henry L. Stimson → Henry Luce → Morrison R. Waite → Paul Mellon → Potter Stewart → Prescott Bush → Stephen A. Schwarzman → William Howard Taft →	memberOf