Frederick Trubee Davison
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Frederick Trubee Davison (February 7, 1896 – 1976), usually known as F. Trubee Davison, was the Director of Personnel for the Central Intelligence Agency
He was the brother-in-law of Artemus Gates and the son of Henry P. Davison. Davison attended Groton School, Yale University where he was a member of the Skull & Bones Society.[1][2][3] Davison was the founder of the First Yale Unit, which is considered to be the first naval air reserve unit. Trubee was severely injured in a training accident and never saw combat, but was active in unit activities throughout the war. He was on the cover of Time Magazine for the August issue in 1925. [1]
[edit] Political Life
Republican. He was a member of New York state assembly from Nassau County 2nd District, 1922-26; candidate for Lieutenant Governor of New York, 1932; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1940.
[edit] References
- ^ Alexandra Robbins, Secrets of the Tomb: Skull and Bones, the Ivy League, and the Hidden Paths of Power, Little, Brown and Company, 2002, page 108, 187.
- ^ Kathrin Day Lassila and Mark Alden Branch, "Whose Skull and Bones?", Yale Alumni Magazine, May/June 2006
- ^ Marc Wortman, The Millionaires' Unit: The Aristocratic Flyboys who Fought the Great War and Invented America's Airpower. New York : Public Affairs, 2006. ISBN 1586483285
[edit] External links
- "Crime Chairman", Time, Aug. 24, 1925
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