GEN. WILLIAM HUNTINGTON RUSSELL
(S&B 1832-Co-Founder)
*  1809-1885. (Bk-43, 614)
*  By the 1830's, the Russells had bought out the Perkins syndicate,
    which was under the direct protection of the British Navy and
    British imperial finance, and made Connecticut the primary center
    of the U.S. opium racket. (Bk-43, 611)
*  1831-32 - in Germany. (Bk-44, 35)
*  1833 - Graduated Yale. (Bk-43, 614)
*  1833 - Co-Founded Skull & Bones at Yale, along with
    Alfonso Taft. (Bk-43, 614) , (Bk-44, 5)
*  Founder of Collegiate and Commercial Inst., New Haven.
*  1846-47 - Member of Conn. State Legislature.
*  1862-70 - Gen. of Conn. National Guard.  (Bk-44, 8)
*  His secret organization spread in the 1870's to Phillips Academy,
    the Andover, Massachusetts Prep School. (Bk-43, 614)