PRESCOTT SHELDON BUSH (S&B 1917)
* Son of Samuel Prescott Bush & Flora Sheldon.
* Fathered two sons, Jonathan J. Bush & George Herbert Walker
Bush
* Member of Skull & Bones (Ini. 1917)
* Before marriage, Prescott was only a minor Executive of
Simmons Co. RR. (Bk-43, 567)
* Married in 1921 to Dorothy Walker, daughter of George
Herbert Walker and Loulie Wear.
* 1922-24 - Stedman Products.
* 1924-26 - U.S. Rubber Co. (Bk-45, 8)
* May 1, 1926 - Joined W.A. Harriman & Co. (Later, Brown Bros.,
Harriman) as
V.P. Partner for over 40 years until his death. (Bk-43,
567)
* Director of Columbia Broadcasting Systems (CBS)
* Director of Prudencial Insurance Co. of America for 2 years. (Bk-45,
8)
* 1930 - Director of Dresser Industries. Appointed Neil Mallon as
Chairman. (Bk-45,8)
(Bk-43, 616)
* 1931 - Ran the N.Y. office of Brown Bros. Harriman. (Bk-43,
572)
* Hydrocarbon Research.
* Vanadium Corp.
* U.S. Guaranty Trust. (Bk-45, 8)
* 1934-42 - Director of Union Banking Corp. (Bk-43,
569)
* Sec. of U.S. Golf Assoc.
* 1935 - Pres. U.S. Golf Assoc. (Bk-43, 568)
* Director of Pan-Am. (Bk-43, 590)
* Director of Mental Hygiene Society of Connecticut. (Bk-43,
590)
* 1952 - U.S. Senator from Connecticut. (Bk-45, 8)
* 1956 - Served on Senate Armed Services Committee. (Bk-43,
590)
* 1962 - Founded National Strategy Info. Center with William Casey
and Son Prescott Jr.
(Foundation helped finance John Hay Whitney's Forum World
Features for circulation of
CIA authored news stories to some 300 newspapers worldwide.
(Bk-43, 597)