Prescott Sheldon Bush was an American banker and Republican Party politician.After working as a Wall Street executive investment banker,he represented Connecticut in the United States Senate from 1952 to 1963.A member of the Bush family,he was the father of President George H. W. Bush,and the paternal grandfather of President George W. Bush and Florida Governor Jeb Bush.
Skull and Bones,also known as The Order,Order 322 or The Brotherhood of Death,is an undergraduate senior secret student society at Yale University in New Haven,Connecticut. The oldest senior-class society at the university,Skull and Bones has become a cultural institution known for its powerful alumni and various conspiracy theories. It is one of the "Big Three" societies at Yale,the other two being Scroll and Key and Wolf's Head. The society is known informally as "Bones," and members are known as "Bonesmen," "Members of The Order" or "Initiated to The Order."
Ryan Clark Crocker is a retired American diplomat who served as a career ambassador within the United States Foreign Service. A recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom,he served as United States ambassador to Afghanistan (2011–2012),Iraq (2007–2009),Pakistan (2004–2007),Syria (1998–2001),Kuwait (1994–1997),and Lebanon (1990–1993). In January 2010,he became dean of Texas A&M University's George Bush School of Government and Public Service.
John Dimitri Negroponte is an American diplomat. He is currently a James R. Schlesinger Distinguished Professor at the Miller Center for Public Affairs at the University of Virginia. He is a former J.B. and Maurice C. Shapiro Professor of International Affairs at the George Washington University's Elliott School of International Affairs. Prior to this appointment,he served as a research fellow and lecturer in international affairs at Yale University's Jackson Institute for Global Affairs,United States Deputy Secretary of State (2007–2009),and the first ever Director of National Intelligence (2005–2007).
Clark T. "Sandy" Randt Jr. is an American lawyer and diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to the People's Republic of China from July 23,2001 to January 20,2009,making him the longest-serving U.S. Ambassador to China. Randt was formerly a partner with the law firm of Shearman &Sterling in Hong Kong,where he headed the firm's China practice.
Thomas William Ludlow "Lud" Ashley was an American businessman and politician of the Democratic Party. He served as a U.S. representative from Ohio from 1955 to 1981.
Jonathan James Bush was an American banker. Bush was the fourth child and third son of U. S. Senator Prescott Bush and his wife Dorothy Bush. Through his brother President George H. W. Bush,he was an uncle of President George W. Bush and former Florida governor Jeb Bush. He died in Florida,hours before his 90th birthday.
The University of the West Indies (UWI),originally University College of the West Indies,is a public university system established to serve the higher education needs of the residents of 18 English-speaking countries and territories in the Caribbean:Anguilla,Antigua and Barbuda,The Bahamas,Barbados,Belize,Bermuda,British Virgin Islands,Cayman Islands,Dominica,Grenada,Guyana,Jamaica,Montserrat,Saint Kitts and Nevis,Saint Lucia,Saint Vincent and the Grenadines,Trinidad and Tobago,and Turks and Caicos Islands. Each country is either a member of the Commonwealth of Nations or a British Overseas Territory. The aim of the university is to help "unlock the potential for economic and cultural growth" in the West Indies,thus allowing improved regional autonomy. The university was originally instituted as an independent external college of the University of London.
Robert Davis McCallum Jr. is an American lawyer and diplomat who served in the Bush administration. He was the Associate Attorney General of the United States from 2003 to 2006,also acting as the Deputy Attorney General from 2005 to 2006. He was appointed as the United States Ambassador to Australia in 2006,a capacity in which he served until the end of Bush's term in 2009.
Dana Timothy Milbank is an American author and columnist for The Washington Post. He has written books about Al Gore &George Bush,Glenn Beck,American politics,and the Republican Party. He has appeared as a pundit on various shows.
George Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 43rd president of the United States from 2001 to 2009. A member of the Republican Party,he previously served as the 46th governor of Texas from 1995 to 2000.
George W. Bush was born in the city of New Haven,Connecticut as the eldest of six children. He grew up in the Texan cities of Midland and Houston and studied at Yale University and the Harvard Business School before serving in the Texas Air National Guard. Bush would later be part owner and managing partner of the Texas Rangers baseball franchise,become governor of Texas and eventually become the 43rd President of the United States.
Membership in the Council on Foreign Relations comes in two types:Individual and Corporate. Individual memberships are further subdivided into two types:Life Membership and Term Membership,the latter of which is for a single period of five years and is available to those between the ages of 30 and 36 at the time of their application. Only U.S. citizens and permanent residents who have applied for U.S. citizenship are eligible. A candidate for life membership must be nominated in writing by one Council member and seconded by a minimum of three others.
Kenneth Lee Brown was an American diplomat who served as the U.S. ambassador to Ghana,Ivory Coast,and Congo-Brazzaville. As a career Foreign Service Officer from 1961 to 1995,he served at the American Embassy in Brussels and six posts in Africa. At the Department of State he held the positions of Deputy Director of UN Political Affairs,Associate Spokesman,Director of Central African Affairs,and Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Africa.
Sheldon Jack Krys was United States Ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago from 1985 to 1988,Assistant Secretary of State for Administration from 1988 to 1989,and Assistant Secretary of State for Diplomatic Security from 1989 to 1992.
The Embassy of the United States in Beijing is the diplomatic mission of the United States in China. It serves as the administrative office of the United States Ambassador to China. The embassy complex is in Chaoyang District,Beijing.
Calvin Howard Wilkins Jr. was an American businessman and political fundraiser who served as United States Ambassador to the Netherlands.
Charles A. Gargano is an Italian-American actor,businessman and government official who was the U.S. Ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago. He was the chairman of the Empire State Development Corporation during the tenure of Governor George Pataki.
