The 16 Most Powerful Members Of 'Skull And Bones'

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In 1832 five Yale students — including future President William Howard Taft's father — founded one of America's most famous secret societies: Skull and Bones.

Since then, the group has come to signify all that both mesmerizes and repulses the public about the elite.

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William Howard Taft — Class of 1878

As the only person to serve as both president and Supreme Court Chief Justice, Taft earned his spot on our list. The portly 27th president went by "Old Bill" during his Yale days but later earned the nickname "Big Lub."

Walter Camp — Class of 1880

Known as the "father of American football," Camp, with other classmates, developed the game from the Brits' version of rugby. He played in the first rugby game at Yale against Harvard in 1876.

Amos Alonzo Stagg — Class of 1888

Yale's greatest football player of all time (sorry, Calvin Hill), Stagg also contributed to popularizing the game. He remains the only man elected into both the Basketball Hall of Fame and College Football Hall of Fame, also the only person to enter the latter as both a player and coach. While he didn't invent basketball, he contributed to the game's spread, especially at the college level.

W. Averell Harriman — Class of 1913

The future Governor of New York and almost Presidential candidate clearly enjoyed his time at Yale.

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[Spider Jerusalem]

1. "Helped write the rules of American football" and "helped make it popular" != "powerful"

Members of a secret society at an elite university that's educated the sons of the wealthy and well-connected for generations achieve wealth and political and economic power? Not surprising. It's like the Bullingdon Club at Oxford (whose past members include the current foreign minister of Poland and the current Prime Minister and Chancellor of the Exchequer of the UK, the current Mayor of London, members of the Rothschild family, and Felix Yussupov...best known as one of the killers of Grigori Rasputin). You have a school that's already a locus of wealth, power and privilege, small subgroups being very prominent in government and finance and such? Not sinister at all. (Unless you were actually silly enough to believe that guff about the USA having a "classless society".)

[Romulox]

2. LOL. There's been no accusation, but you are already vehemently denying it!

[Romulox]

3. John Kerry, George W. Bush, Austan Goolsbee, George H. W. Bush...

But by all means, pay no attention to that man behind the curtain...