Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Flashback: Skull and Bones Members and the Vietnam War



W. Averell Harriman (S&B 1913) – Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (1963-1965); Ambassador at Large (1965-1969); U.S.Negotiator at the Paris Peace Conference on Vietnam (1968)

William P. Bundy (S&B 1939) – Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs (1965-1969)

McGeorge Bundy (S&B 1940)- National Security Advisor (1961-1966)

John H. Chafee (S&B 1947) – Secretary of the Navy (1969-1972)

Charles S. Whitehouse (S&B 1947) – Deputy U.S. Ambassador to South Vietnam (1972-1973); U.S. Ambassador to Laos (1973-1975)

Townsend Hoopes (S&B 1944) – Under Secretary of the Air Force (1967-1969)

John M. Steadman (S&B 1952) – General Counsel of the Dept. of the Air Force (1968-1970); Special Asst. to the Sec. of Defense (1965-1968)

Richard C. Steadman (S&B 1955) – Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for East Asia and Pacific Affairs (1966-1969)

Peter O.A. Solbert (S&B 1941) – Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs (1963-1965)

Barry Zorthian (S&B 1941) – Chief U.S. Spokesman and Director of the Joint U.S. Public Affairs Office in Saigon (1964-1968)

Hugh Terry Cunningham (S&B 1934) – Director of Training at the Central Intelligence Agency (1969-1973)

Winston Lord (S&B 1959) – Member of the National Security Council staff (1969-1973)