Editing Prescott Bush (section)

==Early life==
Prescott Bush was born in [[Columbus, Ohio]], on May 15, 1895 to [[Samuel P. Bush|Samuel Prescott Bush]] and Flora Sheldon Bush.<ref>Chapman, Roger. ''Culture Wars: An Encyclopedia of Issues, Viewpoints and Voices'' Volume 1 M.E. Sharpe Inc. Armonk, New York, 2010, page 61</ref> Samuel Bush was a railroad middle manager, then a steel company president and, during [[World War I]], a federal government official in charge of coordination of and assistance to major [[defense contractor|weapons contractors]].

Bush attended [[St. George's School (Rhode Island)|St. George's School]] in [[Middletown, Rhode Island|Middletown]], [[Rhode Island]], from 1908 to 1913. In 1913, he enrolled at [[Yale College]], where his paternal grandfather, Rev. [[James Smith Bush]] (class of 1844), and his maternal uncle Robert E. Sheldon Jr. (class of 1904) had matriculated. Three subsequent generations of the Bush family have been Yale alumni.

Prescott Bush was admitted to the [[Zeta Psi]] fraternity and [[Skull and Bones]] secret society. [[George H. W. Bush]] was also a member of the society, as is his son, [[George W. Bush]].  George H. W. Bush and George Bush were, however, not members of Zeta Psi, and were members, instead, of the [[Delta Kappa Epsilon]] fraternity. According to Skull and Bones lore, Prescott Bush was among a group of Bonesmen who dug up and removed the skull of [[Geronimo]] from his grave at [[Fort Sill, Oklahoma|Fort Sill]], [[Oklahoma]], in 1918.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna29265600 |title=Geronimo's kin sue Skull and Bones |date=February 18, 2009 |access-date=January 10, 2013 |publisher=[[NBC News]]}}</ref> According to historian David L. Miller, the Bonesmen probably dug up somebody at Fort Sill, but not Geronimo.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://archives.yalealumnimagazine.com/issues/2006_05/notebook.html |title=Whose Skull and Bones? |first1=Kathrin Day |last1=Lassila |first2=Mark Alden |last2=Branch |date=May–June 2006 |access-date=January 10, 2013 |work=Yale Alumni Magazine}}</ref>

Prescott Bush was a cheerleader,<ref>[http://yaledailynews.com/blog/2008/01/28/cheerleading-of-the-20s-epitome-of-masculinity/ Cheerleading of the '20s: Epitome of masculinity] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161021014435/http://yaledailynews.com/blog/2008/01/28/cheerleading-of-the-20s-epitome-of-masculinity/ |date=October 21, 2016}}. ''Yale Daily News'' (January 28, 2008). Retrieved on July 15, 2013.</ref> played varsity golf and baseball, sang in the [[Whiffenpoofs]], and was president of the [[Yale Glee Club]].

After graduation, Bush served as a field artillery captain with the [[American Expeditionary Forces]] (1917–1919) during [[World War I]]. He received intelligence training at [[Verdun-sur-Meuse|Verdun]], [[France]] and was briefly assigned to a staff of French officers. Alternating between intelligence and artillery, he came under fire in the [[Meuse–Argonne offensive]].