Artemus Gates
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Artemus Gates (1900-1972) was an American businessman, naval aviator, and Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Air in charge of anaval aviation efforts in World War II (7 December 1941 - 30 June 1945), and also briefly Undersecretary of the Navy (3 July 1945--2 September 1945). He was, at various times, President of New York Trust Company, Union Pacific, TIME, and Boeing.
He graduated from Yale University in 1918, and was a member of Skull and Bones, one of the best known of the secret societies based at Yale University.
During World War I, there was formed a Yale Unit of the Naval Reserve Flying Corps. The unit was closely associated with the Skull and Bones. The Yale unit was often referred to snidely as the millionaire squadron. While training in Florida the pilots oftentimes were wheeled to their planes in wheel chairs pushed by Black porters. Artemus Gates was a member of the Yale unit.
Gates married the sister of fellow bonesman F. Trubee Davison.
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