Frederick Trubee Davison

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Frederick Trubee Davison usually known as F. Trubee Davison (February 7, 18961976) was the Director of Personnel for the Central Intelligence Agency

He was the brother-in-law of Artemus Gates and the son of Henry P. Davison. Davison attended Groton School, Yale University where he was a member of the Skull & Bones Society. Davison was the founder of the First Yale Unit, which is considered to be the first naval air reserve unit. Trubee was severely injured in a training accident and never saw combat, but was active in unit activities throughout the war. He was on the cover of Time Magazine for the August issue in 1925. [1]

[edit] Political Life

Republican. He was a member of New York state assembly from Nassau County 2nd District, 1922-26; candidate for Lieutenant Governor of New York, 1932; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1940.

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