for the First Yale Unit in New York City in the summer and sometimes other naval aviators would attend as well original members. He was on the cover of Time magazine for August 24, 1925. In 1951, he became a trustee of Yale and the first personnel director of the newly formed CIA. Political life Davison was elected to the New York State Legislature after the war where he gained a reputation as being one of the hardest-working members. In 1925, he became head of the unofficial "Crime Commission", sponsored by Judge Elbert H. Gary. He was a member of the New York State Assembly (Nassau Co., 2nd D.) in 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925 and 1926. He was Assistant Secretary of War for Air from July 1926 to March 1933. In the New York state election, 1932, he ran for Lieutenant Governor of New York with William J. Donovan, but they were defeated in a landslide by Democrats Herbert H. Lehman and M. William Bray. Davison was an alternate delegate to the 1940 Republican National Convention. He died on November 14, 1974, in Locust Valley, New York. See also List of Skull and Bones members References External links F. Trubee Davison papers (MS 601). Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University Library. 1896 births 1974 deaths Politicians from Nassau County, New York Groton School alumni Members of the Early Birds of Aviation Republican Party members of the New York State Assembly Yale University alumni People associated with the American Museum of Natural History People of the Central Intelligence Agency Recipients of the Navy Cross (United States) 20th-century American politicians Recipients of the Navy Distinguished Service Medal Burials at Locust Valley Cemetery