Ranald Hugh MacDonald II (S&B 1915)
Investment Banker. Yale University. Skull and Bones.
State Executive Committee of the Y.M.C.A.
President, The Bond Club of New York.[4] The Bond Club of New York was founded in 1917 as a way for the men selling WW1 Liberty Bonds to sell more through a collective effort.[5]
While they are no longer selling Liberty Bonds, the club still serves as a social organization for people involved in the financial world of New York City.[5]
The club has a long history of having prominent businessmen and politicians as speakers at their luncheons and annual club dinners. This distinguished group includes future presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt (Freemason), Dwight D. Eisenhower, Richard M. Nixon (Bohemian) and George H.W. Bush (S&B1948), along with multiple vice presidents, senators (including astronaut John Glenn), governors, New York City mayors, CEOs of major corporations and members of the armed forces. The trend of having noteworthy speakers continues today with recent speakers including former Governor Jeb Bush, Governor Chris Christie and Mayor Rudolph Giuliani.[5]
Director, Great Plains Development Co of Canada.[4]
Consultant, General Partner, Dominick & Dominick.[2]
1958 to 1962 - National Associaton of Investment Companies.[4]
1950 to 1952 - Museum of Modern Art, N.Y.C.[4]
1944 to 1961 - Trustee, Finance Committee, Pratt Inst.[2]
1944 to 1950 - NY Stock Exchange.[2]
WW2 - 1942 to 1946 - Government, Investment Bankers Assocation, Association Stock Exchange Firms.[2]
Great Depression - 1931, 1937 to 1961, Trustee Exec Comm, 1948 to 1958 - President, National Shares Corp, Franklin Savings Bank (NY).[2]
1931 to 1961 - Franklin Savings Bank.
WW1 - 1917 to 1919 - 2nd Lt, USAF Pilot.[2][4]
Married Anne Thompson.
1915 - Graduated Yale, Skull and Bones Patriarch.[1]
Died 27 Dec 1988, from heart failure. Age 97.
Son. Ranald H. MacDonald Jr. (‘45)
[[3] - Skull and Bones Membership List by David Luhrssen
https://the-eye.eu/public/concen.org/Americas%20Secret%20Establishment%20Skull%20%26%20Bones%20Society%20322%20%5Bpack%5D/docs/Skull%20and%20Bones%20Membership%20List.pdf
[5] - THE BOND CLUB OF NEW YORK - History
[6] - NY Times, 30 Nov, 1988 - Ranald H. Macdonald, An Ex-Stocker, 97
[[7] - Find a Grave - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/171249901/ranald-hugh-macdonald
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