Sheehan says Walker ran Brown Brothers Harriman, was succeeded by Prescott Bush as CEO in 1924, and that Allen Dulles was BBH's general counsel. Documented: Walker was GHW Bush's maternal grandfather; Walker ran W. A. Harriman & Co. and retired at the 1931 merger that formed BBH, where Prescott Bush was a founding partner. Not supported: 'BBH CEO' and a 1924 succession. The Dulles-as-BBH-counsel clause is split into its own record.
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| reports | en.wikipedia.org | Walker ran W. A. Harriman & Co.; retired at the 1931 merger; GHW Bush's maternal grandfather |
| reports | en.wikipedia.org | Founding BBH partner, 1931 |
| corroborates | bbh.com | BBH's own company history confirms the Walker/Bush/Harriman lineage; Walker made Bush a VP of Harriman & Co. in 1924, not an outright CEO handoff; Dulles was a Sullivan & Cromwell partner, not BBH counsel -- Sheehan himself later says S&C |
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Sheehan says Walker ran Brown Brothers Harriman, was succeeded by Prescott Bush as CEO in 1924, and that Allen Dulles was BBH's general counsel. Documented: Walker was GHW Bush's maternal grandfather; Walker ran W. A. Harriman & Co. and retired at the 1931 merger that formed BBH, where Prescott Bush was a founding partner. Not supported: 'BBH CEO' and a 1924 succession. The Dulles-as-BBH-counsel clause is split into its own record.