2 Quotes & Sayings By William C Bullitt
Prescott Bush, the father of President George H. W. Bush, was a partner in the Wall Street firm of Brown Brothers Harriman & Company. He was also an associate of Prescott Sheldon Bush, the grandfather of George H
W. Bush, at the firm of Brown Brothers Harriman & Company. In 1933, Prescott Bush became a director and chairman of the board of Brown Brothers Harriman, which is now known as JPMorgan Chase.
In 1938, when Prescott Bush became a director and vice-president of the Guaranty Trust Company of New York, he became a member of the board of directors in charge of foreign investments for the Rockefeller family's Standard Oil Company, later known as Exxon Corporation. In World War I he served in Europe with the United States Ambulance Corps and was cited for bravery.