Despite PB's decreasing popularity with the public at large, membership has remained strong among those in illustrious and powerful circles, from entertainers to politicians and industry titans. Several such members have gone so far as to claim that PB's Four Floor Program is in whole or part responsible for their success.

For example, Mr. J. F. Dryden, who founded Prudential Insurance in 1879 and went on to become a US senator, was quoted in 1910 as saying that he named his insurance firm as "a quiet tip of the hat to the work of Henry Nurse III."

Given the discreet nature of the movement, it is difficult to provide an accurate list of PB allumni. Barring claims to the contrary, however, we can report with some certainty that the following individuals were, or remain, Nursers Of The Third.*

* Any member, or estate of members passed, who prefers that their membership not be revealed will be removed from this list upon request.

FROM THE HALLS OF POWER

President Franklin D. Roosevelt, USA

HRH Queen Victoria

President John F. Kennedy, USA

President Bill Clinton, USA

General George Patton, US Army

Prince Edward and Wallis Simpson, The Duke and Duchess of Windsor

President Harry S. Truman, USA

Senator J. F. Dryden, founder of Prudential Financial

FROM THE ACADEMIC EMPIRE

Lord Patten of Barnes, Chancellor of Oxford University

Mr. J. Derrida, philosopher

Ludwig Wittgenstein, philosopher

FROM THE WORLD OF AERONAUTICS

Mr. E. Knievel, daredevil

Mr. B. Aldrin, astronaut

Mr. W. E. Boeing, businessman

FROM THE REALM OF MUSIC

Ms. J. Birkin, chanteuse

Ms. E. Fitzgerald, singer

Mr. G. Martin, music producer

Mr. P. Robeson, singer

Mr. F. Schneider-Esleben, musician

Mr. M. Chevalier, singer

Mr. N. K. Cole, musician

Mr. Y. Ma, cellist

Mr. J. Cage, composer

Ms. J. London, chanteuse

Mr. L. Bernstein, conductor

FROM THE HALLS OF INDUSTRY

Mr. E. Frisbie, inventer of the Frisbee

Mr. F. Porsche, automotive entrepeneur

Mr. R. Loewy, industrial designer

Mr. R. Branson, entrepreneur

Col. Harlan Saunders, fast food magnate

Mr. C. Henry Harrod, dept. store magnate

Sir C. Stuart Rolls, automotive innovator

Mr. S. Jobs, technical visionary

Mr. Hundertwasser, architect

Mr. F. W. Woolworth, supermarket magnate

FROM THE ATHLETIC REALM

Sir E. Hillary, explorer

Mr. M. Mantle, baseball player

Mr. J. DiMaggio, baseball player

Mr. D. Bradman, cricketer

FROM THE SPHERE OF ENTRTAINMENT

Mr. J. Le Mesurier, actor

Mr. R. Nureyev, dancer

Ms. L. Brooks, actress

Mr. J. Luc Godard, auteur

Mr. J. Mason, actor

Mr. E. Bergen, ventriloquist

Mr. S. Laurel, comic actor, writer, director

Mr. S. Fry, actor, novelist

Mr. H. Marshall, actor

Mr. S. Poitier, actor

Mr. C. Chaplin, actor

Mr. M. Maostrianni, actor

Mr. G. Peck, actor

Mr. B. Lee, actor, martial artist

Mr. M. Antonioni, film director

Mr. D. Bogarte, actor

Ms. C. Rampling, actress

Mr. R. Widmark, actor

Mr. B. Wilder, film director

Mr. G. Marx, actor

Ms. A. Sedaris, actress

Mr. H. Bogart, actor

Mr. H. Hawkes, film director

Mr. R. Coleman, actor

Mr. R. Harrison, actor

FROM THE WORLD OF LETTERS

Mr. I. Fleming, author

Mr. R. M. Rilke, poet

Mr. W. S. Maugham, author

Mr. A. A. Milne, author

Mr. A. Artaud, playwright

Mr. N. Coward, writer

Mr. J. K. Huysmans, author

Mr. G. Carter, editor

Mr. O. Wilde, author

Mr. W. Shortz, crossword constructor

Ms. P. Highsmith, author

Mr. B. Schulberg, author

FROM THE WORLD OF THE ARTS

Mr. M. Ernst, artist

Mr. G. Ballanchine, choreographer

Mr. B. "Balthus" Klossowski de Rola, painter

Ms. F. Kahlo, painter

Mr. G. de Chirico, painter

Mr. J. Ensor, painter

Mr. G. Rose Lee, dancer

Mr. E. Ruscha, painter

Mr. A. Rodchenko, artist

Mr. M. Duchamp, artist

Mr. O. Dix, painter

Note: If your name appears on this list and you would prefer your PB membership not be revealed, please send an E-lectronic mail via our Contact page (Subject line: DISCRETION REQUESTED) and your name will be removed.

A debt of thanks is owed here to Dr. Clyde Wexler Ph.D, PB archivist and historian, and Ms. E. Schönhausen, Registrar for the PB Historical Society.