Gridiron (secret society)

Gridiron Secret Society is a collegiate secret society at the University of Georgia.^[1] Membership in Gridiron has been called "the highest honor a male student may receive on the University of Georgia campus."^[2][3]

Gridiron
Founded	1908; 117 years ago (1908) University of Georgia
Type	Secret
Affiliation	Independent
Status	Active
Scope	Local
Chapters	1
Headquarters	Athens, Georgia United States

History

The Gridiron Secret Society was founded in 1908 at the University of Georgia.^[4][1] The organization is thought to have connections with certain structures and historic sites around the State of Georgia and the rest of the Southern United States (Warm Springs, Georgia Guidestones, Georgia Capitol building), but its members do not publish any information.

The organization is believed to be associated with other secret organizations, which operate around the world under different names including Yale University's Skull and Bones.^[5] Observers have noted that University of Georgia's first president Abraham Baldwin was a Yale graduate and likely a member of Skull and Bones.^[6]