Our school’s namesake was a man whose interests and accomplishments spanned many fields. Besides working at his family business, the Aetna Life Insurance Company, and serving as its president for 44 years, he was a City Councilman, Mayor of Hartford and Governor of Connecticut.  He was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1904. Born in East Haddam, Bulkeley was also the first President of the National Baseball League. Throughout his life, he was active in various patriotic and civic organizations.