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"America is never wholly herself unless she is engaged in high moral principle. We as a people have such a purpose today. It is to make kinder the face of the Nation and gentler the face of the world".--President George H. W. Bush, Inaugural Address, Jan. 20, 1989 41st
President of the United States (b.
1924) --President George H. W. Bush, Acceptance speech upon accepting the Republican Party nomination, August 18, 1988
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George
Herbert Walker Bush-
(June
12, 1924) George H.
W. Bush was the 41st President of the United
States, and holds the distinction of being the
father of another President (George W. Bush), and
two governors (George W. and Jeb Bush). George H.
W. Bush first won national office as Ronald
Reagan's Vice-President, and later won the
Presidency in his own right in 1988. During Bush's
single term in office, he ordered the Invasion of
Panama in 1989, turned back the Iraqi
Invasion of Kuwait (The Gulf
War),
and sent U.S. forces into Somalia on a humantarian
mission. Bush was defeated by Bill Clinton in the
1992 election, but remained involved in Republican
politics in his retirement, especially involved in
the campaigns of his sons as they ran for governor,
and during George W. Bush's two successful
elections as president. Books by George
and Barbara Bush:
Books about
George H. W. Bush: Quotes
by President Bush (source: ): John V.
Dowdy 1967–1971 Bill
Archer William E.
Colby 1976–1977 Adm. Stansfield
Turner Walter
Mondale Acting
President:
July
13, 1985 January 20, 1981
– January 20,
1989 Dan
Quayle Ronald
Reagan January 20, 1989
– January 20,
1993 Bill
Clinton Ronald Reagan
(1980) 1988 (won), and 1992
(lost) Bob Dole
(1996) Bob Dole
(1976) 1980
(won) Dan Quayle
(1992) "The History Guy" is a Registered Trademark. |
Citation http://www.historyguy.com/biofiles/bush_george_hw.html George
Bush and Family Bookstore
Family,
Career, and Personal
Highlights Prescott
Sheldon Bush
(1895-1972)--Father Dorothy
Walker Bush
(1901-1992)
-- Mother Barbara
Pierce Bush (b. June 8, 1925)--
Wife,wed
on January 6, 1945 Children: Pauline
Robinson "Robin" Bush
(1949-1953
)--Daughter John
Ellis "Jeb" Bush (b.
1953)--Son Neil
Mallon
Bush
(b.
1955)--Son Marvin
Pierce Bush(b.
1956)--Son Dorothy
Bush Koch
(1959)--Daughter Religion:
Nicknames:
Siblings Nancy
Walker Bush Ellis (b.
1926)--Sister Jonathan
Bush (b.
1931)-Brother William
H.T. "Bucky" Bush (b.
1938)--Brother Education: --secretary
of the student
council --president
of the community
fund-raising
group --
member of the editorial
board of the school
newspaper --participated
in baseball and soccer
(captained both
teams) 1948:
BA Economics,
Yale
University. Career/Occupation: --co-founded
the Zapata Petroleum
Corporation 1954-1964:
President of Zapata Offshore
Co. 1964-1966:
Chairman of Zapata Offshore
Co. Military
Service: 1942-1945
(World War Two): United States
Navy --served
as the assistant navigator,
Athletic Officer, and
antiaircraft battery
officer While
Bush served on the USS San
Jacinto, the
ship: --air
operations against the
Japanese in the Bonin
Islands --Bush
piloted a Grumman TBM
Avenger aircraft that
attacked the Japanese
installations on Chichijima
(Sept. 2, 1944) --Shot
down during the Chichijima
operation, Bush was rescued
by the USS
Finback --Bush
participated in rescuing
other pilots while on the
USS Finback over the next
month after his own
rescue. --returned
to the USS San Jacinto in
November, 1944 and
participated in operations
in the Philippines
Islands --Overall,
Bush flew 58 combat
missions --reassigned
to Norfolk Navy Base
trained new torpedo
pilots. Bush's
Service Medals and
Citations: --Air
Medal (3) --Presidential
Unit Citation. Political
Career: 1964:
Candidate for the U.S. Senate
from Texas (lost to incumbent
Democrat Ralph
Yarborough) 1966-1971:
United States House of
Representatives
(R-Texas) 1970:
Candidate for the U.S. Senate
from Texas (lost to Democrat
Lloyd Bentson) 1971-1973:
U.S. Ambassador to the United
Nations 1973-1974:
Chairman of the Republican
National Committee 1974-1975:
Chief of the U.S. Liaison
Office to the People's
Republic of China (de facto
Ambassador) 1976-1977:
Director of the Central
Intelligence Agency
(CIA) 1980: Ran
for Republican Presidential
Nomination. Lost to Ronald
Reagan, but was chosen as the
Vice-Presidential
nominee 1981-1989:
Vice-President of the United
States (R) 1989-1993:
President of the United States
(R) Clubs
and Organizations
(membership): --
Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity
(president) --member
of the Phi Beta Kappa academic
honor society (at
Yale) Athletic
Career: --played
first base --played in
the first two College World
Series in 1947 and
1948 George
H.W. Bush's Speeches &
Documents President
George Bush speaks to
students
-Oct. 1, 1991 The
Bush Administration: The Cabinet,
Aides, &
Advisors The
Cabinet--The
President's Cabinet is made up of
the appointed leaders, or
"Secretaries" of each of the
Executive Departments.
The
National Security Council
--Advises the President on
national security and foreign
policy. Links
and Resources on George H.W.
Bush George
Herbert Walker Bush
(1924-)--Miller
Center for Public
Affairs Site
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