George Herbert Walker Bush, born June 12, 1924 to a prestigious Connecticut political family, became the 41st President of the United States in 1988. The path which took Mr. Bush to the highest elected position in America, included combat service in the Pacific during World War II to the baseball team while at Yale University to the oil fields of West Texas.

While Bush was born into privilege and wealth, he would say later that he �learned a few things about life in a place called Texas�. Upon returning from the war in 1945, Bush married Barbara Pierce of Rye, New York, and together they started their own family of six children: George, John (Jeb), Neil, Marvin, Dorothy, and Robin (who died at age 4 of leukemia). Today, two of George Bush�s sons are governors - George W. Bush in Texas, and Jeb Bush in Florida.

In 1948, after graduation from Yale University with a degree in economics, George and Barbara moved to Texas, where he began his business career in the oil business. In the 1960s, Bush began his political aspirations by serving in the U.S. House of Representatives and unsuccessfully campaigned for the Senate. During the 197 Vice President of the U.S. under Ronald Reagan from 1981-1989 and won the election in 1988 to become the successor to the presidency after Reagan.

Bush�s single four-year term was marked with several outstanding achievements: passage of the North American Free Trade Agreement, the fall of the Berlin Wall, the landmark passage of The Americans with Disabilities Act, the Clean Air Act, and the Desert Storm conflict against Iraq�s invasion of Kuwait. Since retirement from public service, Bush has written several books and tends to the business of the Presidential Library in College Station, TX. Bush states that, �the proudest thing in my life is that my children come home�.
Work History
(1948-1950) Oil field supply salesman for Dresser Industries in West Texas. (1951) co-founded a small royalty firm, The Bush-Overbey Oil Development Company. (1953) Co-founded the Zapata Petroleum Corporation. (1954) Co-founder of Zapata Off-Shore, which pioneered experimental offshore drilling equipment. (1967-1971) Elected representative from Texas to the Un.S. House of Representatives, did not seek reelection in 1970. (1964 and 1970) ran unsuccessfully for the United States Senate from Texas. (1971-1973) U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations under President Richard M. Nixon. (1973-1974) Chairman of the Republican National Committee. (1974-1975) Chief of the US Liaison Office in China. (1976-1977) Director of the Central Intelligence Agency appointed by President Gerald R. Ford. (1980) Ran unsuccessfully for the Republican presidential nomination. (1981-1989) Vice President of the United States under Ronald Reagan. (1989-1993) President of the United States

(02/20/1990) Welcomes Czechoslovak President Vaclav Havel to the White House, promising trade rewards for Prague's moves toward democracy.
Affiliations
Serves on the Board of Visitors of M.D. Anderson Hospital in Houston, TX and are members of St. Martin's Episcopal Church in Houston. Also, serves on the vestry of St. Ann's Episcopal Church in Kennebunkport, Maine and serves on the board of the Episcopal Church Foundation in Kennebunkport, Maine.