George Bush

Birth Name:

George Herbert Walker Bush

Birth Place:

Milton, Massachusetts, United States

Received an honorary degree from Sacred Heart University and an honorary Doctor of Laws from Dartmouth College
Was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for bravery in action
Queen Elizabeth II made him an Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath in 1993
Was captain of the baseball team and a member of Phi Beta Kappa during his time at Yale University
Started a career in the West Texas oil industry after graduating from college
Enlisted in the armed forces on his 18th birthday, and was the youngest pilot in the Navy when he received his wings
Quote: "The totalitarian era is passing, its old ideas blown away like leaves from an ancient, lifeless tree․ A new breeze is blowing, and a nation refreshed by freedom stands ready to push on․"
From 1989 to 1993, he served as the 41st president of the United States
Known for his foreign policy, he was president during the fall of the Berlin Wall, military operations in Panama and the Persian Gulf and the dissolution of the Soviet Union
Briefly taught as a part-time professor of Administrative Science at Rice University's Jones School of Business

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