Capital Campaign’s $60 Million for Bush School of Government and Public Service Scholarships and Program and Faculty Support; Bush Library Exhibit Updates and Enhancements; Retired Marine One Helicopter COLLEGE STATION, TX – The George & Barbara Bush Foundation and campaign chairman C. Boyden Gray today announced that ConocoPhillips is committing a $4 million gift to...
By : Kathleen McCleary for Parade.com February is a perfect time to plan a visit to a presidential home, museum or library. This year on President’s Day (Feb. 17), George Washington’s Mount Vernon will offer free admission and a slew of events. Throughout the year, other presidential locations will recognize anniversaries (75 years since Harry Truman took...
Image credited to JP Beato III courtesy of the George and Barbara Bush Foundation. By Bill Oliver for WTAW.com 2019 was the first year the Bush Library and Museum operated following the deaths of the former president and first lady. Museum director Warren Finch says it was the first time since the opening year in...
By Texas A&M University Division of Marketing & Communications for Today.TAMU.edu Bush School and Bush Foundation leaders reflect on a year of changes and share what the future holds for the institutions that bear the 41st president’s name. Interested in paying their respects and learning more about the life of the 41st president, visitors continued...
HOUSTON, TX – The George & Barbara Bush Foundation presented its 2019 George Bush Award for Excellence in Public Service to the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Sir John Major, on Thursday, November 21st at the Post Oak Hotel in Houston. Former U.S. Secretary of State James A. Baker, III presented the award...
By Chelsea Katz for TheEagle.com Two days after the first anniversary of President George H.W. Bush’s death, a crowd gathered in the rotunda of his presidential library and museum at Texas A&M to celebrate the bond he had with his service dog, Sully, and to see a new sculpture of the dog. For the last...
By Adrianna Rodriguez for USA Today A life-size bronze statue of George H.W. Bush’s loyal service dog, Sully, was unveiled at the late president’s library Monday. Sculptor Susan Bahary was commissioned by the national service dog school America’s VetDogs to solidify the image of the beloved yellow Labrador retriever. The statue will be installed in...
By Rebecca Fiedler for TheEagle.com In honor of former President George H.W. Bush, #41ActsofService — a social media campaign started by alumni of Texas A&M’s Bush School of Government and Public Service — served to motivate others to show selfless love to those in need Saturday. The day was launched to honor of the memory...
By Emily Foxhall for the Houston Chronicle COLLEGE STATION — The visitors arrived in a steady stream to George H.W. Bush’s grave site Saturday, stopping to take pictures and to remember the former president who had died one year ago that day — on Nov. 30, 2018 — setting into motion a flurry of remembrances...
HOUSTON, TX – The George & Barbara Bush Foundation will present its George Bush Award for Excellence in Public Service to the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Sir John Major, this Thursday, November 21st at the Post Oak Hotel in Houston. Former U.S. Secretary of State James A. Baker, III will present the...
