| Full
Name |
George Walker Bush |
| Nick
Name |
Dubya
(which is an old Texan variation of "Double U")."Lip," his
nickname in Yale University, Bombastic Bushkin |
| Profession |
Politician
and Businessman |
| Date
of birth |
July 6 1946 |
| Place
of birth |
New Haven,
connecticut |
| Height |
5'
11" |
| Family |
Father:George Herbert
Walker Bush
Mother:Barbara Pierce
Bush
Brothers:Jeb , Neil ,
Marvin
Sisters:Dorothy and Robin(who
died of Leukemia at the age three)
Wife - Laura welch bush
Daughters- Barbara and Jenna
Grandfather:Prescott Sheldon Bush was elected senator
in 1952
|
| Education |
. Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass.
· BA (history) from Yale University
· MBA from Harvard University
|
| Marriage
date |
November 5, 1977
|
| Political party |
Republican
|
| Previous
Occupations |
1968 to 1973 - Texas Air National Guard
1976 - Makes first entry into the oil industry with Bush Oil
1978 - Runs unsuccessfully for Congress
1989 - Forms group of investors to buy Texas Rangers baseball team. He served as one of two managing general partners until 1994
1994 - Elected governor of Texas
1998 - Re-elected governor of Texas
Jan. 2001 - Sworn in as 43rd president of the United States
|
| National
Guard |
Was an F-102 pilot for the Texas Air National Guard
|
| Religion |
At age 40, he became a born-again Christian , converting from Episcopalian Christianity to his wife's denomination, Methodism |
| Influential
person in his life |
His
father |
| Childhood
hero |
Willie Mays |
| Subjects |
Strengths:
History, math and Spanish
Weak: English |
| Bible |
Has
read the bible from cover to cover more than once |
| Secret
society |
Was
a member of Skull and Bones, the Yale secret society. |
| Games |
Basketball
and Baseball but not much an athlete himself |
| Once
engaged to |
At
age 20 he was engaged to Cathryn Lee Wolfman but later they
broke up |
| Irritated |
That Yale didn't acknowledge his father's achievements with an honorary degree until 1991 |
| Was
rejected by |
Texas
Law school |
| Broken
promise |
Promised
to his wife Laura Bush that she
would never make a speech in public |
| Important
person he met in his life |
Evangelist Billy Graham |
| Alcohol |
quit drinking in 1986 and haven't had a drop since then |
| About
his earlier alcoholic addiction |
"I realized that alcohol was beginning to crowd out my energies and could crowd, eventually, my affections for other people. . . . When you're drinking, it can be an incredibly selfish act."
|
| Qualities |
visceral and energetic charm, sound political instincts, an easy and convincing sense of humor, a common touch
|
| Ally |
Britain's Prime Minister
Tony Blair
|
| Enemies |
Osama Bin Laden, Saddam
Hussein
|
| Facts |
1978 Bush ran for the House of Representatives and was defeated by the Democratic State Senator Kent Hance .
Elected Governor of Texas on November 8 , 1994 over incumbent Ann Richards .
For the presidential fund-raiser
he collected more than $36 million in the first six months of 1999.
President on January 20 , 2001 , as the winner of one of the closest general elections in American history - defeating Democratic Vice President Al Gore by only five electoral votes, while Gore won
the nationwide popular vote of more than 500,000 votes. The outcome was ultimately decided by only a few hundred popular votes in Florida, where Bush's brother Jeb was governor.
President Bush enjoyed the highest approval ratings in history, upwards of 90
percent after September 11 attacks
the third time since the Civil War that the party in control of the White House gained seats in both houses of Congress in a mid-term election
he became the first Texas Governor to be elected to consecutive four-year terms.
In his five years in office, Gov. Bush has delivered the two largest tax cuts in state history, totaling nearly $3 billion, to Texas taxpayers.
Bachelor's degree in history from the
Yale university his GPA was 2.35.
Bush has also worked as a counselor with black youngsters in Houston's Third Ward in a program called PULL (Professionals United for Leadership) for Youth.
he had an SAT score of 1206, 200 points below that of the average Yale freshman of 1970 , he
benefited from an admissions policy which gave preference to the children of alumni (his score was at roughly the 70th percentile nationwide).
first president to hold a MBA degree.
Bush is the second person to become U.S. President whose father was also President.
|
| Lowest
point in his presidency |
September
11 attacks |
| Created |
Creation of a Department of Homeland Security (DHS), a cabinet -level agency designed to streamline and co-ordinate the various agents of federal government bureaucracy charged with protecting the American homeland from foreign attacks
|
| On
education |
No Child Left Behind targets supporting early learning, measures student performance, gives options over failing schools, and ensures more resources for schools.
|
| Against
abortion |
In July, 2002, Bush cut off $34 million in funding for the United Nations Population Fund
(UNFPA) which claimed to have obtained first-hand video taped evidence from victims of forced abortion and forced sterilization in counties where the UNFPA operates
|
| Middle
East peace |
He outlined a roadmap for peace in cooperation with Russia , the European Union , and the United Nations , which featured compromises that had to be made by both sides before Palestinian statehood
could become a reality. |
| Still
searching |
weapons of mass
destruction in Iraq and Bin laden in Afghanistan |
| Quote |
"Our greatest export is freedom and we have a moral obligation to champion it throughout the world"
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