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    George H. W. Bush

    This article is about the 41st president of the United States. For his son, the 43rd president, see George W. Bush.

    President of the United States from to

    George H. W. Bush

    Official portrait,

    In office
    January 20, &#;– January 20,
    Vice PresidentDan Quayle
    Preceded byRonald Reagan
    Succeeded byBill Clinton
    In office
    January 20, &#;– January 20,
    PresidentRonald Reagan
    Preceded byWalter Mondale
    Succeeded byDan Quayle
    In office
    January 30, &#;– January 20,
    PresidentGerald Ford
    Deputy
    Preceded byWilliam Colby
    Succeeded byStansfield Turner
    In office
    September 26, &#;– December 7,
    PresidentGerald Ford
    Preceded byDavid K. E. Bruce
    Succeeded byThomas S. Gates Jr.
    In office
    January 19, &#;– September 16,
    Preceded byBob Dole
    Succeeded byMary Smith
    In office
    March 1, &#;– January 18,
    PresidentRichard Nixon
    Preceded byC

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    George H. W. Bush: Life Before the Presidency

    George Herbert Walker Bush was born in Milton, Massachusetts, on June 12, His parents, Prescott Sheldon Bush and Dorothy Walker Bush, moved the family to Greenwich, Connecticut, when George was a young boy. His family was wealthy but his parents raised their children to be modest, stressing the importance of public service and giving back to society. An investment banker, Prescott Bush later became a Republican senator from Connecticut, serving from until

    Bush left home as a teenager to attend Phillips Academy Andover, an exclusive boarding school in Massachusetts. At Andover, Bush was captain of the baseball and soccer teams, and the senior class president. He graduated on his eighteenth birthday in That same day, he enlisted in the United States Navy.

    He served in the Navy during World War II from until September When he became a pilot in July , he was the youngest pilot in the Navy. He flew torpedo bombers in the Pacific theate

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    George H. W. Bush: Life After the Presidency

    When George H. W. Bush left the presidency, he and his wife returned to Houston, Texas, where they settled back into private life and reclaimed their lives as active citizens in their community. The former President volunteered at their church and sat on various boards, including one for a local hospital. The Bushes divided their time between Houston, Texas, and Kennebunkport, Maine, where the Bush family had long had a residence.

    Bush also threw han själv into preserving his legacy through his presidential library. The George Bush Presidential Library and Museum was dedicated in on the west campus of Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas. The library and museum holds the official documents and private papers from Bush's career including his presidential years. Bush also joined with former President Bill Clinton after a tsunami from the Indian Ocean träffad Southeast Asia in månad The two former Presidents created t