Religion: Methodist Education: Graduated from Yale University (1968); Graduated from Harvard Business School (1975) Occupation: Businessman Political Party: Republican Other Government Positions:
On September 11, terrorists flew hijacked airplanes into both towers of the World Trade Center and into the Pentagon. A fourth hijacked plane crashed in Pennsylvania.
From the Miller Center of Public Affairs at the University of Virginia, in addition to information on the Presidents themselves, they have first lady and cabinet member biographies, listings of presidential staff and advisers, and timelines detailing significant events in the lives of each administration.
Medical background of each president with references. Compiled by John Sotos, MD.
Points of Interest:
699 Mill Rd, Crawford, TX 76638
2943 SMU Boulevard, Dallas, TX 75205
Offutt Air Force Base
Bellevue, Nebraska
Highway 70, Barksdale AFB, LA 71110
Flight 93 National Memorial
6424 Lincoln Highway 30, Stoystown, PA 15563
Pentagon Memorial
1 N Rotary Rd, Arlington, VA 22202
World Trade Center Memorial
180 Greenwich St, New York, NY 10007
Emma E. Booker Elementary School
2350 Dr Martin Luther King Way, Sarasota, FL 34234
New Haven, Connecticut
1412 West Ohio Avenue Midland, Texas 79701
Additional Facts:
Bush was one of two managing general partners of the Texas Rangers baseball club from 1989-1994.
Of the 6 million votes cast in Florida in the 2000 election, Bush won the state's 25 electoral votes by 537 votes.
Bush is the only president to have a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree.
Bush's 2002 State of the Union address was the first broadcast live on the Internet.
Bush was the first president to serve in the Air National Guard.
Bush was the first president to attend an Olympic Games in a foreign country. He attended the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.
Bush was the first president to leave office while both parents still lived.
In 1993, Bush ran the Houston Marathon finishing in 3 hours 44 minutes. He is the only president to have ever completed a marathon at some point in their life.
Quotes:
“Life takes its own turns, makes its own demands, writes its own story, and along the way, we start to realize we are not the author.”
“If you don’t feel something strongly you’re not going to achieve.”
“We will bring the terrorists to justice; or we will bring justice to the terrorists. Either way, justice will be done.”
“Freedom itself was attacked this morning by a faceless coward, and freedom will be defended.”
George W. Bush - The United States' 43rd President | Mini Bio | Biography