George W. Bush - Life and Background

• Born in New Haven, Connecticut on July 6, 1946 to former president George H. W. Bush (41st President) and his wife Barbara.
• Prescott Bush, his grandfather was a U.S. Senator in Connecticut, and his own father was former Vice President and President.
• Attended public schools in Midland, Texas before transferring to The Kinkaid School in Houston. Finished his High School at Phillips Academy, an all male boarding school in Andover, Massachusetts.
• Was a baseball player and the head cheerleader.
• Was the President of his college fraternity, Delta Kappa Epsilon at Yale.
• Graduated with a Bachelor of the Arts degree in history at Yale University.
• Earned a Master of Business Administration from the Harvard Business School.
• Commissioned into the Texas Air National Guard for two years of active-duty service, then later into the Alabama Air National Guard.
• Was alleged to be favored for his father’s political standing.
• Was honorably discharged in 1974, the end of his six-year obligation.
• Met Laura Welch, a school teacher and librarian, and married her after three months of dating.

• Had fraternal twin daughters, Jenna and Barbara, who graduated from University of Texas and Yale in 2004.
• Began a series of oil companies he named Bush Exploration, but was hurt by decrease in oil prices.
• Worked on his father’s campaign for the Presidency in 1988 as advisor and as a liaison to the media.
• Bought a share in the Texas Rangers baseball franchise in 1989.
• Was inspired to run for Governorship in Texas in 1994 by brother Jeb, who ran for the governorship of Florida and was elected to two consecutive terms.