George Herbert Walker Bush “Herby”
George Herbert Walker Bush
“Herby”
George H. W. Bush
(1989 – 1993)
Republican
• Born Milton,
Massachusetts
World War II
58 Combat Missions
September 2, 1944 Mission
• Hit by enemy fire –engine on fire
• Delivered the bombs on target
• Ejected and parachute snagged on tail
• Hit water and cut face
• Stung by Portuguese Man-O-War
• 4 hours in water
• Rescued by submarine USS Finback
• Earned Distinguished Flying Cross
Bush Library
Yale Degree
-Economics (2 ½ years)
Co-Founder of Bush-Overbey Oil
Company
Incredible Political Resume
Served 2 terms in
the US House of
Representatives
(1967 – 1971)
United Nations Ambassador
(1971 – 1973)
Chairman of the Republican Party
(1973 - 1974)
Chief Liaison to People’s
Republic of China
(1974 – 1975)
Director of Central Intelligence
Agency
(1976 – 1977)
Vice-President (1981 - 1989)
Herby: The Man for the Job
• House of Representatives
• United Nations Ambassador
• Chairman of the Republican Party
• Chief Liaison to PRC
• Director of Central Intelligence Agency
• Vice-President
1988 Republican Convention
“A kinder, gentler nation”
VP Bush vs. Gov. Dukakis
1988 Election
“Read my lips: No new taxes”
1988 Electoral Map
Approval Rating
2nd Highest Ever
89% (March 1991)
5th Lowest Ever
29% (August 1992)
Herby Fun Facts
First US President with
2 middle names.
•Herbert
•Walker
2nd Father-Son Presidential Combo
CIA Headquarters renamed George
Bush Center for Intelligence (1999)
Stepping stone to the Presidency?
• First serving
Vice-President
to be elected
since
Martin Van Buren (1836)
Herby and Horseshoes
“I’m the
President of
the United
States and
I’m not going
to eat any
broccoli.”
What food was banned in
the White House?
“We need a nation closer to the
Waltons than to the Simpsons!”
New BFFs
George H. W. Bush Presidential Library
College Station, Texas
George H. W. Bush Presidential Library
Future Gravesite
Reopening His Museum (2007)
Age
83
Age
85