”Pappy” 41 dies at the age of 94
George Walker Bush 1934-2018
A man who was born into privilege and served honorably in WW2, was a US Senator, director of CIA, VP to Reagan and served as one term president in .
Many questions abound (JFK conspiracy, NWO – the biggies) His distaste for DJT a prominent issue for we Trump Train Deplorables.
But we recognize his strength in many's mind is that he was a powerfuol famiy man – husband, dad & granddad. His son Jeb was profoundly politically attacked. Would we feel differently re: the attack person? Just trying to keep things in perspective as we buried a very complex man.
We possibly will never know a lot of answers but he joins his predecessors historically in the elite and small fraternity of CIC to the USA.
Facts and Trivia
1924-2018
Birth: June 12, 1924 - Milton, MA
\ College or University: Yale BA 1948 where he was Captain of his baseball team and played in the first two world series.
Religion: Episcopalian
Married: Barbara Pierce Bush - the Silver Fox - January 6, 1945-April 17, 2018, her death
Children: 6 children- George W. Bush, John Ellis (Jeb) Bush, Pauline Robinson Bush (died in 1953 of leukemia), Dorothy Bush Koch, Marvin Bush, Neil Mallon Bush
Bush was the Navy's youngest pilot during World War II flying 58 combat missions and left in 1945 after three years of service with rank of LT
1971-1973 - U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Runs unsuccessfully for the US Senate. 1967-1971 - US Representative from Texas' 7th District. 1971-1972 - Ambassador to the United Nations. 1973-1974 - Chairman of the Republican National Committee 1974-1975 - Serves as chief of the United States Liaison Office in China. January 1976-January 1977 - Director of the CIA. 1980 - Runs for president, but loses his party's nomination to Ronald Reagan.January 20, 1981 - Is sworn in as vice president of the United States.November 3, 1992 - Loses the presidential election to Bill Clinton.
41st President 1989 – 1993, Republican - Vice President: J. Danforth Quayle Age at Inauguration: 59 Defeated Michael Dukakis USSS codename – Timberwolf
He liked “funky socks” , skydiving (doing his last tandem at age 90) June 9, 1999 - Celebrates his 75th birthday by skydiving. He celebrates his 80th, 85th and 90th birthdays the same way.
Business endeavors - 1951 - Establishes the Bush-Overbey Oil Development Company with John Overbey. In 1953 - Forms Zapata Petroleum with William and Hugh Liedtke.
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Snippets of A life in reflection
