List of memorials, honors, and awards of George H. W. Bush

Presidential library
Main article: George H.W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum
The George H.W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum on the west campus of Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas

The George H.W. Bush Presidential Library is the nation's tenth presidential library which was built between 1995 and 1997.[1] It contains the presidential and vice presidential papers of Bush and the vice presidential papers of Dan Quayle.[2] It was dedicated on November 6, 1997, and opened to the public shortly thereafter; the architectural firm of Hellmuth, Obata and Kassabaum designed the complex.[3][4]

The George H.W. Bush Presidential Library is located on a 90-acre (36 ha) site on the west campus of Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas, on a plaza adjoining the Presidential Conference Center and the Texas A&M Academic Center.[5] The Library operates under NARA's administration and the provisions of the Presidential Libraries Act of 1955.[6]

The Bush School of Government and Public Service is a graduate public policy school at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas, which was established in 1995.[5] The graduate school is part of the presidential library complex, and offers four programs — two master's degree programs (Public Service and Administration, and International Affairs) and three certificate programs (Advanced International Affairs, Nonprofit Management, and Homeland Security).[7]

Other memorials, awards, and honors

Bush is commemorated on a postage stamp issued by the United States Postal Service on June 12, 2019 at a first day ceremony held at the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library.[8] While stamps honoring deceased individuals are customarily issued only after three years have passed since the death of the person, guidance by the U.S. Citizens’ Stamp Advisory Committee advises that stamps honoring deceased presidents should be issued as soon as possible.[9] The stamp design is centered on a portrait of Bush by Michael J. Deas and is non-denominated.[10]

In 1999, the CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia, was named George Bush Center for Intelligence in his honor.[11]

The George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, Texas, is named for Bush.

Two elementary schools are named after him:

Honorary degrees

George H. W. Bush received honorary degrees from several American and international universities, including:

YearSchool and locationDegree
1981Howard University, Washington, D.C.Doctor of Laws (LL.D)[14][15]
1981Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, ConnecticutDoctor of Laws (LL.D)[16][17]
1982Miami University, Oxford, OhioDoctor of Laws (LL.D)[18]
1982Boston College, Boston, MassachusettsDoctor of Laws (LL.D) [19]
1983Ohio State University, Columbus, OhioDoctor of Humane Letters (L.H.D.)[20]
1989Texas A&M University, College Station, TexasDoctorate[21]
1990Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OklahomaDoctor of Economics[22]
1990Liberty University, Lynchburg, VirginiaDoctor of Humanities (HH.D.)[23]
1991Princeton University, Princeton, New JerseyDoctor of Laws (LL.D)[24]
1992University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IndianaDoctor of Laws (LL.D) [25]
1995College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VirginiaDoctor of Laws (LL.D)
1998Lafayette College, Easton, PennsylvaniaDoctor of Laws (LL.D)[26]
1999Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, ConnecticutDoctor of Laws (LL.D)[27]
1999Washington College, Chestertown, MarylandDoctor of Public Service (D.P.S.)[28]
2000Saint Anselm College, Goffstown, New HampshireDoctor of Laws (LL.D)[29]
2008Bryant University, Smithfield, Rhode IslandDoctor of Humane Letters[30]
2009University of Macau, Macau, ChinaDoctor of Social Sciences[31]
2011Dartmouth College, Hanover, New HampshireDoctor of Laws (LL.D)[32]
2014Harvard University, Cambridge, MassachusettsDoctor of Laws (LL.D)[33][34]
2016National Intelligence University, Bethesda, MarylandDoctor of Strategic Intelligence[35]
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Awards and honors

In 1990, Time magazine named him the Man of the Year.[36] In 1991, the U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation awarded Bush its Lone Sailor award for his naval service and his subsequent government service.[37][38] In 1993, he was made an Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath by Queen Elizabeth II.[39] In 2009, he received the PGA Tour Lifetime Achievement Award and was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame two years later.[40] In 2011, Bush was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom—the highest civilian honor in the United States—by President Barack Obama.[41] The USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77), the tenth and last Nimitz-class supercarrier of the United States Navy, was named for Bush.[42][43]

In 2004, the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation presented the Profile in Courage Award to Bush and Mount Vernon awarded him its first Cyrus A. Ansary Prize.[44] The Ansary prize was presented in Houston with Ansary, Barbara Lucas, Ryan C. Crocker, dean of the Bush school since January 2010, Barbara Bush, and Curt Viebranz in attendance with the former president. Bush directed $50,000 of the prize to the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University, and $25,000 to fund an animation about the Siege of Yorktown for Mount Vernon.[45] Viebranz and Lucas represented Mount Vernon at the presentation.[46][47]

References
  1. "National Archives Accepts Bush Library as Tenth Presidential Library" (Press release). National Archives and Records Administration. November 6, 1997. Retrieved November 30, 2018.
  2. "The Birth of the Tenth Presidential Library: The Bush Presidential Materials Project, 1993–1994". George H.W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum. Archived from the original on April 10, 2007. Retrieved March 22, 2007.
  3. "Bush hopes library makes history clear". CNN. November 6, 1997. Retrieved November 30, 2018.
  4. Robbins, Jefferson (February 7, 1999). "Free Hand". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved November 30, 2018.
  5. Heathman, Claire (July 3, 2013). "How Texas A&M became home to the George Bush Presidential Library and Museum". The Bryan-College Station Eagle. Retrieved November 30, 2018.
  6. "The Presidential Libraries Act after 50 Years". Prologue Magazine. National Archives and Records Administration. 2005. Retrieved November 30, 2018.
  7. Lyons, Kelan (October 19, 2017). "For alumni, the Bush School of Government & Public Service served as 'a foundation' for education". The Bryan-College Station Eagle. Retrieved November 30, 2018.
  8. "Texas ceremony marks issuing of George H.W. Bush stamp". Associated Press. June 12, 2019. Retrieved September 8, 2019.
  9. Baadke, Michael (May 23, 2019). "George H.W. Bush stamp to be issued June 12 in Texas". Linn's Stamp News. Retrieved September 8, 2019.
  10. Foxhall, Emily (June 12, 2019). "George H.W. Bush stamp unveiled in College Station ceremony". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved September 8, 2019.
  11. Courson, Paul (April 26, 1999). "Former President Bush honored at emotional ceremony renaming CIA headquarters". CNN.
  12. "Home". George H. W. Bush Elementary School (Addison, Texas). Retrieved 2019-11-22.
  13. "Home". George H. W. Bush Elementary School (Midland, Texas). Retrieved 2019-11-22. Named for George H.W. Bush,[...]
  14. Richburg, Keith B. (May 10, 1981). "Bush Speaks at Howard". The Washington Post. Retrieved December 2, 2017.
  15. "Recipients of Honorary Degrees and Other University Honors (by year)". howard.edu. Howard University. Retrieved December 2, 2017.
  16. "Bush's brother eyes Senate". Record-Journal. September 14, 1981.
  17. "Vice President George Bush said Saturday he would remain..." UPI.com. United Press International. September 12, 1981. Retrieved December 2, 2017.
  18. Walsh, Janet (May 16, 1982). "Bush praises Reagan disarmament plan". UPI.com. United Press International. Retrieved December 2, 2017.
  19. https://www.bc.edu/content/dam/files/publications/factbook/pdf/06_07/06-07_honorary_deg.pdf
  20. "University Awards & Recognition: Honorary Degrees Awarded". osu.edu. Ohio State University. Retrieved December 2, 2017.
  21. "Texas A&M Honorary Degrees". Texas A&M University. Retrieved February 15, 2017.
  22. Killackey, Jim (April 4, 1990). "OSU to Make Bush an Honorary Doctor of Economics". The Oklahoman. Retrieved February 5, 2018.
  23. "Jeb Bush to deliver 2015 Commencement keynote address | Liberty University". Liberty.edu. April 15, 2015. Retrieved October 28, 2017.
  24. De Looper, John (August 1, 2011). "A Princeton Degree For a Yalie: George H.W. Bush Visits Princeton, 1991". The Reel Mudd. Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library, Princeton University. Retrieved April 20, 2018.
  25. Dame, Marketing Communications: Web // University of Notre. "Notre Dame mourns the passing of President Bush". Notre Dame News.
  26. "Former President Bush Speaks at Lafayette's 163rd Commencement". Lafayette College. May 23, 1998. Retrieved December 5, 2018.
  27. "Protesters disrupt Bush lecture". Rochester Sentinel. March 12, 1999. Retrieved March 17, 2018.
  28. "George H. W. Bush – Remarks". washcoll.edu. Chestertown, Maryland: C. V. Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience, Washington College. Retrieved April 20, 2018.
  29. "Remembering Former President George H.W. Bush | Saint Anselm College". www.anselm.edu. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
  30. "US former president George H. W. Bush honoured". bryant.edu. Bryant University. Retrieved December 5, 2018.
  31. "US former president George H. W. Bush honoured by UM". umac.mo. University of Macau. Retrieved December 2, 2017.
  32. Boutwell, Susan J. (May 12, 2011). "Former President George H.W. Bush Among Nine Dartmouth Honorary Degree Recipients". Dartmouth College. Retrieved July 30, 2016.
  33. "Honorary Degrees". harvard.edu. Harvard University.
  34. Clarida, Matthew Q.; Patel, Dev A. (May 29, 2014). "Bush, Bloomberg, and Others Awarded Honorary Degrees Thursday Morning". The Harvard Crimson. Retrieved December 2, 2017.
  35. NIU (March 23, 2016). "Former President George H. W. Bush Awarded Honorary Degree – National Intelligence University". Ni-u.edu. Retrieved October 28, 2017.
  36. Church, George J. (January 7, 1991). "A Tale of Two Bushes". Time. Retrieved November 30, 2018.
  37. Conconi, Chuck (February 1, 1991). "Personalities". The Washington Post. Retrieved November 30, 2018.
  38. "Lone Sailor Award Recipients".
  39. "Honours: Order of the Bath". The British Monarchy Today. Archived from the original on May 30, 2008. Retrieved March 28, 2008.
  40. "Ernie Els, George H.W. Bush among inductees to golf hall of fame". Los Angeles Times. September 22, 2010. Retrieved November 30, 2018.
  41. For the transcript of Obama's remarks honoring Bush, see "2010 Presidential Medal of Freedom Ceremony". The White House. February 15, 2011.
  42. "Future USS George H. W. Bush to Transit". Naval Sea Systems Command Public Affairs. December 18, 2008. Retrieved December 22, 2008.
  43. Jones, Matthew (January 10, 2009). "Carrier awaits a call to come to life in ceremony today". The Virginian Pilot. Landmark Communications. Retrieved January 10, 2009.
  44. Baker, Peter, "Bush 41 Reunion Looks to Burnish His Legacy", New York Times, April 3, 2014. Retrieved April 4, 2014.
  45. "Former U.S. President Honored with Ansary Prize". Mt. Vernon web page. Archived from the original on June 2, 2014. Retrieved March 18, 2016.
  46. Senior staff, mountvernon.org. Viebranz is identified as president and CEO of George Washington's Mount Vernon. Retrieved June 14, 2014.
  47. "Presidents Day 2014 — Barbara Lucas", mountvernon.org. Lucas is identified as regent of Mount Vernon's Ladies' Association. Retrieved June 14, 2014.
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