[1][2][3] Bush previously served as First Lady of Texas from 1995 to 2000. Phone: 727-487-4262 . [30] After narrowly winning the primary, he lost the general election. [125] In June 2016, Bush stated that she hoped the US remained in Afghanistan and had consulted with women there who feared the departure of American troops would create "a vacuum" similar to Iraq, furthering that the US "would have to start all over again" if they withdrew troops. It was published on April 23, 2008. (wife of President George Bush)., Hollandsworth, Skip. Winds SSW at 5 to 10 mph.. Tonight. According to The Washington Post, "[I]t made her look radiant and glamorous."[93]. When I was a little girl, my mother would read stories to me. [137] That month it was announced that she would serve as a keynote speaker for the 2013 Global Business Travel Association Convention in August. [6] He later attended the University of Hawaii at Manoa, where at 6'4" tall he may have played varsity basketball. George W. Bush and Laura Bush said their new granddaughter is "healthy and adorable." The former president and first lady shared a statement with People, saying, "With full hearts, Laura and I are delighted to announce the birth of our new granddaughter." They described Cora as "healthy and adorable," adding that they "are proud and grateful." [165], In April 2020, amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Bush and Michelle Obama made a joint appearance on the "One World: Together At Home" televised concert special by the Global Citizen Festival where they expressed appreciation for healthcare workers, first responders, pharmacists, veterinarians, sanitation workers as well as grocery store workers and those delivering food and supplies to homes. She used the opportunity to discuss the plight of women in Afghanistan leading up to the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan, saying "The brutal oppression of women is a central goal of the terrorists. [113], Bush enjoyed widespread approval by the American public both as the incumbent First Lady and during her retirement. [248], Laura Bush is portrayed by Elizabeth Banks in Oliver Stone's film W.[249] Curtis Sittenfeld's bestseller novel American Wife is based on much of her life. Laura grew up in Elmhurst, IL and graduated from York . [36][37], Bush became the First Lady of Texas when her husband was elected as the Governor of Texas and served as first lady of that state from January 17, 1995, to December 21, 2000. In 2001, United States President George W. Bush selected Parsons to co-chair a commission on Social Security. Aaron Bush Addresses. Apparently it was the right decision. [68] In March 2016, Bush wrote an op-ed for The Washington Post on changes occurring among women in Afghanistan while noting continued violence and calling for American involvement in Afghanistan to be consistent and predictable in continuing along with the international community "to provide significant development assistance in the areas of health care, entrepreneurship and education". [16], In June 2016, Parsons was appointed Board Chair of The Rockefeler Foundation, a foundation promoting the wellbeing of humanity all over the world. [101] Later that October, she ventured to the Middle East. Bush previously served as First Lady of Texas from 1995 to 2000. [9], Parsons was chairman of Citigroup from February 23, 2009[12] until April 2012 when he was replaced by Michael O'Neill. [13], On the night of November 6, 1963, two days after her 17th birthday, Laura Welch ran a stop sign and struck another car, killing its driver. Ethnicity: White, Not Hispanic . She has been featured on the covers of Vogue and Vanity Fair and has frequently modelled for Tommy Hilfiger, as well as for Abercrombie & Fitch and designers Gai Mattiolo and Isaac Mizrahi. [193][194], On January 20, 2017, Bush and her husband attended the inauguration of Donald Trump. But only if you promise me that I'll never have to make a campaign speech. [121], On May 11, 2010, during an interview on Larry King Live, Bush was asked about same-sex marriage. [164] In September, Bush delivered the keynote address at the Gateway to Opportunity luncheon at the Omni Dallas Hotel. [229], The American Library Association honored her for her years of support to America's libraries and librarians in April 2005. [220], A subsidiary of the center, the Jenna Welch Women's Center, opened in Midland, Texas, on August 10, 2010, to deliver expert medical care to women and their families. [200] Bush responded that some of the candidates had "frightened some candidates", but at the same time expressed her liking of the Republican Party having room for difference of opinion and that within the party, "we have room for all". ", "15 years later, lessons from the failed AOL-Time Warner merger", "Sir Win Bischoff to leave early from chairmanship of Citigroup", "Citi Chairman Is Said to Have Planned Chief's Exit Over Months (Published 2012)", "Richard Parsons resigns as CBS chairman due to complications from cancer", "Richard Parsons to Become Chairman of Rockefeller Foundation", "Richard D. 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Senator Ted Kennedy, who introduced Bush at the event, praised her and said he knew his late brother, President John F. Kennedy, would also be proud of her. He stepped down as CEO of Time Warner on December 31, 2007. [48][49] She took an interest in mitigating the emotional effects of the attacks on children, particularly the disturbing images repeatedly replayed on television. [160][161] On May 31, Bush delivered a speech at the South-Central Monarch Symposium on the monarch butterfly decline in recent years. Boards are the best place to save images and video clips. [4] When asked about her interest in politics, she responded "It doesn't drive me. 2 role. I wondered if spending $500 on art was too much.". Millions of high-quality images, video, and music options are waiting for you. She became First Lady after her husband was inaugurated as president on January 20, 2001. In time, her husband decided to enter politics, and Laura Bush became the wife of the Texas governor in 1995. Mr. Welch was working in El Paso, Texas as an office manager when World War II broke out. [154][155] and attended the memorial service for victims in the Dallas police officers shooting four months later in July. [162] On June 3, Bush served as the keynote speaker at the National Willa Cather Center dedication in Red Cloud, Nebraska and officially opened the center with a ribbon cut. [38] The Bush campaign worked to assure voters that as First Lady, she would not seek to emulate then-First Lady Hillary Clinton, who had faced controversy for leading several policy initiatives from within the White House despite being unelected. "[12], She met George W. Bush in July 1977 when mutual friends Joe and Jan O'Neill invited her and Bush to a backyard barbecue at their home. In 2007, she received the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement. [22] Parsons, however, repeatedly denied the reports,[23] supported Mayor Bloomberg's efforts to repeal the term limits law, and supported Bloomberg for a third term in office. [4] She implemented four major initiatives: Take Time For Kids, an awareness campaign to educate parents and caregivers on parenting; family literacy, through cooperation with the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy, she urged Texas communities to establish family literacy programs; Reach Out and Read, a pediatric reading program; and Ready to Read, an early childhood educational program. On November 25, 1981, Laura Bush gave birth to fraternal twin daughters, Barbara and Jenna. Michelle Commander is joining the Washington, D.C., museum in the No. [3][10], Her father was a house builder and later successful real estate developer, while her mother worked as the bookkeeper for her father's business. [101][102] She defined the trip as successful, saying that stereotypes were broken on both sides. He also met a deputy attorney general, Harold R. Tyler, and one of his aides, a young Rudolph W. Giuliani, with whom he was to be closely associated supporting him in his campaign for New York mayor and heading his transitional council.[8]. [5] Growing up in the Bedford-Stuyvesant area of Brooklyn, Parsons's father, Lorenzo Locklair Parsons, was an electrical technician and his mother, Isabelle (ne Judd) was a homemaker. When the weekend was over, the most visible evidence of the visit was the guest book at Parsons Lodge in Tuolumne Meadows, wherein Laura Bush lists her hometown as Washington, D.C. There's a star . She also mentioned not having trouble donating clothes to the library, admitting that she probably would have never worn them again in the first place. [206] According to Clay Johnson, a friend of the Bush family, she was reportedly surprised by Donald Trump's becoming frontrunner over the course of the election cycle. George W. 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Bush returns to campaign trail for brother", "Jeb Bush Bows Out of Campaign, Humbled and Outgunned", "Jeb Bush Drops Out of Presidential Race", "Laura Bush: 'Don't Ask' If I'll Vote For Donald Trump", "Laura Bush: 'Don't ask' if I'll vote for Donald Trump", "Laura Bush: U.S. going through 'xenophobic' period", "Did George W. Bush Vote for Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton? [93] Following the inauguration were the inaugural galas, to which Bush wore a pale, aqua lace gown, sprinkled with crystals, with long sleeves in a silver blue mist. Gender: Male Race or Ethnicity: Black Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Business. While in Hawaii, he also met his future wife, Laura Bush. [22] She graduated in 1968 with a Bachelor of Science degree in education. [73] In a July 2004 interview, Teresa Heinz, wife of Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry, said, "Well, you know, I don't know Laura Bush. "[88], Jude Ellison Sady Doyle reasoned that Bush was hard to dislike due to her adopting "the least partisan causes" such as literacy and breast cancer, which would attract the support of most Americans and her coming off as a "mild, polite, ordinary woman who might go to church with your mother, or organize suburban potlucks". He joined the foundation's board of trustees in 2008. [23] George W. Bush detailed his choice to marry Laura as the "best decision of [his] life". [68] In May 2002, she made a speech to the people of Afghanistan through Radio Liberty. PROFILE INFORMATION: Laura Bush (Parsons), '64 For the privacy of our alumni you must first registeror loginto view this full alumni profile: New Putnam City High School Alumni and Classmates that have joined: Christopher Banks class of '00 [4] He was one of five children. [22] She then taught for three years at John F. Kennedy Elementary School, a Houston Independent School District school in Houston, until 1972. newzjunky louise bartholomew nicole edward. Parsons had no clear idea what direction to take after college, but at the prompting of Laura, he decided to go to law school. He stepped down as CEO of Time Warner on December 31, 2007. [13] He is chairman of the advisory board of Feigen Advisors, a CEO advisory firm run by Marc Feigen. [7] After four years, he was seven credits short of his diploma. [182], In July 2013, Bush and Obama appeared together in Africa at the First Ladies Summit. [29][44] In December 2000, her husband resigned as Governor of Texas to prepare for his inauguration as President of the United States in January 2001. (Page 2) "[50], Later in her tenure, she was honored by the United Nations, as the body named her honorary ambassador for the United Nations' Decade of Literacy. [227], During and after her tenure as the First Lady, Laura Bush received a number of awards and honors. [52][53] She coordinated this as a result of her many trips abroad where she witnessed how literacy benefited children in poorer nations. Susan Bush and Laura Parsons. On February 22, 2013, without her consent, she was included in a pro-gay advertisement from the Respect of Marriage Coalition. and regional cooperation, serves extraordinarily talented women from 15 countries across Asia and the Middle East, including Afghanistan and Myanmar. In 2003, Parsons made the announcement of the name change from AOL Time Warner to simply Time Warner. [17][18] In 2000 Laura Bush's spokesman said, "It was a very tragic accident that deeply affected the families and was very painful for all involved, including the community at large. [199], After the 2012 election, where Romney lost to President Obama, Bush was asked in March 2013 during an interview whether the GOP's positions on social issues such as same-sex marriage and abortion led to more than half of female voters voting for the President. [105] She did say, however, that the country should do "what we can to limit the number of abortions, to try to reduce the number of abortions in a lot of ways, and that is, by talking about responsibility with girls and boys, by teaching abstinence, having abstinence classes everywhere in schools and in churches and in Sunday school". She established the Women's Health and Wellness Initiative and became involved with two major campaigns. [144], In 2015, Bush had several speaking arrangements on issues relating to her husband's presidency. Operating in partnership with the Laura Bush Institute, the Jenna Welch Center, named for Bush's mother, strives for excellence in research, education and community outreach. "[68] Her words summarized one of the goals and moral rationales of the U.S. involvement in Afghanistan and it became one of the more famous speeches of his administration. "[12] Bush has also credited her second grade teacher, Charlene Gnagy, for inspiring her interest in education. She endured surgery and had no further signs of cancer. When asked who she would be like out of the past First Ladies, she insisted it would be herself. [40] She established the First Lady's Family Literacy Initiative, which encouraged families to read together. [71] She advocated for his re-election in a speech at the 2004 Republican National Convention,[72] and was credited with having raised $15 million for her husband's campaign as well as the Republican Party while still succeeding in keeping a separate schedule that allowed for her to tend to the traditional duties she had as First Lady. Parsons, who owns a home on Block Island, is a child psychologist. 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