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George W. Bush And Barbara Pierce Bush Essay

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As the eldest son of George H. W. Bush and Barbara Pierce Bush, George Walker Bush was born on July 6, 1946, in New Haven, Connecticut while his father was an undergraduate student at Yale. By the time George was two, the family had moved to West Texas, where his father started working in the oil industry There his father made a fortune in the oil business. When the Bush family first moved to Midland, they bought a house at 405 East Maple, among a cluster of tiny colorful houses in a development nicknamed Easter Egg Row. In November of 1951, the Bushes purchased a larger home for their growing family at 1412 W. Ohio Avenue. George W. Bush has expressed fond memories of his childhood home on W. Ohio where he attended nearby Sam Houston Elementary School and then San Jacinto Junior High. He began high school in Houston, Texas, at Kincaid High School and then followed in the footsteps of his father by completing his high school education at Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts.

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At Yale, Bush was a popular student. He became president of the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity and enjoyed socializing, watching and playing football, and dating. Grades were not a high priority, and because of his mischievous behavior, Bush had a few minor run-ins with the law. Despite his background of privilege, Bush became more at ease with all kinds of people in college.

After graduating from Yale in 1968, Bush moved back to Houston where he worked for an agribusiness company (a

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