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But I’m one who believes that one’s word of honor is about one of the most fundamentally important things there is.</h3> </header> </div> <div class="row"> <aside class="col-md-4 sidebar clearfix"> <h2 class="serif-3 p-b-1">Patriarch of a Political Dynasty</h2> <div class="col-xs-12 sidebar--chunk p-b-2"> <dt class="serif-7">Date of Birth</dt> <dd class="sans-2"> June 12, 1924 </dd> </div> <div class="col-xs-12 sidebar--chunk p-b-2"> <dt class="serif-7">Date of Death</dt> <dd class="sans-2"> November 30, 2018 </dd> </div> </aside> <article class="editorial-article col-md-8"> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> <html><body data-rsssl="1"><figure id="attachment_29155" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-29155" style="width: 2208px" class="wp-caption alignright"><noscript><img class="wp-image-29155 size-full " src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200917235246im_/https://162.243.3.155/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/wp-navy-portrait-Bush-George308.jpg"></noscript><img loading="lazy" class="wp-image-29155 size-full lazyload" width="2208" height="2778" data-sizes="(max-width: 2208px) 100vw, 2208px" data-srcset="/web/20200917235246im_/https://achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/wp-navy-portrait-Bush-George308.jpg 2208w, /web/20200917235246im_/https://achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/wp-navy-portrait-Bush-George308-302x380.jpg 302w, /web/20200917235246im_/https://achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/wp-navy-portrait-Bush-George308-604x760.jpg 604w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200917235246/https://162.243.3.155/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/wp-navy-portrait-Bush-George308.jpg"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-29155" class="wp-caption-text">United States Navy pilot George Bush, 1942.</figcaption></figure> <p class="inputtext">George Herbert Walker Bush was born in Milton, Massachusetts and raised in Greenwich, Connecticut, an affluent suburb of New York City. His father, Prescott Bush, was managing partner of the international investment banking house of Brown Brothers, Harriman and Company. The senior Bush later entered Republican politics and served as United States Senator from Connecticut from 1962 to 1972. In Greenwich, George Bush attended Greenwich Country Day School before entering Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts. At Andover, he played varsity baseball, was captain of the basketball and soccer teams, and president of the senior class. When George Bush graduated from Andover, he had already been admitted to Yale University, but the United States had entered World War II, and he enlisted in the U.S. Navy Reserve instead. At age 18, he became the youngest pilot in the United States Navy. During the war, he was shot down in combat over the Pacific and earned the Distinguished Flying Cross.</p> <figure id="attachment_29153" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-29153" style="width: 2238px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><noscript><img class="wp-image-29153 size-full " src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200917235246im_/https://162.243.3.155/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/wp-baby-Bush-George473.jpg"></noscript><img loading="lazy" class="wp-image-29153 size-full lazyload" width="2238" height="2454" data-sizes="(max-width: 2238px) 100vw, 2238px" data-srcset="/web/20200917235246im_/https://achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/wp-baby-Bush-George473.jpg 2238w, /web/20200917235246im_/https://achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/wp-baby-Bush-George473-347x380.jpg 347w, /web/20200917235246im_/https://achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/wp-baby-Bush-George473-693x760.jpg 693w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200917235246/https://162.243.3.155/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/wp-baby-Bush-George473.jpg"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-29153" class="wp-caption-text">George H. W. Bush states, “our family has been close, close, close.” The Bush family at home in Texas, early 1950s.</figcaption></figure> <p class="inputtext">A few months before the end of the war, while on rotation home, he married Barbara Pierce, whose father published the magazines <i>Redbook </i>and <i>McCall’s. </i>After the war, Bush entered Yale, where in only three years he earned a B.A. in economics and a Phi Beta Kappa key. Although he was offered a job at his father’s firm, Brown Brothers, Harriman and Company, Bush moved, with his wife and infant son, to West Texas, where he worked for Dresser Industries, an oilfield supply company. He started at the bottom, sweeping warehouses and painting machinery, but soon became a salesman of drilling bits. By 1950, he had gone into business for himself, forming the Bush-Overbey Company with partner John Overbey in Midland, Texas. This company, which dealt in oil and gas properties, grew and took on more partners. In 1954, George Bush co-founded and became the president of Zapata Offshore Company.</p> <figure id="attachment_29246" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-29246" style="width: 2250px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><noscript><img class="size-full wp-image-29246 " src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200917235246im_/https://162.243.3.155/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/wp-Bush-George-Barbara310.jpg"></noscript><img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-29246 lazyload" alt="Congressman-elect George Bush and his wife, Barbara, celebrate their victory on election night, 1966." width="2250" height="2778" data-sizes="(max-width: 2250px) 100vw, 2250px" data-srcset="/web/20200917235246im_/https://achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/wp-Bush-George-Barbara310.jpg 2250w, /web/20200917235246im_/https://achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/wp-Bush-George-Barbara310-308x380.jpg 308w, /web/20200917235246im_/https://achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/wp-Bush-George-Barbara310-616x760.jpg 616w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200917235246/https://162.243.3.155/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/wp-Bush-George-Barbara310.jpg"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-29246" class="wp-caption-text">1966: Congressman-elect George H. W. Bush and his wife, Barbara, celebrate their victory on election night.</figcaption></figure> <p class="inputtext">Having earned a fortune of his own, Bush became active in Republican Party politics. By 1964, he become chairman of the Republican Party of Harris County. That same year, he ran for the U.S. Senate, but was defeated in the Democratic landslide that returned Lyndon Johnson to the White House.</p> <figure id="attachment_22971" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-22971" style="width: 1402px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><noscript><img class="wp-image-22971 size-full " src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200917235246im_/https://162.243.3.155/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/bush-and-nixon-key-to-gop-presidents-success.jpg"></noscript><img loading="lazy" class="wp-image-22971 size-full lazyload" alt="July 17, 1970: President Nixon with Congressman George Bush at a Bush for Senator rally in Marshall, Texas." width="1402" height="951" data-sizes="(max-width: 1402px) 100vw, 1402px" data-srcset="/web/20200917235246im_/https://achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/bush-and-nixon-key-to-gop-presidents-success.jpg 1402w, /web/20200917235246im_/https://achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/bush-and-nixon-key-to-gop-presidents-success-380x258.jpg 380w, /web/20200917235246im_/https://achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/bush-and-nixon-key-to-gop-presidents-success-760x516.jpg 760w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200917235246/https://162.243.3.155/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/bush-and-nixon-key-to-gop-presidents-success.jpg"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-22971" class="wp-caption-text">July 1970: President Richard Nixon with Congressman George Bush at a Bush for Senator rally in Marshall, Texas.</figcaption></figure> <p class="inputtext">Bush had better luck in the election of 1966, when he became the first Republican ever to represent Houston in Congress. Bush was easily re-elected in 1968. By 1970 he was ready to try for the Senate again, but was defeated by Lloyd Bentsen.</p> <figure id="attachment_23005" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-23005" style="width: 1024px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><noscript><img class="wp-image-23005 size-full " src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200917235246im_/https://162.243.3.155/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/ss-091010-ghwbush-08.nbcnews-ux-1024-900.jpg"></noscript><img loading="lazy" class="wp-image-23005 size-full lazyload" alt="In January 1976, President Gerald Ford appointed George Bush as director of the Central Intelligence Agency." width="1024" height="839" data-sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" data-srcset="/web/20200917235246im_/https://achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/ss-091010-ghwbush-08.nbcnews-ux-1024-900.jpg 1024w, /web/20200917235246im_/https://achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/ss-091010-ghwbush-08.nbcnews-ux-1024-900-380x311.jpg 380w, /web/20200917235246im_/https://achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/ss-091010-ghwbush-08.nbcnews-ux-1024-900-760x623.jpg 760w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200917235246/https://162.243.3.155/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/ss-091010-ghwbush-08.nbcnews-ux-1024-900.jpg"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-23005" class="wp-caption-text">In January 1976, President Gerald R. Ford appointed George Bush as director of the Central Intelligence Agency.</figcaption></figure> <p class="inputtext">Presidents Nixon and Ford selected Bush for a series of high-profile appointments: Ambassador to the United Nations in 1971, Chairman of the Republican National Committee in 1973, envoy to China in 1974 and Director of Central Intelligence in 1976. When Jimmy Carter was elected President in 1976, he appointed a new Director and George Bush returned to private life.</p> <figure id="attachment_22999" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-22999" style="width: 587px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><noscript><img class="wp-image-22999 size-full " src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200917235246im_/https://162.243.3.155/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Official_portrait_of_President_Reagan_and_Vice_President_Bush_1981.jpg"></noscript><img loading="lazy" class="wp-image-22999 size-full lazyload" alt="July 16, 1981: Official portrait of President Reagan and Vice President George H. W. Bush. (George Bush Presidential Materials Project)" width="587" height="750" data-sizes="(max-width: 587px) 100vw, 587px" data-srcset="/web/20200917235246im_/https://achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Official_portrait_of_President_Reagan_and_Vice_President_Bush_1981.jpg 587w, /web/20200917235246im_/https://achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Official_portrait_of_President_Reagan_and_Vice_President_Bush_1981-297x380.jpg 297w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200917235246/https://162.243.3.155/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Official_portrait_of_President_Reagan_and_Vice_President_Bush_1981.jpg"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-22999" class="wp-caption-text">July 16, 1981: Official White House portrait of President Ronald W. Reagan and Vice President George H. W. Bush.</figcaption></figure> <p class="inputtext">In 1980, Bush made his own run for the presidency. In early primaries that year, George Bush made a strong showing, but by the time the Republicans met for their convention in Detroit, it was clear that Ronald Reagan would be the nominee, and George Bush had dropped out of the race. Many Republicans were surprised when Reagan selected Bush as his running mate. At the time, they were considered leaders of opposite wings of the Party, Reagan a conservative and Bush a moderate, but Bush campaigned effectively for the ticket. The pair won handily and were re-elected by a landslide in 1984.</p> <figure id="attachment_23723" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-23723" style="width: 2280px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><noscript><img class="wp-image-23723 size-full " src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200917235246im_/https://162.243.3.155/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/wp-George-Bush062.jpg"></noscript><img loading="lazy" class="wp-image-23723 size-full lazyload" alt="November 8, 1988: George H.W. Bush was elected the 41st President of the United States. The Vice President fashioned a solid, 6-to-5 victory in the popular vote over Gov. Michael S. Dukakis of Massachusetts with a sweep of the once Democratic South." width="2280" height="1791" data-sizes="(max-width: 2280px) 100vw, 2280px" data-srcset="/web/20200917235246im_/https://achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/wp-George-Bush062.jpg 2280w, /web/20200917235246im_/https://achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/wp-George-Bush062-380x299.jpg 380w, /web/20200917235246im_/https://achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/wp-George-Bush062-760x597.jpg 760w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200917235246/https://162.243.3.155/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/wp-George-Bush062.jpg"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-23723" class="wp-caption-text">November 8, 1988: George H.W. Bush elected the 41st President of the United States. George Bush fashioned a solid, 6-to-5 victory in the popular vote over Gov. Michael S. Dukakis with a sweep of the once Democratic South.</figcaption></figure> <p class="inputtext">George Bush sought the presidency again in 1988, and won the Republican nomination over a large field of candidates. His election that November was a decisive one, though not the landslide he and Reagan had enjoyed in 1984.</p> <figure id="attachment_22994" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-22994" style="width: 2280px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><noscript><img class="wp-image-22994 size-full " src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200917235246im_/https://162.243.3.155/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/George_H._W._Bush_inauguration.jpg"></noscript><img loading="lazy" class="wp-image-22994 size-full lazyload" alt="January 20, 1989: Chief Justice William Rehnquist administering the oath of office to President Bush during Inaugural ceremonies at the United States Capitol." width="2280" height="1513" data-sizes="(max-width: 2280px) 100vw, 2280px" data-srcset="/web/20200917235246im_/https://achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/George_H._W._Bush_inauguration.jpg 2280w, /web/20200917235246im_/https://achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/George_H._W._Bush_inauguration-380x252.jpg 380w, /web/20200917235246im_/https://achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/George_H._W._Bush_inauguration-760x504.jpg 760w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200917235246/https://162.243.3.155/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/George_H._W._Bush_inauguration.jpg"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-22994" class="wp-caption-text">January 20, 1989: Chief Justice William Rehnquist administering the oath of office to President George H.W. Bush.</figcaption></figure> <p class="inputtext">The two proudest accomplishments of Bush’s presidency were the passage of the landmark Americans with Disabilities Act (the ADA) and the successful prosecution of the war to liberate Kuwait from Iraqi occupation. This effort saw the U.S. leading a grand coalition, including Arab countries which had long distrusted the United States. This experience of cooperation led to a renewal of the stalled Mideast peace process.</p> <figure id="attachment_22766" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-22766" style="width: 1280px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><noscript><img class="wp-image-22766 size-full " src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200917235246im_/https://162.243.3.155/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/BN-JQ403_cover_M_20150730130655.jpg"></noscript><img loading="lazy" class="wp-image-22766 size-full lazyload" alt="January 18, 1991: Early in Operation Desert Storm, President George H. W. Bush met with top aides, including (from left) National Security Advisor Brent Scowcroft, Defense Secretary Dick Cheney and General Colin Powell. (Corbis)" width="1280" height="853" data-sizes="(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px" data-srcset="/web/20200917235246im_/https://achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/BN-JQ403_cover_M_20150730130655.jpg 1280w, /web/20200917235246im_/https://achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/BN-JQ403_cover_M_20150730130655-380x253.jpg 380w, /web/20200917235246im_/https://achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/BN-JQ403_cover_M_20150730130655-760x506.jpg 760w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200917235246/https://162.243.3.155/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/BN-JQ403_cover_M_20150730130655.jpg"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-22766" class="wp-caption-text">January 18, 1991: Early in Operation Desert Storm, President George H. W. Bush met with top aides, including (from left) National Security Advisor Brent Scowcroft, Defense Secretary Dick Cheney and General Colin Powell.</figcaption></figure> <p class="inputtext">A sluggish economy undermined President Bush’s chances for re-election in 1992. The third-party candidacy of businessman H. Ross Perot, Jr. split off a fragment of the Reagan-Bush electoral coalition, and President Bush was defeated by the Democratic candidate, Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton. After leaving office, George Bush avoided criticizing his successor, and lent his support to the controversial North American Free Trade Agreement, which was initially drafted during his own administration.</p> <figure id="attachment_22977" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-22977" style="width: 1481px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><noscript><img class="wp-image-22977 size-full " src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200917235246im_/https://162.243.3.155/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/BushJrSrGovernorsMansion.jpg"></noscript><img loading="lazy" class="wp-image-22977 size-full lazyload" alt="April 28, 1995: Then-Governor George W. Bush and former President George H. W. Bush in the Governor's Mansion of Texas." width="1481" height="957" data-sizes="(max-width: 1481px) 100vw, 1481px" data-srcset="/web/20200917235246im_/https://achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/BushJrSrGovernorsMansion.jpg 1481w, /web/20200917235246im_/https://achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/BushJrSrGovernorsMansion-380x246.jpg 380w, /web/20200917235246im_/https://achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/BushJrSrGovernorsMansion-760x491.jpg 760w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200917235246/https://162.243.3.155/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/BushJrSrGovernorsMansion.jpg"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-22977" class="wp-caption-text">April 1995: Governor George W. Bush and former President George H.W. Bush in the Governor’s Mansion of Texas.</figcaption></figure> <p class="inputtext">After being defeated for re-election in 1992, George Bush had the pleasure of seeing two of his sons achieve high office. George W. Bush was elected Governor of Texas in 1994, and Jeb Bush won election as Governor of Florida in 1998, but the political achievements of the Bush family did not end there. Only once before in U.S. history had the son of a former U.S. president succeeded to the presidency. The second President of the United States, John Adams, was not well enough to travel to Washington for his son John Quincy Adams’s inauguration in 1825. But in 2001, former President George H. W. Bush was still in vigorous good health, and sat proudly by as his son George W. Bush was sworn in as 43rd President of the United States.</p> <figure id="attachment_40493" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-40493" style="width: 2280px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><noscript><img class="size-full wp-image-40493 " src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200917235246im_/https://www.achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Bush-George-H.W..jpg"></noscript><img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-40493 lazyload" alt="" width="2280" height="1514" data-sizes="(max-width: 2280px) 100vw, 2280px" data-srcset="/web/20200917235246im_/https://achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Bush-George-H.W..jpg 2280w, /web/20200917235246im_/https://achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Bush-George-H.W.-380x252.jpg 380w, /web/20200917235246im_/https://achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Bush-George-H.W.-760x505.jpg 760w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200917235246/https://www.achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Bush-George-H.W..jpg"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-40493" class="wp-caption-text">June 1995: President George H.W. Bush at a ceremony featuring the United States Marine Corps Silent Drill Platoon during the American Academy of Achievement’s “Salute to Excellence” Program in Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia.</figcaption></figure> <p class="inputtext">The elder President Bush surprised almost everyone when he fulfilled an old ambition and parachuted from an airplane for the first time since his wartime service. He was 72 years old at the time, and repeated the feat to celebrate his 75th, 80th, 85th and 90th birthdays. On his 80th birthday, he parachuted — not once, but twice — onto the grounds of his presidential library.</p> <figure id="attachment_22968" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-22968" style="width: 1100px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><noscript><img class="wp-image-22968 size-full " src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200917235246im_/https://162.243.3.155/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/15-receive-Presidential-Medal-of-Freedom.jpg"></noscript><img loading="lazy" class="wp-image-22968 size-full lazyload" alt="February 15, 2011: President Barack Obama awards the 2010 Presidential Medal of Freedom to President George H. W. Bush during a ceremony at the White House. (UPI/Kevin Dietsch)" width="1100" height="772" data-sizes="(max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px" data-srcset="/web/20200917235246im_/https://achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/15-receive-Presidential-Medal-of-Freedom.jpg 1100w, /web/20200917235246im_/https://achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/15-receive-Presidential-Medal-of-Freedom-380x267.jpg 380w, /web/20200917235246im_/https://achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/15-receive-Presidential-Medal-of-Freedom-760x533.jpg 760w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200917235246/https://162.243.3.155/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/15-receive-Presidential-Medal-of-Freedom.jpg"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-22968" class="wp-caption-text">February 15, 2011: President Barack Obama awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom to President George H. W. Bush during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House. The medal is the nation’s highest civilian honor.</figcaption></figure> <p class="inputtext">During his son’s presidency, George H. W. Bush forged a highly visible partnership with a one-time political rival, former President Clinton, joining forces to mobilize international support for disaster relief after the 2005 tsunami in Indonesia. In 2011, President Barack Obama recognized George Herbert Walker Bush’s lifetime of service, awarding him the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor, in a ceremony at the White House.</p> <p class="inputtext">At the time of his death at age 94, he was the oldest ex-president in American history. His passing was noted with the praise of leaders from around the world and from both sides of his country’s political divide. The historical reputation of George H.W. Bush’s presidency has grown with the years, and the man himself is remembered as an exemplar of courtesy and integrity in public life.</p> </body></html> <div class="clearfix"> </div> </article> </div> </section> </div> <div class="tab-pane" id="profile" role="tabpanel"> <section class="clearfix"> <header class="editorial-article__header"> <figure class="text-xs-center"> <img class="inductee-badge" src="/web/20200917235246im_/https://achievement.org/wp-content/themes/aoa/assets/images/inducted-badge@2x.png" alt="Inducted Badge" width="120" height="120"/> <figcaption class="serif-3 text-brand-primary"> Inducted in 1995 </figcaption> </figure> </header> <div class="row"> <aside class="col-md-4 sidebar"> <dl class="clearfix m-b-0"> <div class="col-xs-12 sidebar--chunk p-b-2"> <dt class="serif-7">Career</dt> <dd class="sans-2"> <div><a href="/web/20200917235246/https://achievement.org/achiever/#filter=.politician">Politician</a></div> </dd> </div> <div class="col-xs-12 sidebar--chunk p-b-2"> <dt class="serif-7">Date of Birth</dt> <dd class="sans-2"> June 12, 1924 </dd> </div> <div class="col-xs-12 sidebar--chunk p-b-2"> <dt class="serif-7">Date of Death</dt> <dd class="sans-2"> November 30, 2018 </dd> </div> </dl> </aside> <article class="col-md-8 editorial-article clearfix"> <p class="inputTextFirst">“This aggression will not stand.”</p> <p class="inputText">With these words, George Herbert Walker Bush committed the United States to the liberation of the oil-rich Kingdom of Kuwait, after it had been occupied by the Republic of Iraq in August of 1990. Over considerable opposition, Bush rallied the country to the cause, and assembled an unprecedented international coalition.</p> <p class="inputText">George H. W. Bush devoted his life to his family and to his country. He enlisted in the Naval Reserve and flew combat missions in World War II while still a teenager. After enjoying success in business, and raising his family, he entered political life, serving as Congressman, Vice President and finally President of the United States.</p> <p class="inputText">His administration saw the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act, renewal of the Voting Rights Act, and successful American military actions in Kuwait and Panama. Over the course of his career, he involved himself in many of the most contentious political debates of the age, but through it all he retained the personal goodwill of political allies and adversaries alike.</p> </article> </div> </section> </div> <div class="tab-pane" id="interview" role="tabpanel"> <section class="clearfix"> <div class="col-md-12 interview-feature-video"> <figure> <div class="embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9"> <iframe class="embed-responsive-item embed-responsive--has-thumbnail" width="200" height="150" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200917235246if_/https://www.youtube.com/embed/XVoRgqryAm4?feature=oembed&hd=1&modestbranding=1&rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="embed-responsive__thumbnail ratio-container__image lazyload" data-sizes="auto" data-bgset="/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Bush-George-HW-1995-Upscale-1of1.00_09_59_15.Still001-380x214.jpg [(max-width:576px)] | /wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Bush-George-HW-1995-Upscale-1of1.00_09_59_15.Still001-760x428.jpg"></div> <div class="video-tag sans-4"> <i class="embed-responsive__play icon-icon_play-full text-brand-primary"></i> <div class="video-tag__text">Watch full interview</div> </div> </div> </figure> </div> <header class="col-md-12 text-xs-center m-b-2"> <i class="icon-icon_bio text-brand-primary"></i> </header> <aside class="col-md-4 sidebar"> <h2 class="serif-3 achiever--biography-subtitle">Patriarch of a Political Dynasty</h2> <div class="sans-2">Williamsburg, Virginia</div> <div class="sans-2">June 2, 1995</div> </aside> <article class="editorial-article col-md-8">   <div class="achiever__interview-copy"> <p><strong>Was there an experience that changed your life?</strong></p> </div>     <div class="achiever__video-block"> <figure class="achiever__interview-video"> <div class="embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9"> <iframe class="embed-responsive-item embed-responsive--has-thumbnail" width="200" height="150" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200917235246if_/https://www.youtube.com/embed/6On-w9fO6sc?feature=oembed&hd=1&modestbranding=1&rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="embed-responsive__thumbnail ratio-container__image lazyload" data-sizes="auto" data-bgset="/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Bush-George-HW-1995-Upscale-1of1.00_14_30_22.Still003-380x214.jpg [(max-width:576px)] | /wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Bush-George-HW-1995-Upscale-1of1.00_14_30_22.Still003-760x428.jpg"></div> <i class="embed-responsive__play icon-icon_play-full text-brand-primary"></i> </div> <figcaption class="achiever__interview-video-terms"> <span>Keys to success —</span> <a class="comma-item" href="/web/20200917235246/https://achievement.org/keys-to-success/courage/">Courage</a> </figcaption> </figure>  <div class="achiever__interview-video__copy"> <p class="inputtext">George H.W. Bush: I think the major event that shaped my life was being a naval aviator. I got my commission and wings at 18 years old, and then I went into combat at 19. And I think, as I look back on it, that whole experience probably shaped my life more than any incident, or any event. Although I remember when I was shot down in that war. I remember how terrified I was. And it made me feel close to my family, and to God, and to life, and I was scared. Then we lost a child, there was that incident, a four-year-old little girl. It had a profound effect on me and on Barbara. You know, when you lose a child some families go apart. There’s a common wisdom that the loss of a loved one for parents divides them later on. People cite divorce statistics. In our case it was just the other way around. And our family has been close, close, close. And Barbara and I have been married for over 50 years, and I think that horrible incident drew us even closer together.</p> <p></p> </div> </div>      <div class="achiever__interview-copy"> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> <html><body data-rsssl="1"><figure id="attachment_22982" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-22982" style="width: 715px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><noscript><img class="wp-image-22982 size-full " src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200917235246im_/https://162.243.3.155/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/cockpit.jpg"></noscript><img loading="lazy" class="wp-image-22982 size-full lazyload" alt="George H. W. Bush, flying TBFs off the carrier USS San Jacinto (CVL-30) in the South Pacific. At age 18, he became the youngest pilot in the navy." width="715" height="900" data-sizes="(max-width: 715px) 100vw, 715px" data-srcset="/web/20200917235246im_/https://achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/cockpit.jpg 715w, /web/20200917235246im_/https://achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/cockpit-302x380.jpg 302w, /web/20200917235246im_/https://achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/cockpit-604x760.jpg 604w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200917235246/https://162.243.3.155/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/cockpit.jpg"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-22982" class="wp-caption-text">1944: Lieutenant George H. W. Bush, flying torpedo bombers off the carrier USS San Jacinto (CVL-30) in the South Pacific as a member of Air Group 51. At age 18, he became the youngest pilot in the United States Navy. During this time, the task force was victorious in one of the largest air battles of World War II: The Battle of the Philippine Sea.</figcaption></figure> <p><strong>How do you define integrity?</strong></p> <p>George H.W. Bush: The word integrity to me means being honest. It means that your word is good for something. I was in business years ago out in West Texas in the late ’40s and early ’50s. You didn’t need escrow agreements and 25 lawyers. Your word was your bond. You shook hands with a person and the deal was kept, it was made. Nobody would run away from a handshake. Integrity is having your word of honor so sacrosanct that others trust you.</p> <p><strong>Is there integrity in world politics today?</strong></p> <p>George H.W. Bush: Much more than you’d believe from the current wisdom: that everybody in politics is selfish, everybody is in there to glorify himself, or herself, that all politicians are corrupt.</p> </body></html> </div>     <div class="achiever__video-block"> <figure class="achiever__interview-video"> <div class="embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9"> <iframe class="embed-responsive-item embed-responsive--has-thumbnail" width="200" height="150" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200917235246if_/https://www.youtube.com/embed/9EZWgpLxfRc?feature=oembed&hd=1&modestbranding=1&rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="embed-responsive__thumbnail ratio-container__image lazyload" data-sizes="auto" data-bgset="/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Bush-George-HW-1995-Upscale-1of1.00_03_47_05.Still007-380x214.jpg [(max-width:576px)] | /wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Bush-George-HW-1995-Upscale-1of1.00_03_47_05.Still007-760x428.jpg"></div> <i class="embed-responsive__play icon-icon_play-full text-brand-primary"></i> </div> <figcaption class="achiever__interview-video-terms"> <span>Keys to success —</span> <a class="comma-item" href="/web/20200917235246/https://achievement.org/keys-to-success/integrity/">Integrity</a> </figcaption> </figure>  <div class="achiever__interview-video__copy"> <p class="inputtext">I’m disturbed by the attack on political figures. The assumption that everyone is guilty until proven innocent is just 180 degrees different than the justice system ought to be. And I don’t know what it takes to change that. I think the attacks that hurt me the most were not those that differed with me on abortion, or guns, or prayer in school, or on balanced budgets, or on taxes. The ones that hurt the most were those that challenged my character. Didn’t trust my word. And I think there’s an adversarial feeling in the press that “All politicians are going to lie to me, and therefore it’s my obligation to get to the truth.” It’s a very unhealthy view. And some political people do lie all the time, and step over their friend to achieve the objective themselves. But I’m one who believes that one’s word of honor is about one of the most fundamentally important things there is.</p> <p></p> </div> </div>      <div class="achiever__interview-copy"> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> <html><body data-rsssl="1"><figure id="attachment_22979" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-22979" style="width: 2280px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><noscript><img class="wp-image-22979 size-full " src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200917235246im_/https://162.243.3.155/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/bush-signs-act1.jpg"></noscript><img loading="lazy" class="wp-image-22979 size-full lazyload" alt="July 26, 1990: President Bush signs the Americans with Disabilities Act on the South Lawn of the White House. Sharing the dais with the president as he signs the Act are (standing left to right): Rev. Harold Wilkie of Clairmont, California; Sandra Parrino, National Council on Disability; (seated left to right): Evan Kemp, Chairman, Equal Opportunity Commission; and Justin Dart, Presidential Commission on Employment of People with Disabilities. Mrs. Bush and Vice President Quayle participated in the ceremony. (George Bush Presidential Library and Museum)" width="2280" height="1817" data-sizes="(max-width: 2280px) 100vw, 2280px" data-srcset="/web/20200917235246im_/https://achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/bush-signs-act1.jpg 2280w, /web/20200917235246im_/https://achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/bush-signs-act1-380x303.jpg 380w, /web/20200917235246im_/https://achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/bush-signs-act1-760x606.jpg 760w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200917235246/https://162.243.3.155/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/bush-signs-act1.jpg"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-22979" class="wp-caption-text">July 26, 1990: President Bush signs the Americans with Disabilities Act on the South Lawn of the White House. Sharing the dais with the president as he signs the Act are (standing left to right): Rev. Harold Wilkie of Clairmont, California; Sandra Parrino, National Council on Disability; (seated left to right): Evan Kemp, Chairman, Equal Opportunity Commission; and Justin Dart, Presidential Commission on Employment of People with Disabilities. Mrs. Bush and Vice President Quayle participated in the ceremony. (George H.W. Bush Presidential Library)</figcaption></figure> <p><strong>What was the proudest moment of your career?</strong></p> </body></html> </div>     <div class="achiever__video-block"> <figure class="achiever__interview-video"> <div class="embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9"> <iframe class="embed-responsive-item embed-responsive--has-thumbnail" width="200" height="150" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200917235246if_/https://www.youtube.com/embed/RZkb3AQkNAQ?feature=oembed&hd=1&modestbranding=1&rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="embed-responsive__thumbnail ratio-container__image lazyload" data-sizes="auto" data-bgset="/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Bush-George-HW-1995-Upscale-1of1.00_27_34_20.Still015-380x214.jpg [(max-width:576px)] | /wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Bush-George-HW-1995-Upscale-1of1.00_27_34_20.Still015-760x428.jpg"></div> <i class="embed-responsive__play icon-icon_play-full text-brand-primary"></i> </div> </figure>  <div class="achiever__interview-video__copy"> <p class="inputtext">George H.W. Bush: This may sound like a cliché, but I’ll put it this way. The proudest thing in my life is that my children came home. The proudest moment of my presidency, domestically, was when I signed a piece of civil rights legislation known as the ADA, doing something for the disabled. A massive piece of civil rights legislation that put disabled people, 50 million of them, into the mainstream, or at least removed legal obstacles to their being in the mainstream. The proudest moment internationally was when we prevailed over a brutal dictator. Formed a coalition that overcame public opinion in this country, cynicism in the press, reluctance in the Congress to do what was right, to say that a country — in this instance, Iraq — with the fourth largest army in the world, was not going to brutalize its neighbor, take over its neighbor by force. It was proud for me because I was privileged to be the commander-in-chief, but I’m not quite egotistical enough to feel that it was anything but a team effort. A classic victory of young soldiers working together, of sound diplomats doing their best. And of a country coming together to make a profound moral statement: aggression will not stand.</p> </div> </div>      <div class="achiever__interview-copy"> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> <html><body data-rsssl="1"><figure id="attachment_22981" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-22981" style="width: 2280px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><noscript><img class="wp-image-22981 size-full " src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200917235246im_/https://162.243.3.155/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/CIA_Director_George_H.W._Bush_listens_at_a_meeting_following_the_assassinations_in_Beirut_1976_-_NARA_-_7064954.jpg"></noscript><img loading="lazy" class="wp-image-22981 size-full lazyload" alt="June 17, 1976: Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director George H. W. Bush, listening intently during a meeting following the assassinations of Ambassador to Lebanon Francis E. Meloy, Jr. and Economic Counselor Robert O. Waring in Beirut, Lebanon." width="2280" height="1534" data-sizes="(max-width: 2280px) 100vw, 2280px" data-srcset="/web/20200917235246im_/https://achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/CIA_Director_George_H.W._Bush_listens_at_a_meeting_following_the_assassinations_in_Beirut_1976_-_NARA_-_7064954.jpg 2280w, /web/20200917235246im_/https://achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/CIA_Director_George_H.W._Bush_listens_at_a_meeting_following_the_assassinations_in_Beirut_1976_-_NARA_-_7064954-380x256.jpg 380w, /web/20200917235246im_/https://achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/CIA_Director_George_H.W._Bush_listens_at_a_meeting_following_the_assassinations_in_Beirut_1976_-_NARA_-_7064954-760x511.jpg 760w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200917235246/https://162.243.3.155/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/CIA_Director_George_H.W._Bush_listens_at_a_meeting_following_the_assassinations_in_Beirut_1976_-_NARA_-_7064954.jpg"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-22981" class="wp-caption-text">June 17, 1976: Central Intelligence Agency Director George H. W. Bush, listening during a meeting following the assassinations of Ambassador Francis E. Meloy, Jr. and Economic Counselor Robert O. Waring in Beirut, Lebanon.</figcaption></figure> <p><strong>What were the biggest disappointments in your career?</strong></p> </body></html> </div>     <div class="achiever__video-block"> <figure class="achiever__interview-video"> <div class="embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9"> <iframe class="embed-responsive-item embed-responsive--has-thumbnail" width="200" height="150" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200917235246if_/https://www.youtube.com/embed/BmC0kDlKBMk?feature=oembed&hd=1&modestbranding=1&rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="embed-responsive__thumbnail ratio-container__image lazyload" data-sizes="auto" data-bgset="/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Bush-George-HW-1995-Upscale-1of1.00_14_27_25.Still013-380x214.jpg [(max-width:576px)] | /wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Bush-George-HW-1995-Upscale-1of1.00_14_27_25.Still013-760x428.jpg"></div> <i class="embed-responsive__play icon-icon_play-full text-brand-primary"></i> </div> </figure>  <div class="achiever__interview-video__copy"> <p class="inputtext">George H.W. Bush: Nobody likes to lose. I used to call home when I was a 14-year-old soccer player away at school and tell my mother, “I got three goals today.” And she’d shake me off over the long distance phone and say, “It doesn’t matter, how did the team do?” When I lost a race for the United States Senate, I thought the world was going to end for me politically, and 18 years later I was elected President of the United States. The biggest disappointment was that I wasn’t able to communicate properly to the American people — with the proper conviction and the proper ability — where the country really stood. The pessimists, the naysayers, the change-wanters overwhelmed me, and I wasn’t good enough. I wasn’t articulate enough to have the country understand that we weren’t in a recession, that we were in a rather booming economy in the last half of my presidency. That was a personal shortcoming, a failure on my path. My predecessor could handle it pretty well, Ronald Reagan.</p> </div> </div>      <div class="achiever__interview-copy"> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> <html><body data-rsssl="1"><figure id="attachment_23003" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-23003" style="width: 2280px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><noscript><img class="wp-image-23003 size-full " src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200917235246im_/https://162.243.3.155/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Reagan-Cabinet-5.8.16-e1465898760245.jpg"></noscript><img loading="lazy" class="wp-image-23003 size-full lazyload" alt="President Ronald Reagan and Vice President George H. W. Bush with cabinet members." width="2280" height="1807" data-sizes="(max-width: 2280px) 100vw, 2280px" data-srcset="/web/20200917235246im_/https://achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Reagan-Cabinet-5.8.16-e1465898760245.jpg 2280w, /web/20200917235246im_/https://achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Reagan-Cabinet-5.8.16-e1465898760245-380x301.jpg 380w, /web/20200917235246im_/https://achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Reagan-Cabinet-5.8.16-e1465898760245-760x602.jpg 760w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200917235246/https://162.243.3.155/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Reagan-Cabinet-5.8.16-e1465898760245.jpg"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-23003" class="wp-caption-text">President Ronald W. Reagan and Vice President George H. W. Bush with cabinet members.</figcaption></figure> </body></html> </div>     <div class="achiever__video-block"> <figure class="achiever__interview-video"> <div class="embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9"> <iframe class="embed-responsive-item embed-responsive--has-thumbnail" width="200" height="150" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200917235246if_/https://www.youtube.com/embed/yKv6A92Amwk?feature=oembed&hd=1&modestbranding=1&rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="embed-responsive__thumbnail ratio-container__image lazyload" data-sizes="auto" data-bgset="/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Bush-George-HW-1995-Upscale-1of1.00_26_53_15.Still014-380x214.jpg [(max-width:576px)] | /wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Bush-George-HW-1995-Upscale-1of1.00_26_53_15.Still014-760x428.jpg"></div> <i class="embed-responsive__play icon-icon_play-full text-brand-primary"></i> </div> </figure>  <div class="achiever__interview-video__copy"> <p class="inputtext">I don’t want to put a bitter note on the press, but there’s an unaccountability. The charge that got me the most was against my character. It was alleged that I went to Paris to meet with Iranians in 1988, to talk them into holding Americans hostage until after the presidential election. I fought for my country. The fact that this charge could be given credence by the press got right to my soul. The fact that it caused the Congress to spend $2 million running down this outrageous charge against my very soul really, really affected me. It still does, and it will ’til the day I die. I fought for my country, and to suggest that I would make an insidious deal like that with the Iranians so that Ronald Reagan and I could win an election was horrible. I fault the press for that. I fault them for unaccountable charges that were subsequently shown to be totally false. I fought the Congress from pursuing this outrageous allegation against my character. Good friends on the Democratic side insisted on the hearing. In a sense, I’m glad they did, because there was total vindication and these charges were shown to be totally erroneous.</p> </div> </div>      <div class="achiever__interview-copy"> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> <html><body data-rsssl="1"><figure id="attachment_22976" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-22976" style="width: 1132px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><noscript><img class="wp-image-22976 size-full " src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200917235246im_/https://162.243.3.155/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/BushInaugurationPhoto.jpg"></noscript><img loading="lazy" class="wp-image-22976 size-full lazyload" alt="1989: The inauguration of President George H. W. Bush." width="1132" height="1420" data-sizes="(max-width: 1132px) 100vw, 1132px" data-srcset="/web/20200917235246im_/https://achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/BushInaugurationPhoto.jpg 1132w, /web/20200917235246im_/https://achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/BushInaugurationPhoto-303x380.jpg 303w, /web/20200917235246im_/https://achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/BushInaugurationPhoto-606x760.jpg 606w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200917235246/https://162.243.3.155/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/BushInaugurationPhoto.jpg"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-22976" class="wp-caption-text">1989: The inauguration of President George H. W. Bush.</figcaption></figure> </body></html> </div>     <div class="achiever__video-block"> <figure class="achiever__interview-video"> <div class="embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9"> <iframe class="embed-responsive-item embed-responsive--has-thumbnail" width="200" height="150" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200917235246if_/https://www.youtube.com/embed/cvyqYToZyKg?feature=oembed&hd=1&modestbranding=1&rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="embed-responsive__thumbnail ratio-container__image lazyload" data-sizes="auto" data-bgset="/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Bush-George-HW-1995-Upscale-1of1.00_07_52_17.Still011-380x214.jpg [(max-width:576px)] | /wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Bush-George-HW-1995-Upscale-1of1.00_07_52_17.Still011-760x428.jpg"></div> <i class="embed-responsive__play icon-icon_play-full text-brand-primary"></i> </div> <figcaption class="achiever__interview-video-terms"> <span>Keys to success —</span> <a class="comma-item" href="/web/20200917235246/https://achievement.org/keys-to-success/integrity/">Integrity</a> </figcaption> </figure>  <div class="achiever__interview-video__copy"> <p class="inputtext">I went to a Missing In Action POW meeting just before the election. Some idiot got up and started yelling at me that I knew there were live Americans in Vietnam, and I was unwilling to bring them home. That had nothing to do with Vietnam prisoners. What it had to do with was character. Would an American president, would I, who fought for my country and did my level best, leave an American incarcerated, knowing that we could do something about it? And the answer was, no. It’s the attack on character, it’s the attack on your very fiber, your being, that hurts. And who’s guilty? Well, I think to some degree the press is much more unaccountable and ferociously adversarial. And I think there’s some that have accepted the view that, well, this might well be true, the man doesn’t have the character. And I did. I made mistakes, screwed things up real bad on a lot of things. Couldn’t get things done the way I wanted, but it wasn’t because I was a couple of quarts low on character.</p> </div> </div>      <div class="achiever__interview-copy"> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> <html><body data-rsssl="1"><figure id="attachment_22967" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-22967" style="width: 2280px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><noscript><img class="wp-image-22967 size-full " src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200917235246im_/https://162.243.3.155/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/5b3a1ea8-4ebc-4c78-9f5f-94642f7efdc8.jpg"></noscript><img loading="lazy" class="wp-image-22967 size-full lazyload" alt="March 17, 1991: President George Bush shakes hands with Air Force Captain Spike Thomas, and Captain Eric Dodson looks on during welcoming home ceremonies at Sumter, South Carolina. Both pilots of the 33rd Tactical Unit based at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina were shot down during the Persian Gulf War. (AP Photo/Barry Thumma)" width="2280" height="1523" data-sizes="(max-width: 2280px) 100vw, 2280px" data-srcset="/web/20200917235246im_/https://achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/5b3a1ea8-4ebc-4c78-9f5f-94642f7efdc8.jpg 2280w, /web/20200917235246im_/https://achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/5b3a1ea8-4ebc-4c78-9f5f-94642f7efdc8-380x254.jpg 380w, /web/20200917235246im_/https://achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/5b3a1ea8-4ebc-4c78-9f5f-94642f7efdc8-760x508.jpg 760w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200917235246/https://162.243.3.155/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/5b3a1ea8-4ebc-4c78-9f5f-94642f7efdc8.jpg"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-22967" class="wp-caption-text">March 17, 1991: President George Bush shakes hands with Air Force Captain Spike Thomas, and Captain Eric Dodson looks on during welcoming home ceremonies at Sumter, South Carolina. Both pilots of the 33rd Tactical Unit based at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina were shot down during the Persian Gulf War. (AP Photo)</figcaption></figure> <p><strong>All public figures are subject to criticism attacks. How do you respond to attacks?</strong></p> </body></html> </div>     <div class="achiever__video-block"> <figure class="achiever__interview-video"> <div class="embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9"> <iframe class="embed-responsive-item embed-responsive--has-thumbnail" width="200" height="150" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200917235246if_/https://www.youtube.com/embed/kIEZCv9Y-aY?feature=oembed&hd=1&modestbranding=1&rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="embed-responsive__thumbnail ratio-container__image lazyload" data-sizes="auto" data-bgset="/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Bush-George-HW-1995-Upscale-1of1.00_24_48_10.Still006-380x214.jpg [(max-width:576px)] | /wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Bush-George-HW-1995-Upscale-1of1.00_24_48_10.Still006-760x428.jpg"></div> <i class="embed-responsive__play icon-icon_play-full text-brand-primary"></i> </div> <figcaption class="achiever__interview-video-terms"> <span>Keys to success —</span> <a class="comma-item" href="/web/20200917235246/https://achievement.org/keys-to-success/perseverance/">Perseverance</a> </figcaption> </figure>  <div class="achiever__interview-video__copy"> <p class="inputtext">George H.W. Bush: If you’re attacked personally you have to basically ignore it. You’ve got to go back in history and recognize that there’s nothing new here. It’s more vindictive, more outrageous, more unaccountable. The way that Franklin Roosevelt was treated in the presidency by the press is entirely different than the way President Clinton, or me, or President Reagan were treated. There’s been an evolution of incivility. But that isn’t to say that there weren’t, in our history, ferociously nasty editorials and charges and counter-charges that weren’t true. You have to have a relatively thick skin, you’ve got to turn the other cheek. You’ve got to try to do what your little kids in high schools do, make friends, and go the extra mile to see that the critic knows where you’re coming from. But it can be ugly. There’s a pack mentality today. And one hound gets out in front and the rest of the pack are baying at the heels of whoever it is that’s being pursued. That’s not a good thing. And so, what do you do when you’re under fire? Try to tell the truth. Try to give it your best shot. Don’t take it too personally, and get on with your life.</p> <p></p> </div> </div>      <div class="achiever__interview-copy"> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> <html><body data-rsssl="1"><figure id="attachment_9603" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-9603" style="width: 2280px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><noscript><img class="size-full wp-image-9603 " src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200917235246im_/https://www.achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/wp-2-Bush_and_Student_Williamsburg_Scan003.jpg"></noscript><img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-9603 lazyload" alt="" width="2280" height="1486" data-sizes="(max-width: 2280px) 100vw, 2280px" data-srcset="/web/20200917235246im_/https://achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/wp-2-Bush_and_Student_Williamsburg_Scan003.jpg 2280w, /web/20200917235246im_/https://achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/wp-2-Bush_and_Student_Williamsburg_Scan003-380x248.jpg 380w, /web/20200917235246im_/https://achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/wp-2-Bush_and_Student_Williamsburg_Scan003-760x495.jpg 760w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200917235246/https://www.achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/wp-2-Bush_and_Student_Williamsburg_Scan003.jpg"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-9603" class="wp-caption-text">President George H.W. Bush, Golden Plate awardee, meets delegates at the 1995 Summit in Williamsburg, Virginia.</figcaption></figure> <p><strong>Some people say that President Roosevelt allowed the Japanese to attack Pearl Harbor.</strong></p> <p>George H.W. Bush: I think that’s absurd. I don’t believe it for a minute, that he would have on his conscience the death of those people, and the battleship that you can see today, some bodies still in it, out there at Pearl Harbor, that he would have that guilt on his hands. I don’t believe it for a minute. I think there have been cases in history where the disclosure of information would cost more lives than the price for not disclosing. I think Commanders-in-Chief face dilemmas, but I don’t think Roosevelt would ever be guilty of permitting a Pearl Harbor, so as he could mobilize public opinion to bring the United States into the war on the side of our allies against fascism, and on the side of our allies against imperialism. An allegation can be made against a public figure, or a private figure, or a neighbor. Say it once loudly and get enough coverage, or spread enough disinformation, and the person can be severely damaged.</p> </body></html> </div>     <div class="achiever__video-block"> <figure class="achiever__interview-video"> <div class="embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9"> <iframe class="embed-responsive-item embed-responsive--has-thumbnail" width="200" height="150" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200917235246if_/https://www.youtube.com/embed/wRwhDNUYThQ?feature=oembed&hd=1&modestbranding=1&rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="embed-responsive__thumbnail ratio-container__image lazyload" data-sizes="auto" data-bgset="/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Bush-George-HW-1995-Upscale-1of1.00_05_57_22.Still009-380x214.jpg [(max-width:576px)] | /wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Bush-George-HW-1995-Upscale-1of1.00_05_57_22.Still009-760x428.jpg"></div> <i class="embed-responsive__play icon-icon_play-full text-brand-primary"></i> </div> <figcaption class="achiever__interview-video-terms"> <span>Keys to success —</span> <a class="comma-item" href="/web/20200917235246/https://achievement.org/keys-to-success/perseverance/">Perseverance</a> </figcaption> </figure>  <div class="achiever__interview-video__copy"> <p class="inputtext">I’ll give you a personal example. It was alleged that I was out of touch. “Bush is a president that’s out of touch. He came from a privileged background, doesn’t understand the hurt around this country.” I went down to see a technology show, and one of the items in the show was a brand new technology for check-out counters. It showed a machine that had never been invented before and, if my recollection is correct, wasn’t even on the market at this point. The guy brought in a crumpled milk carton and ran it across this scanner and it did something that no other scanner could possibly do. I made some comment. “Amazing, this is a wonderful thing.” And the people that produced this were saying, “This is the state-of-the-art, and we’ve got more to come.” It was wonderful. A lazy little journalist with a famous name working for <i>The New York Times</i>, the son of a decent and honorable father, but a lazy little journalist, was sitting in another room. He didn’t see this. He wrote that, “Here is Bush, he’s out of touch. He saw a scanner. He didn’t even know that at supermarkets you can scan something.” It played right into the hands of the press that wanted to show I was out of touch and it was picked up. We pointed out to the press afterwards that, one, the guy wasn’t there; two, this was brand new technology. CBS, not my favorite, came and defended me. Another one of the wire service reporters said that I got a bum rap, but the people don’t remember that. What they remember is that I was out of touch, that I didn’t even know what a grocery scanner was. You can’t fight back against that kind of thing. You can do a better job in communicating. I plead guilty to not being the world’s greatest communicator. But that was a myth, that was a lie, that was bad for me. And yet it lives on, people remember it. The fact that Bush was out of touch, he didn’t even know there was a grocery counter scanner. Now, what’s the equity, what’s the fairness in that kind of reporting, that kind of cynical attack? But the answer is, you can’t let them get you down, you’ve got to keep on trying to do your best.</p> </div> </div>      <div class="achiever__interview-copy"> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> <html><body data-rsssl="1"><figure id="attachment_40492" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-40492" style="width: 2280px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><noscript><img class="wp-image-40492 size-full " src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200917235246im_/https://www.achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Bush-Barbara.jpg"></noscript><img loading="lazy" class="wp-image-40492 size-full lazyload" alt="" width="2280" height="1486" data-sizes="(max-width: 2280px) 100vw, 2280px" data-srcset="/web/20200917235246im_/https://achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Bush-Barbara.jpg 2280w, /web/20200917235246im_/https://achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Bush-Barbara-380x248.jpg 380w, /web/20200917235246im_/https://achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Bush-Barbara-760x495.jpg 760w" data-src="https://web.archive.org/web/20200917235246/https://www.achievement.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Bush-Barbara.jpg"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-40492" class="wp-caption-text">Former First Lady of the United States and Academy Golden Plate awardee, Barbara Bush, addresses the American Academy of Achievement delegates and members during the 1997 Achievement Summit symposium in Baltimore.</figcaption></figure> <p class="inputtext">It gets back to what my mother said, “Do your best, try your hardest, be honest.” Those high achieving kids — I hope they’re listening to that advice. Because if they get to be president, if they get to win the Nobel Peace Prize, it’s those kind of values that are going to matter.</p> <p></p> </body></html> </div>    <aside class="collapse" id="full-interview">    <div class="achiever__interview-copy"> <p><strong>Who inspired you as a young person?</strong></p> <p>George H.W. Bush: Abraham Lincoln truly inspired me. It wasn’t just the freeing of the slaves, he kept the Union together. Some people even forget that today. What I think inspired me was the fact that in spite of being the president of the United States he retained a certain down-to-earth quality. He never got to be a big shot, and he cared about people.</p> <p><strong>Was there a book that inspired you?</strong></p> <p>George H.W. Bush: One of the historians here in Williamsburg talked about <em>War and Peace.</em> I had to read that in school. It was an inspiring, lengthy treatise. I read it twice. It taught me a lot about life. There was a marvelous book by Salinger called <em>Catcher in the Rye</em>. There was a book about discrimination called <em>Gentleman’s Agreement.</em> These books I think helped shape my life. But to be honest with you, not one book stands out as the defining book for me.</p> <p><strong>How important is passion to achievement?</strong></p> <p>George H.W. Bush: Passion is terribly important. You’ve got to feel something strongly. If you don’t feel something strongly you’re not going to achieve. You’re not going to go the extra mile. Passion is important in relationships. It’s important in a man/woman relationship. Letting the other person know that you really love her and that you care. And so, it’s a powerful word, but without passion, without really believing something, it’s hard to achieve.</p> <p><strong>How do you see the importance of preparation for high achievement?</strong></p> <p>George H.W. Bush: Know what you’re talking about. Get out there and do enough homework, have enough background, understand enough history so that you’re prepared for what you face today, and prepared to achieve your objectives. So, preparation is important. And it could be erudition, studying, so that you’re bright. It could be being schooled in values, so you can be kind and gentle, it could be a lot of things. But preparation – particularly for the younger people who haven’t really experienced the real business of living — it means work and it means broadening yourself so that you can better perform, better achieve objectives.</p> <p><strong>How about perseverance?</strong></p> <p>George H.W. Bush: To achieve, you’re going to have to persevere. And by that I mean that you can’t let a roadblock turn you around. You can’t expect life’s path to be totally smooth. You’re going to have to overcome adversity.</p> <p>Perseverance means having the strength to prevail, to achieve your objective. I think if I were a high-achieving high school kid, privileged to attend meetings like the one I’m attending now in Williamsburg, Virginia, I would say, “You’ve come a long way. You’re better than your peers, but you’re just beginning.”</p> <p>If you really want to make a difference, whether it’s in helping other people, or whether it’s in fighting for your country, or whether it’s in the political arena, or journalism, or physics, you’ve got to persevere. You’ve got to understand that there are going to be some enormous bumps in the road. They can be personal. You can get hurt badly. You can lose a friend, or a child, or a wife, or a husband. But you’ve got to persevere, you’ve got to be guided by certain principles and stay the course. If you quit, if you run away when the going gets tough, you won’t really understand what a full life is all about.</p> <p><strong>What role do you think courage plays?</strong></p> <p>George H.W. Bush: Courage is a terribly important value. It means you don’t run away when things are tough. It means you don’t turn away from a friend when he or she is in trouble. It means standing up against the majority opinion. In a fundamental sense it means: are you willing to give your life so somebody else can save his or hers? Courage is terribly important. There’s a lot of people who won’t wear it on their sleeve, or display it through some heroic act. But courage is having the strength to do what’s honorable and decent.</p> <p><strong>If you had a tip to share with young people, what would that be?</strong></p> <p>George H.W. Bush: If I were to give advice to young people, high-achieving young people for example, I’d have to say, don’t neglect your family. Politics is important, sitting at the head table is glamorous. Traveling around the world, trying to do something for world peace was wonderful. But family and friends and faith are what really matter in life. And I know that. I see it so clearly now. And so, as they climb the ladder of achievement, I’d simply say, remember what Barbara Bush told those girls at Wellesley: “What happens in your house is more important than what happens in the White House.” And it’s true. It’s so 100 percent true. And that means we — each of these achievers — must find some way, not only stay in touch with family, but to help others who might not be blessed with family. To strengthen the American family.</p> <p>It’s family, and it’s faith, and it’s friends, and it’s not the glamour of the Presidency, or the wonder of going to receive the Nobel Prize. All those are important, of course. But maybe it’s just that I’m 71 years old now. It’s family, and it’s faith, and it’s friends. I would tell them that. Don’t forget that. In your brilliance, don’t turn your back on your friends. Don’t think you’re entitled to something because you’re smarter than the next guy.</p> <p><strong>What does the American Dream to you?</strong></p> <p>George H.W. Bush: The American Dream means being what you want to be. Achieving something. Giving it your all to achieve. But it means helping others. It means understanding that we are the kindest and most generous nation on the face of the earth. We’ve got huge social problems, I’m afraid that some bright young people today, and older people, don’t really appreciate the blessings of living in the most decent, strongest, fairest, most generous country on the face of the earth. And I say that with some historical perspective. The American Dream means giving it your all, trying your hardest, accomplishing something. And then I’d add to that, giving something back. No definition of a successful life can do anything but include serving others.</p> <p><strong>How do you see the concept of vision in public service?</strong></p> <p>George H.W. Bush: Vision is an interesting word. I’m the president that the national press corps felt had no vision, and yet I worked for a more peaceful world. And we did something to say to a totalitarian dictator in Iraq, you’re not going to take over your neighboring country. There’s a vision there, which was peace. So, I’m a little defensive in the use of the word. Because I think the pundits had it down that I had no vision, but I did. You need a vision, you need a central core. You need to say, “Here’s what I’m going to try to do to make life better for others.”</p> <p>It doesn’t have to be proclaimed in the fanciest prose. It doesn’t have to be done with the most rhetorical flourish. It has to be your inner self. It’s got to drive you. It can be a personal thing. It can be your set of values. Your vision can be, “I want to live to this code of behavior.” It can be so many different things for one person or another. But I think you need it. I think you need to have an idea of where you want to be the next day, and ten years from now.</p> <p>I’ve got a vision now. I’ve been President of the United States, and my vision is being the best grandfather in the entire world. It’s a good vision. You let all these kids talk about all these marvelous books they’re going to write, Nobel Prizes they’re going to win, political mountains they’re going to climb, but I can tell them, having been there, it’s family that’s important. My vision is to stay the hell out of the press and to be a good father and a good grandfather. That’s a good vision, because there are families under great stress these days.</p> <p><strong>Communication is very important.</strong></p> <p>George H.W. Bush: It is. Nobody has ever accused me of being a superior communicator. If I could have conveyed to the American people the concerns I had, and my heartbeat, a little more clearly, maybe I would not be unemployed and retired. And I might not be this happy, either.</p> <p>I learned a lot from Ronald Reagan about communication. Never got to be in his league in terms of it, but he could say something and the American people might not agree with the issue, but they could empathize with him. He could communicate in a marvelous way, with humor, and conviction.</p> <p>I suppose it’s a skill you can learn, but I always figured, if I do my best and try my hardest, there will be some good things, there will be some failures, the American people will judge me on all of that. And they will. It takes time. I’m not going to write a memoir. Let somebody else figure out my shortcomings and my possible successes.</p> <p><strong>You’ve moved on.</strong></p> <p>George H.W. Bush: I don’t want to be called a senior citizen, I feel like a spring colt. I don’t want to be called a has-been, because there’s things I want to do in life. But, I’ve been there and I’d say, “Don’t let the bastards get you down.” And they don’t anymore, I don’t talk to them anymore, so they don’t get me down. I’ve got my family, and I’ve got so many blessings that I don’t think I’ve earned, that I’m a very happy man. I can’t wait for the next day.</p> <p><strong>Thank you, Mr. President. It’s been a privilege.</strong></p> </div>  </aside>  <div class="read-more__toggle collapsed" data-toggle="collapse" data-target="#full-interview"><a href="#" class="sans-4 btn">Read full interview</a></div> </article> </section> </div> <div class="tab-pane" id="gallery" role="tabpanel"> <section class="isotope-wrapper">  <header class="toolbar toolbar--gallery bg-white clearfix"> <div class="col-md-6"> <div class="serif-4">George H. W. Bush Gallery</div> </div> <div class="col-md-6 text-md-right isotope-toolbar"> <ul class="list-unstyled list-inline m-b-0 text-brand-primary sans-4"> <li class="list-inline-item" data-filter=".photo"><i class="icon-icon_camera"></i>47 photos</li> </ul> </div> </header> <div class="isotope-gallery isotope-box single-achiever__gallery clearfix"> <figure class="isotope-item ratio-container--gallery photo" data-category="photo" data-ratio="0.63026315789474" title="" data-gtm-category="photo" data-gtm-action="click" data-gtm-label="Achiever - ">   <div class="lazyload ratio-container__image" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#imageModal" data-image-src="/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/unamb.jpg" data-image-caption="March 21, 1971: United States Ambassador George H. W. Bush reviews public affairs with moderator Lawrence Spivak as part of the program "Meet the Press." (NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)" data-image-copyright="unamb" data-sizes="auto" data-bgset="/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/unamb-380x240.jpg [(max-width:576px)] | /wp-content/uploads/2016/09/unamb-760x479.jpg"></div>  </figure> <figure class="isotope-item ratio-container--gallery photo" data-category="photo" data-ratio="0.66578947368421" title="" data-gtm-category="photo" data-gtm-action="click" data-gtm-label="Achiever - ">   <div class="lazyload ratio-container__image" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#imageModal" data-image-src="/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/gbush-start.jpg" data-image-caption="January 3, 1993, Moscow, Russia: President George Bush and Russsian President Boris Yeltsin sign the Start II agreement to reduce nuclear arms. (Larry Downing/Sygma/Corbis)" data-image-copyright="Signature of Start II Agreement" data-sizes="auto" data-bgset="/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/gbush-start-380x253.jpg [(max-width:576px)] | /wp-content/uploads/2016/09/gbush-start-760x506.jpg"></div>  </figure> <figure class="isotope-item ratio-container--gallery photo" data-category="photo" data-ratio="0.81973684210526" title="" data-gtm-category="photo" data-gtm-action="click" data-gtm-label="Achiever - ">   <div class="lazyload ratio-container__image" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#imageModal" data-image-src="/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/ss-091010-ghwbush-08.nbcnews-ux-1024-900.jpg" data-image-caption="In January 1976, President Gerald Ford appointed George Bush as director of the Central Intelligence Agency." data-image-copyright="ss-091010-ghwbush-08-nbcnews-ux-1024-900" data-sizes="auto" data-bgset="/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/ss-091010-ghwbush-08.nbcnews-ux-1024-900-380x311.jpg [(max-width:576px)] | /wp-content/uploads/2016/09/ss-091010-ghwbush-08.nbcnews-ux-1024-900-760x623.jpg"></div>  </figure> <figure class="isotope-item ratio-container--gallery photo" data-category="photo" data-ratio="1.2582781456954" title="" data-gtm-category="photo" data-gtm-action="click" data-gtm-label="Achiever - ">   <div class="lazyload ratio-container__image" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#imageModal" data-image-src="/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/wp-navy-portrait-Bush-George308.jpg" data-image-caption="U.S. Navy pilot George Bush, 1942." data-image-copyright="wp-navy-portrait-bush-george308" data-sizes="auto" data-bgset="/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/wp-navy-portrait-Bush-George308-302x380.jpg [(max-width:576px)] | /wp-content/uploads/2016/05/wp-navy-portrait-Bush-George308-604x760.jpg"></div>  </figure> <figure class="isotope-item ratio-container--gallery photo" data-category="photo" data-ratio="0.80263157894737" title="" data-gtm-category="photo" data-gtm-action="click" data-gtm-label="Achiever - ">   <div class="lazyload ratio-container__image" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#imageModal" data-image-src="/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/ss-091010-ghwbush-05.nbcnews-ux-1024-900.jpg" data-image-caption="1960s: George Bush campaigning for a Congressional seat with his wife, Barbara." data-image-copyright="1960s: George Bush campaigning for a Congressional seat with his wife Barbara." data-sizes="auto" data-bgset="/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/ss-091010-ghwbush-05.nbcnews-ux-1024-900-380x305.jpg [(max-width:576px)] | /wp-content/uploads/2016/09/ss-091010-ghwbush-05.nbcnews-ux-1024-900-760x610.jpg"></div>  </figure> <figure class="isotope-item ratio-container--gallery photo" data-category="photo" data-ratio="0.79210526315789" title="" data-gtm-category="photo" data-gtm-action="click" data-gtm-label="Achiever - ">   <div class="lazyload ratio-container__image" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#imageModal" data-image-src="/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Reagan-Cabinet-5.8.16-e1465898760245.jpg" data-image-caption="President Ronald Reagan and Vice President George H. W. Bush with cabinet members." data-image-copyright="reagan-cabinet-5-8-16-e1465898760245" data-sizes="auto" data-bgset="/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Reagan-Cabinet-5.8.16-e1465898760245-380x301.jpg [(max-width:576px)] | /wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Reagan-Cabinet-5.8.16-e1465898760245-760x602.jpg"></div>  </figure> <figure class="isotope-item ratio-container--gallery photo" data-category="photo" data-ratio="0.63947368421053" title="" data-gtm-category="photo" data-gtm-action="click" data-gtm-label="Achiever - ">   <div class="lazyload ratio-container__image" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#imageModal" data-image-src="/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/President_Ford_meets_with_CIA_Director-designate_George_Bush_-_NARA_-_7141445.jpg" data-image-caption="December 17, 1975: President Gerald R. Ford meeting with CIA Director-designate George Bush in the Oval Office." data-image-copyright="president_ford_meets_with_cia_director-designate_george_bush_-_nara_-_7141445" data-sizes="auto" data-bgset="/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/President_Ford_meets_with_CIA_Director-designate_George_Bush_-_NARA_-_7141445-380x243.jpg [(max-width:576px)] | /wp-content/uploads/2016/09/President_Ford_meets_with_CIA_Director-designate_George_Bush_-_NARA_-_7141445-760x486.jpg"></div>  </figure> <figure class="isotope-item ratio-container--gallery photo" data-category="photo" data-ratio="0.67631578947368" title="" data-gtm-category="photo" data-gtm-action="click" data-gtm-label="Achiever - ">   <div class="lazyload ratio-container__image" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#imageModal" data-image-src="/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/President_Bush_rides_in_a_HUMVEE_with_General_H._Norman_Schwarzkopf_during_his_visit_with_troops_in_Saudi_Arabia_on..._-_NARA_-_186424.jpg" data-image-caption="November 22, 1990: President Bush rides in a HUMVEE with General H. Norman Schwarzkopf during his visit with troops in Saudi Arabia." data-image-copyright="president_bush_rides_in_a_humvee_with_general_h-_norman_schwarzkopf_during_his_visit_with_troops_in_saudi_arabia_on-_-_nara_-_186424" data-sizes="auto" data-bgset="/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/President_Bush_rides_in_a_HUMVEE_with_General_H._Norman_Schwarzkopf_during_his_visit_with_troops_in_Saudi_Arabia_on..._-_NARA_-_186424-380x257.jpg [(max-width:576px)] | /wp-content/uploads/2016/09/President_Bush_rides_in_a_HUMVEE_with_General_H._Norman_Schwarzkopf_during_his_visit_with_troops_in_Saudi_Arabia_on..._-_NARA_-_186424-760x514.jpg"></div>  </figure> <figure class="isotope-item ratio-container--gallery photo" data-category="photo" data-ratio="0.67631578947368" title="" data-gtm-category="photo" data-gtm-action="click" data-gtm-label="Achiever - ">   <div class="lazyload ratio-container__image" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#imageModal" data-image-src="/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/President_Bush_meets_with_General_Colin_Powell_General_Scowcroft_Secretary_James_Baker_Vice_President_Quayle..._-_NARA_-_186429.tif.jpg" data-image-caption="January 15, 1991: President Bush meets with General Colin Powell, General Scowcroft, Secretary James Baker, Vice President Quayle, Secretary Dick Cheney, Governor Sununu and Robert Gates about the situation in the Persian Gulf and Operation Desert Shield." data-image-copyright="president_bush_meets_with_general_colin_powell_general_scowcroft_secretary_james_baker_vice_president_quayle-_-_nara_-_186429-tif" data-sizes="auto" data-bgset="/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/President_Bush_meets_with_General_Colin_Powell_General_Scowcroft_Secretary_James_Baker_Vice_President_Quayle..._-_NARA_-_186429.tif-380x257.jpg [(max-width:576px)] | /wp-content/uploads/2016/09/President_Bush_meets_with_General_Colin_Powell_General_Scowcroft_Secretary_James_Baker_Vice_President_Quayle..._-_NARA_-_186429.tif-760x514.jpg"></div>  </figure> <figure class="isotope-item ratio-container--gallery photo" data-category="photo" data-ratio="1.2776831345826" title="" data-gtm-category="photo" data-gtm-action="click" data-gtm-label="Achiever - ">   <div class="lazyload ratio-container__image" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#imageModal" data-image-src="/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Official_portrait_of_President_Reagan_and_Vice_President_Bush_1981.jpg" data-image-caption="July 16, 1981: Official portrait of President Reagan and Vice President George H. W. Bush. (George Bush Presidential Materials Project)" data-image-copyright="official_portrait_of_president_reagan_and_vice_president_bush_1981" data-sizes="auto" data-bgset="/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Official_portrait_of_President_Reagan_and_Vice_President_Bush_1981-297x380.jpg [(max-width:576px)] | /wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Official_portrait_of_President_Reagan_and_Vice_President_Bush_1981.jpg"></div>  </figure> <figure class="isotope-item ratio-container--gallery photo" data-category="photo" data-ratio="1.2337662337662" title="" data-gtm-category="photo" data-gtm-action="click" data-gtm-label="Achiever - ">   <div class="lazyload ratio-container__image" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#imageModal" data-image-src="/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/wp-Bush-George-Barbara310.jpg" data-image-caption="Congressman-elect George Bush and his wife, Barbara, celebrate their victory on election night, 1966." data-image-copyright="wp-bush-george-barbara310" data-sizes="auto" data-bgset="/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/wp-Bush-George-Barbara310-308x380.jpg [(max-width:576px)] | /wp-content/uploads/2016/05/wp-Bush-George-Barbara310-616x760.jpg"></div>  </figure> <figure class="isotope-item ratio-container--gallery photo" data-category="photo" data-ratio="1.4258911819887" title="" data-gtm-category="photo" data-gtm-action="click" data-gtm-label="Achiever - ">   <div class="lazyload ratio-container__image" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#imageModal" data-image-src="/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/lossy-page1-2126px-George_Bush_as_United_States_Liaison_to_China_1974-1975_-_NARA_-_186378.tif.jpg" data-image-caption="1974-1975: George Bush with his wife, Barbara Bush, as United States Liaison to China." data-image-copyright="lossy-page1-2126px-george_bush_as_united_states_liaison_to_china_1974-1975_-_nara_-_186378-tif" data-sizes="auto" data-bgset="/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/lossy-page1-2126px-George_Bush_as_United_States_Liaison_to_China_1974-1975_-_NARA_-_186378.tif-266x380.jpg [(max-width:576px)] | /wp-content/uploads/2016/09/lossy-page1-2126px-George_Bush_as_United_States_Liaison_to_China_1974-1975_-_NARA_-_186378.tif-533x760.jpg"></div>  </figure> <figure class="isotope-item ratio-container--gallery photo" data-category="photo" data-ratio="1.0998552821997" title="" data-gtm-category="photo" data-gtm-action="click" data-gtm-label="Achiever - ">   <div class="lazyload ratio-container__image" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#imageModal" data-image-src="/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/GeorgeWBush1947.jpg" data-image-caption="1947: Barbara and George H. W. Bush with son George." data-image-copyright="1947: Barbara and George H. W. Bush with son, George." data-sizes="auto" data-bgset="/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/GeorgeWBush1947-346x380.jpg [(max-width:576px)] | /wp-content/uploads/2016/09/GeorgeWBush1947-691x760.jpg"></div>  </figure> <figure class="isotope-item ratio-container--gallery photo" data-category="photo" data-ratio="0.66973684210526" title="" data-gtm-category="photo" data-gtm-action="click" data-gtm-label="Achiever - ">   <div class="lazyload ratio-container__image" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#imageModal" data-image-src="/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/GeorgeHWBushCabinet2.jpg" data-image-caption="President George H. W. Bush meeting with his cabinet members." data-image-copyright="President George H.W. Bush meeting with his cabinet members." data-sizes="auto" data-bgset="/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/GeorgeHWBushCabinet2-380x255.jpg [(max-width:576px)] | /wp-content/uploads/2016/09/GeorgeHWBushCabinet2-760x509.jpg"></div>  </figure> <figure class="isotope-item ratio-container--gallery photo" data-category="photo" data-ratio="0.80962800875274" title="" data-gtm-category="photo" data-gtm-action="click" data-gtm-label="Achiever - ">   <div class="lazyload ratio-container__image" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#imageModal" data-image-src="/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/George_Herbert_Walker_Bush_and_Eisenhower_1.jpg" data-image-caption="Dwight D. Eisenhower (left) and George H. W. Bush (right)." data-image-copyright="Dwight D. Eisenhower (left) and George H.W. Bush (right)." data-sizes="auto" data-bgset="/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/George_Herbert_Walker_Bush_and_Eisenhower_1-380x308.jpg [(max-width:576px)] | /wp-content/uploads/2016/09/George_Herbert_Walker_Bush_and_Eisenhower_1.jpg"></div>  </figure> <figure class="isotope-item ratio-container--gallery photo" data-category="photo" data-ratio="0.66315789473684" title="" data-gtm-category="photo" data-gtm-action="click" data-gtm-label="Achiever - ">   <div class="lazyload ratio-container__image" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#imageModal" data-image-src="/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/George_H._W._Bush_inauguration.jpg" data-image-caption="January 20, 1989: Chief Justice William Rehnquist administering the oath of office to President Bush during Inaugural ceremonies at the United States Capitol." data-image-copyright="george_h-_w-_bush_inauguration" data-sizes="auto" data-bgset="/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/George_H._W._Bush_inauguration-380x252.jpg [(max-width:576px)] | /wp-content/uploads/2016/09/George_H._W._Bush_inauguration-760x504.jpg"></div>  </figure> <figure class="isotope-item ratio-container--gallery photo" data-category="photo" data-ratio="1.1550151975684" title="" data-gtm-category="photo" data-gtm-action="click" data-gtm-label="Achiever - ">   <div class="lazyload ratio-container__image" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#imageModal" data-image-src="/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/George_H._W._Bush_President_of_the_United_States_1989_official_portrait.jpg" data-image-caption="1989: Official portrait of George H. W. Bush, former president of the United States of America." data-image-copyright="george_h-_w-_bush_president_of_the_united_states_1989_official_portrait" data-sizes="auto" data-bgset="/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/George_H._W._Bush_President_of_the_United_States_1989_official_portrait-329x380.jpg [(max-width:576px)] | /wp-content/uploads/2016/09/George_H._W._Bush_President_of_the_United_States_1989_official_portrait-658x760.jpg"></div>  </figure> <figure class="isotope-item ratio-container--gallery photo" data-category="photo" data-ratio="1.501976284585" title="" data-gtm-category="photo" data-gtm-action="click" data-gtm-label="Achiever - ">   <div class="lazyload ratio-container__image" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#imageModal" data-image-src="/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/George_Bush_being_rescued_by_the_submarine_the_U.S.S._Finback_after_being_shot_down_while_on_a_bombing_run_of_the..._-_NARA_-_186382.jpg" data-image-caption="September 2, 1944: George Bush being rescued by the submarine USS Finback after being shot down while on a bombing run of the Island of Chi Chi Jima." data-image-copyright="george_bush_being_rescued_by_the_submarine_the_u-s-s-_finback_after_being_shot_down_while_on_a_bombing_run_of_the-_-_nara_-_186382" data-sizes="auto" data-bgset="/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/George_Bush_being_rescued_by_the_submarine_the_U.S.S._Finback_after_being_shot_down_while_on_a_bombing_run_of_the..._-_NARA_-_186382-253x380.jpg [(max-width:576px)] | /wp-content/uploads/2016/09/George_Bush_being_rescued_by_the_submarine_the_U.S.S._Finback_after_being_shot_down_while_on_a_bombing_run_of_the..._-_NARA_-_186382-506x760.jpg"></div>  </figure> <figure class="isotope-item ratio-container--gallery photo" data-category="photo" data-ratio="0.51973684210526" title="" data-gtm-category="photo" data-gtm-action="click" data-gtm-label="Achiever - ">   <div class="lazyload ratio-container__image" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#imageModal" data-image-src="/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/gbush-unrep-P.jpeg" data-image-caption="George Bush, Ambassador to the United Nations (1971–73)." data-image-copyright="George Bush, Ambassador to the United Nations (1971–73)" data-sizes="auto" data-bgset="/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/gbush-unrep-P-380x197.jpeg [(max-width:576px)] | /wp-content/uploads/2016/09/gbush-unrep-P-760x395.jpeg"></div>  </figure> <figure class="isotope-item ratio-container--gallery photo" data-category="photo" data-ratio="0.66578947368421" title="" data-gtm-category="photo" data-gtm-action="click" data-gtm-label="Achiever - ">   <div class="lazyload ratio-container__image" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#imageModal" data-image-src="/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/gbush-ronald.jpg" data-image-caption="August 12, 1988: President Reagan addressing senior staff members with Vice President George Bush looking on. (Bettmann/CORBIS)" data-image-copyright="Ronald Reagan with George Bush" data-sizes="auto" data-bgset="/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/gbush-ronald-380x253.jpg [(max-width:576px)] | /wp-content/uploads/2016/09/gbush-ronald-760x506.jpg"></div>  </figure> <figure class="isotope-item ratio-container--gallery photo" data-category="photo" data-ratio="0.66315789473684" title="" data-gtm-category="photo" data-gtm-action="click" data-gtm-label="Achiever - ">   <div class="lazyload ratio-container__image" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#imageModal" data-image-src="/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/gbush-quayle.jpg" data-image-caption="November 9, 1988: Vice President-elect Dan Quayle (R) greets President-elect George Bush upon his arrival at Andrews Air Force Base. (Bettmann/CORBIS)" data-image-copyright="Dan Quayle and George Bush Shaking Hands" data-sizes="auto" data-bgset="/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/gbush-quayle-380x252.jpg [(max-width:576px)] | /wp-content/uploads/2016/09/gbush-quayle-760x504.jpg"></div>  </figure> <figure class="isotope-item ratio-container--gallery photo" data-category="photo" data-ratio="1.0966810966811" title="" data-gtm-category="photo" data-gtm-action="click" data-gtm-label="Achiever - ">   <div class="lazyload ratio-container__image" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#imageModal" data-image-src="/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/wp-baby-Bush-George473.jpg" data-image-caption=""Our family has been close, close, close." The Bush family at home in Texas, early 1950s." data-image-copyright="wp-baby-bush-george473" data-sizes="auto" data-bgset="/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/wp-baby-Bush-George473-347x380.jpg [(max-width:576px)] | /wp-content/uploads/2016/05/wp-baby-Bush-George473-693x760.jpg"></div>  </figure> <figure class="isotope-item ratio-container--gallery photo" data-category="photo" data-ratio="1.5322580645161" title="" data-gtm-category="photo" data-gtm-action="click" data-gtm-label="Achiever - ">   <div class="lazyload ratio-container__image" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#imageModal" data-image-src="/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/gbush_nonewtaxes.jpg" data-image-caption="August 1988, Houston, Texas: Republican presidential candidate George Bush gives his acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention. During the campaign, Bush made a famous campaign promise, "Read my lips, no new taxes." (Robert Maass/CORBIS)" data-image-copyright="Bush Giving Acceptance Speech" data-sizes="auto" data-bgset="/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/gbush_nonewtaxes-248x380.jpg [(max-width:576px)] | /wp-content/uploads/2016/09/gbush_nonewtaxes-496x760.jpg"></div>  </figure> <figure class="isotope-item ratio-container--gallery photo" data-category="photo" data-ratio="0.68552631578947" title="" data-gtm-category="photo" data-gtm-action="click" data-gtm-label="Achiever - ">   <div class="lazyload ratio-container__image" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#imageModal" data-image-src="/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/gbush_dukakis.jpg" data-image-caption="October 13, 1988: Democratic candidate and Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis shakes hands with Vice President and Republican candidate George Bush, left, prior to their second and final debate at Pauley Pavillion on UCLA campus, in Los Angeles, California. (AP Photo/Lennox McLendon)" data-image-copyright="BUSH DUKAKIS DEBATE 1988" data-sizes="auto" data-bgset="/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/gbush_dukakis-380x261.jpg [(max-width:576px)] | /wp-content/uploads/2016/09/gbush_dukakis-760x521.jpg"></div>  </figure> <figure class="isotope-item ratio-container--gallery photo" data-category="photo" data-ratio="0.63026315789474" title="" data-gtm-category="photo" data-gtm-action="click" data-gtm-label="Achiever - ">   <div class="lazyload ratio-container__image" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#imageModal" data-image-src="/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/facethenation.jpg" data-image-caption="September 14, 1973: George H. W. Bush addresses the country on the program "Face the Nation," not long after the Watergate scandal shook the nation under the Nixon administration. (CBS Photo Archive/Getty Images)" data-image-copyright="facethenation" data-sizes="auto" data-bgset="/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/facethenation-380x240.jpg [(max-width:576px)] | /wp-content/uploads/2016/09/facethenation-760x479.jpg"></div>  </figure> <figure class="isotope-item ratio-container--gallery photo" data-category="photo" data-ratio="0.80166666666667" title="" data-gtm-category="photo" data-gtm-action="click" data-gtm-label="Achiever - ">   <div class="lazyload ratio-container__image" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#imageModal" data-image-src="/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Entire_Bush_family.jpg" data-image-caption="Early 1960s: George H. W. Bush family (left to right, front row): Neil Bush, Marvin Bush, Jeb Bush; back row: Doro Bush, George W. Bush, Barbara Bush, George H. W. Bush. (George Bush Presidential Library)" data-image-copyright="entire_bush_family" data-sizes="auto" data-bgset="/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Entire_Bush_family-380x305.jpg [(max-width:576px)] | /wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Entire_Bush_family.jpg"></div>  </figure> <figure class="isotope-item ratio-container--gallery photo" data-category="photo" data-ratio="1.2582781456954" title="" data-gtm-category="photo" data-gtm-action="click" data-gtm-label="Achiever - ">   <div class="lazyload ratio-container__image" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#imageModal" data-image-src="/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/cockpit.jpg" data-image-caption="George H. W. Bush, flying TBFs off the carrier USS San Jacinto (CVL-30) in the South Pacific. At age 18, he became the youngest pilot in the navy." data-image-copyright="cockpit" data-sizes="auto" data-bgset="/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/cockpit-302x380.jpg [(max-width:576px)] | /wp-content/uploads/2016/09/cockpit-604x760.jpg"></div>  </figure> <figure class="isotope-item ratio-container--gallery photo" data-category="photo" data-ratio="0.67236842105263" title="" data-gtm-category="photo" data-gtm-action="click" data-gtm-label="Achiever - ">   <div class="lazyload ratio-container__image" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#imageModal" data-image-src="/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/CIA_Director_George_H.W._Bush_listens_at_a_meeting_following_the_assassinations_in_Beirut_1976_-_NARA_-_7064954.jpg" data-image-caption="June 17, 1976: Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director George H. W. Bush, listening intently during a meeting following the assassinations of Ambassador to Lebanon Francis E. Meloy, Jr. and Economic Counselor Robert O. Waring in Beirut, Lebanon." data-image-copyright="cia_director_george_h-w-_bush_listens_at_a_meeting_following_the_assassinations_in_beirut_1976_-_nara_-_7064954" data-sizes="auto" data-bgset="/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/CIA_Director_George_H.W._Bush_listens_at_a_meeting_following_the_assassinations_in_Beirut_1976_-_NARA_-_7064954-380x256.jpg [(max-width:576px)] | /wp-content/uploads/2016/09/CIA_Director_George_H.W._Bush_listens_at_a_meeting_following_the_assassinations_in_Beirut_1976_-_NARA_-_7064954-760x511.jpg"></div>  </figure> <figure class="isotope-item ratio-container--gallery photo" data-category="photo" data-ratio="1.2438625204583" title="" data-gtm-category="photo" data-gtm-action="click" data-gtm-label="Achiever - ">   <div class="lazyload ratio-container__image" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#imageModal" data-image-src="/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/BushwithBarbaraKennebunkportApril1986.jpg" data-image-caption="April 1986: George and Barbara Bush at Kennebunkport with their dog C. Fred Bush." data-image-copyright="bushwithbarbarakennebunkportapril1986" data-sizes="auto" data-bgset="/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/BushwithBarbaraKennebunkportApril1986-305x380.jpg [(max-width:576px)] | /wp-content/uploads/2016/09/BushwithBarbaraKennebunkportApril1986-611x760.jpg"></div>  </figure> <figure class="isotope-item ratio-container--gallery photo" data-category="photo" data-ratio="0.79736842105263" title="" data-gtm-category="photo" data-gtm-action="click" data-gtm-label="Achiever - ">   <div class="lazyload ratio-container__image" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#imageModal" data-image-src="/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/bush-signs-act1.jpg" data-image-caption="July 26, 1990: President Bush signs the Americans with Disabilities Act on the South Lawn of the White House. Sharing the dais with the president as he signs the Act are (standing left to right): Rev. Harold Wilkie of Clairmont, California; Sandra Parrino, National Council on Disability; (seated left to right): Evan Kemp, Chairman, Equal Opportunity Commission; and Justin Dart, Presidential Commission on Employment of People with Disabilities. Mrs. Bush and Vice President Quayle participated in the ceremony. (George Bush Presidential Library and Museum)" data-image-copyright="bush-signs-act1" data-sizes="auto" data-bgset="/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/bush-signs-act1-380x303.jpg [(max-width:576px)] | /wp-content/uploads/2016/09/bush-signs-act1-760x606.jpg"></div>  </figure> <figure class="isotope-item ratio-container--gallery photo" data-category="photo" data-ratio="0.63157894736842" title="" data-gtm-category="photo" data-gtm-action="click" data-gtm-label="Achiever - ">   <div class="lazyload ratio-container__image" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#imageModal" data-image-src="/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/BushReaganFootballJersey.jpg" data-image-caption="President Ronald Reagan and then-Vice President Bush receiving the Dallas Cowboys football jersey in Dallas at the convention." data-image-copyright="bushreaganfootballjersey" data-sizes="auto" data-bgset="/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/BushReaganFootballJersey-380x240.jpg [(max-width:576px)] | /wp-content/uploads/2016/09/BushReaganFootballJersey-760x480.jpg"></div>  </figure> <figure class="isotope-item ratio-container--gallery photo" data-category="photo" data-ratio="0.64605263157895" title="" data-gtm-category="photo" data-gtm-action="click" data-gtm-label="Achiever - ">   <div class="lazyload ratio-container__image" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#imageModal" data-image-src="/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/BushJrSrGovernorsMansion.jpg" data-image-caption="April 28, 1995: Then-Governor George W. Bush and former President George H. W. Bush in the Governor's Mansion of Texas." data-image-copyright="bushjrsrgovernorsmansion" data-sizes="auto" data-bgset="/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/BushJrSrGovernorsMansion-380x246.jpg [(max-width:576px)] | /wp-content/uploads/2016/09/BushJrSrGovernorsMansion-760x491.jpg"></div>  </figure> <figure class="isotope-item ratio-container--gallery photo" data-category="photo" data-ratio="1.2541254125413" title="" data-gtm-category="photo" data-gtm-action="click" data-gtm-label="Achiever - ">   <div class="lazyload ratio-container__image" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#imageModal" data-image-src="/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/BushInaugurationPhoto.jpg" data-image-caption="1989: The inauguration of President George H. W. Bush." data-image-copyright="1989: The Inauguration of President George H.W. Bush." data-sizes="auto" data-bgset="/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/BushInaugurationPhoto-303x380.jpg [(max-width:576px)] | /wp-content/uploads/2016/09/BushInaugurationPhoto-606x760.jpg"></div>  </figure> <figure class="isotope-item ratio-container--gallery photo" data-category="photo" data-ratio="0.71578947368421" title="" data-gtm-category="photo" data-gtm-action="click" data-gtm-label="Achiever - ">   <div class="lazyload ratio-container__image" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#imageModal" data-image-src="/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/BushGorbyMalta.jpg" data-image-caption="December 2-3, 1989: The Malta Summit comprised a meeting between U.S. President George H. W. Bush and Soviet Premier Mikhail Gorbachev just a few weeks after the fall of the Berlin Wall. It was their second meeting, following a meeting that included Ronald Reagan, in New York in December 1988. During the Summit, Bush and Gorbachev would declare an end to the Cold War, although whether it was truly such is a matter of debate. News reports of the time referred to the Malta Summit as the most important since 1945, when British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin and U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt agreed on a post-war plan for Europe at Yalta." data-image-copyright="bushgorbymalta" data-sizes="auto" data-bgset="/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/BushGorbyMalta-380x272.jpg [(max-width:576px)] | /wp-content/uploads/2016/09/BushGorbyMalta-760x544.jpg"></div>  </figure> <figure class="isotope-item ratio-container--gallery photo" data-category="photo" data-ratio="0.79736842105263" title="" data-gtm-category="photo" data-gtm-action="click" data-gtm-label="Achiever - ">   <div class="lazyload ratio-container__image" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#imageModal" data-image-src="/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/wp-Bush-George017.jpg" data-image-caption="1988: George and Barbara Bush watch the presidential election returns. Bush wins 54 percent of the vote to Dukakis’s 46 percent, carrying all but 10 states and the District of Columbia." data-image-copyright="wp-bush-george017" data-sizes="auto" data-bgset="/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/wp-Bush-George017-380x303.jpg [(max-width:576px)] | /wp-content/uploads/2016/05/wp-Bush-George017-760x606.jpg"></div>  </figure> <figure class="isotope-item ratio-container--gallery photo" data-category="photo" data-ratio="0.65526315789474" title="" data-gtm-category="photo" data-gtm-action="click" data-gtm-label="Achiever - ">   <div class="lazyload ratio-container__image" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#imageModal" data-image-src="/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/BushFamilyKennebunkport.jpg" data-image-caption="The family of President George Bush at their home in Kennebunkport, Maine." data-image-copyright="The family of President George Bush at their home in Kennebunkport, Maine ." data-sizes="auto" data-bgset="/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/BushFamilyKennebunkport-380x249.jpg [(max-width:576px)] | /wp-content/uploads/2016/09/BushFamilyKennebunkport-760x498.jpg"></div>  </figure> <figure class="isotope-item ratio-container--gallery photo" data-category="photo" data-ratio="0.68421052631579" title="" data-gtm-category="photo" data-gtm-action="click" data-gtm-label="Achiever - ">   <div class="lazyload ratio-container__image" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#imageModal" data-image-src="/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/BushFamily.jpg" data-image-caption="1999: The family of President George Bush." data-image-copyright="1999: The family of President George Bush." data-sizes="auto" data-bgset="/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/BushFamily-380x260.jpg [(max-width:576px)] | /wp-content/uploads/2016/09/BushFamily-760x520.jpg"></div>  </figure> <figure class="isotope-item ratio-container--gallery photo" data-category="photo" data-ratio="1.2687813021703" title="" data-gtm-category="photo" data-gtm-action="click" data-gtm-label="Achiever - ">   <div class="lazyload ratio-container__image" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#imageModal" data-image-src="/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/BushCongressmanPhoto.jpg" data-image-caption="1967: Congressman George Bush." data-image-copyright="1967: Congressman George Bush." data-sizes="auto" data-bgset="/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/BushCongressmanPhoto-299x380.jpg [(max-width:576px)] | /wp-content/uploads/2016/09/BushCongressmanPhoto-599x760.jpg"></div>  </figure> <figure class="isotope-item ratio-container--gallery photo" data-category="photo" data-ratio="0.67894736842105" title="" data-gtm-category="photo" data-gtm-action="click" data-gtm-label="Achiever - ">   <div class="lazyload ratio-container__image" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#imageModal" data-image-src="/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/bush-and-nixon-key-to-gop-presidents-success.jpg" data-image-caption="July 17, 1970: President Nixon with Congressman George Bush at a Bush for Senator rally in Marshall, Texas." data-image-copyright="bush-and-nixon-key-to-gop-presidents-success" data-sizes="auto" data-bgset="/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/bush-and-nixon-key-to-gop-presidents-success-380x258.jpg [(max-width:576px)] | /wp-content/uploads/2016/09/bush-and-nixon-key-to-gop-presidents-success-760x516.jpg"></div>  </figure> <figure class="isotope-item ratio-container--gallery photo" data-category="photo" data-ratio="0.67368421052632" title="" data-gtm-category="photo" data-gtm-action="click" data-gtm-label="Achiever - ">   <div class="lazyload ratio-container__image" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#imageModal" data-image-src="/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Bush_Gorba_P15623-25A.jpg" data-image-caption="September 9, 1990: President George H. W. Bush and Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev hold a press conference at the Helsinki Summit, Finland." data-image-copyright="bush_gorba_p15623-25a" data-sizes="auto" data-bgset="/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Bush_Gorba_P15623-25A-380x256.jpg [(max-width:576px)] | /wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Bush_Gorba_P15623-25A-760x512.jpg"></div>  </figure> <figure class="isotope-item ratio-container--gallery photo" data-category="photo" data-ratio="0.68947368421053" title="" data-gtm-category="photo" data-gtm-action="click" data-gtm-label="Achiever - ">   <div class="lazyload ratio-container__image" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#imageModal" data-image-src="/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/baker-bush.jpg" data-image-caption="August 8, 1990: President George Bush and Secretary of State James Baker prior to a Cabinet meeting in the White House. Bush dispatched American warplanes and ground troops to Saudi Arabia to join a multinational military force. The President told his Cabinet that he viewed the Iraqi troops lined up in Kuwait facing Saudi Arabia as a threat to U.S. security interests. (AP Photo/Greg Gibson)" data-image-copyright="George H.W. Bush, George Bush" data-sizes="auto" data-bgset="/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/baker-bush-380x262.jpg [(max-width:576px)] | /wp-content/uploads/2016/09/baker-bush-760x524.jpg"></div>  </figure> <figure class="isotope-item ratio-container--gallery photo" data-category="photo" data-ratio="0.70131578947368" title="" data-gtm-category="photo" data-gtm-action="click" data-gtm-label="Achiever - ">   <div class="lazyload ratio-container__image" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#imageModal" data-image-src="/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/15-receive-Presidential-Medal-of-Freedom.jpg" data-image-caption="February 15, 2011: President Barack Obama awards the 2010 Presidential Medal of Freedom to President George H. W. Bush during a ceremony at the White House. (UPI/Kevin Dietsch)" data-image-copyright="15-receive-presidential-medal-of-freedom" data-sizes="auto" data-bgset="/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/15-receive-Presidential-Medal-of-Freedom-380x267.jpg [(max-width:576px)] | /wp-content/uploads/2016/09/15-receive-Presidential-Medal-of-Freedom-760x533.jpg"></div>  </figure> <figure class="isotope-item ratio-container--gallery photo" data-category="photo" data-ratio="0.66842105263158" title="" data-gtm-category="photo" data-gtm-action="click" data-gtm-label="Achiever - ">   <div class="lazyload ratio-container__image" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#imageModal" data-image-src="/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/5b3a1ea8-4ebc-4c78-9f5f-94642f7efdc8.jpg" data-image-caption="March 17, 1991: President George Bush shakes hands with Air Force Captain Spike Thomas, and Captain Eric Dodson looks on during welcoming home ceremonies at Sumter, South Carolina. Both pilots of the 33rd Tactical Unit based at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina were shot down during the Persian Gulf War. (AP Photo/Barry Thumma)" data-image-copyright="Bush Welcomes Pilots 1991" data-sizes="auto" data-bgset="/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/5b3a1ea8-4ebc-4c78-9f5f-94642f7efdc8-380x254.jpg [(max-width:576px)] | /wp-content/uploads/2016/09/5b3a1ea8-4ebc-4c78-9f5f-94642f7efdc8-760x508.jpg"></div>  </figure> <figure class="isotope-item ratio-container--gallery photo" data-category="photo" data-ratio="0.67368421052632" title="" data-gtm-category="photo" data-gtm-action="click" data-gtm-label="Achiever - ">   <div class="lazyload ratio-container__image" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#imageModal" data-image-src="/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/carlucci.jpg" data-image-caption="February 25, 1987: President Reagan holds a National Security Council meeting with George Bush, Donald Regan, Frank Carlucci, Colin Powell, Robert Oakley and Robert Gates in the Oval Office." data-image-copyright="carlucci" data-sizes="auto" data-bgset="/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/carlucci-380x256.jpg [(max-width:576px)] | /wp-content/uploads/2016/09/carlucci-760x512.jpg"></div>  </figure> <figure class="isotope-item ratio-container--gallery photo" data-category="photo" data-ratio="0.66578947368421" title="" data-gtm-category="photo" data-gtm-action="click" data-gtm-label="Achiever - ">   <div class="lazyload ratio-container__image" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#imageModal" data-image-src="/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/BN-JQ403_cover_M_20150730130655.jpg" data-image-caption="January 18, 1991: Early in Operation Desert Storm, President George H. W. Bush met with top aides, including (from left) National Security Advisor Brent Scowcroft, Defense Secretary Dick Cheney and General Colin Powell. (Corbis)" data-image-copyright="bn-jq403_cover_m_20150730130655" data-sizes="auto" data-bgset="/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/BN-JQ403_cover_M_20150730130655-380x253.jpg [(max-width:576px)] | /wp-content/uploads/2016/09/BN-JQ403_cover_M_20150730130655-760x506.jpg"></div>  </figure> <figure class="isotope-item ratio-container--gallery photo" data-category="photo" data-ratio="0.65131578947368" title="" data-gtm-category="photo" data-gtm-action="click" data-gtm-label="Achiever - ">   <div class="lazyload ratio-container__image" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#imageModal" data-image-src="/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/wp-2-Bush_and_Student_Williamsburg_Scan003.jpg" data-image-caption="President George H.W. Bush, Golden Plate awardee, meets delegates at the 1995 Summit in Williamsburg, Virginia." data-image-copyright="wp-2-Bush_and_Student_Williamsburg_Scan003" data-sizes="auto" data-bgset="/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/wp-2-Bush_and_Student_Williamsburg_Scan003-380x248.jpg [(max-width:576px)] | /wp-content/uploads/2015/12/wp-2-Bush_and_Student_Williamsburg_Scan003-760x495.jpg"></div>  </figure> <figure class="isotope-item ratio-container--gallery photo" data-category="photo" data-ratio="0.78552631578947" title="" data-gtm-category="photo" data-gtm-action="click" data-gtm-label="Achiever - ">   <div class="lazyload ratio-container__image" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#imageModal" data-image-src="/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/wp-George-Bush062.jpg" data-image-caption="November 8, 1988: George H.W. Bush was elected the 41st President of the United States. The Vice President fashioned a solid, 6-to-5 victory in the popular vote over Gov. Michael S. 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Fauci, M.D.</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20200917235246/https://achievement.org/achiever/sally-field/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Sally Field</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20200917235246/https://achievement.org/achiever/lord-norman-foster/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Lord Norman Foster</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20200917235246/https://achievement.org/achiever/aretha-franklin/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Aretha Franklin</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20200917235246/https://achievement.org/achiever/milton-friedman-ph-d/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Milton Friedman, Ph.D.</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20200917235246/https://achievement.org/achiever/carlos-fuentes/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Carlos Fuentes</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20200917235246/https://achievement.org/achiever/athol-fugard/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Athol Fugard</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20200917235246/https://achievement.org/achiever/peter-gabriel/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Peter Gabriel</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20200917235246/https://achievement.org/achiever/ernest-j-gaines/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Ernest J. Gaines</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20200917235246/https://achievement.org/achiever/william-h-gates-iii/"><span class="achiever-list-name">William H. Gates III</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20200917235246/https://achievement.org/achiever/leymah-gbowee/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Leymah Gbowee</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20200917235246/https://achievement.org/achiever/frank-gehry/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Frank O. Gehry</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20200917235246/https://achievement.org/achiever/murray-gell-mann-ph-d/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Murray Gell-Mann, Ph.D.</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20200917235246/https://achievement.org/achiever/carlos-ghosn/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Carlos Ghosn</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20200917235246/https://achievement.org/achiever/vince-gill/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Vince Gill</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20200917235246/https://achievement.org/achiever/ruth-bader-ginsburg/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Ruth Bader Ginsburg</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20200917235246/https://achievement.org/achiever/louise-gluck/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Louise Glück</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20200917235246/https://achievement.org/achiever/whoopi-goldberg/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Whoopi Goldberg</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20200917235246/https://achievement.org/achiever/jane-goodall/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Dame Jane Goodall</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20200917235246/https://achievement.org/achiever/doris-kearns-goodwin/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Doris Kearns Goodwin, Ph.D.</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20200917235246/https://achievement.org/achiever/mikhail-s-gorbachev/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Mikhail S. Gorbachev</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20200917235246/https://achievement.org/achiever/nadine-gordimer/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Nadine Gordimer</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20200917235246/https://achievement.org/achiever/stephen-jay-gould/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Stephen Jay Gould, Ph.D.</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20200917235246/https://achievement.org/achiever/carol-greider-ph-d/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Carol W. Greider, Ph.D.</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20200917235246/https://achievement.org/achiever/john-grisham/"><span class="achiever-list-name">John Grisham</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20200917235246/https://achievement.org/achiever/sir-john-gurdon/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Sir John Gurdon</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20200917235246/https://achievement.org/achiever/dorothy-hamill/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Dorothy Hamill</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20200917235246/https://achievement.org/achiever/demis-hassabis-ph-d/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Demis Hassabis, Ph.D.</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20200917235246/https://achievement.org/achiever/lauryn-hill/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Lauryn Hill</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20200917235246/https://achievement.org/achiever/sir-edmund-hillary/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Sir Edmund Hillary</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20200917235246/https://achievement.org/achiever/reid-hoffman/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Reid Hoffman</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20200917235246/https://achievement.org/achiever/khaled-hosseini/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Khaled Hosseini, M.D.</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20200917235246/https://achievement.org/achiever/ron-howard/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Ron Howard</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20200917235246/https://achievement.org/achiever/john-hume/"><span class="achiever-list-name">John Hume</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20200917235246/https://achievement.org/achiever/louis-ignarro-ph-d/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Louis Ignarro, Ph.D.</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20200917235246/https://achievement.org/achiever/daniel-inouye/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Daniel K. Inouye</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20200917235246/https://achievement.org/achiever/jeremy-irons/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Jeremy Irons</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20200917235246/https://achievement.org/achiever/john-irving/"><span class="achiever-list-name">John Irving</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20200917235246/https://achievement.org/achiever/kazuo-ishiguro/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Sir Kazuo Ishiguro</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20200917235246/https://achievement.org/achiever/sir-peter-jackson/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Sir Peter Jackson</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20200917235246/https://achievement.org/achiever/donald-c-johanson/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Donald C. Johanson, Ph.D.</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20200917235246/https://achievement.org/achiever/frank-m-johnson/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Frank M. Johnson, Jr.</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20200917235246/https://achievement.org/achiever/philip-johnson/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Philip C. Johnson</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20200917235246/https://achievement.org/achiever/chuck-jones/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Chuck Jones</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20200917235246/https://achievement.org/achiever/james-earl-jones/"><span class="achiever-list-name">James Earl Jones</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20200917235246/https://achievement.org/achiever/quincy-jones/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Quincy Jones</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20200917235246/https://achievement.org/achiever/beverly-joubert/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Beverly Joubert</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20200917235246/https://achievement.org/achiever/dereck-joubert/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Dereck Joubert</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20200917235246/https://achievement.org/achiever/paul-kagame/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Paul Kagame</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20200917235246/https://achievement.org/achiever/thomas-keller-2/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Thomas Keller</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20200917235246/https://achievement.org/achiever/anthony-m-kennedy/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Anthony M. Kennedy</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20200917235246/https://achievement.org/achiever/carole-king/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Carole King</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20200917235246/https://achievement.org/achiever/b-b-king/"><span class="achiever-list-name">B.B. King</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20200917235246/https://achievement.org/achiever/coretta-scott-king/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Coretta Scott King</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20200917235246/https://achievement.org/achiever/henry-kissinger-ph-d/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Henry A. Kissinger, Ph.D.</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20200917235246/https://achievement.org/achiever/willem-j-kolff/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Willem J. Kolff, M.D., Ph.D.</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20200917235246/https://achievement.org/achiever/wendy-kopp/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Wendy Kopp</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20200917235246/https://achievement.org/achiever/henry-r-kravis/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Henry R. Kravis</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20200917235246/https://achievement.org/achiever/nicholas-d-kristof/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Nicholas D. Kristof</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20200917235246/https://achievement.org/achiever/mike-krzyzewski/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Mike Krzyzewski</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20200917235246/https://achievement.org/achiever/ray-kurzwell/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Ray Kurzweil</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20200917235246/https://achievement.org/achiever/eric-lander-ph-d/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Eric S. Lander, Ph.D.</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20200917235246/https://achievement.org/achiever/robert-s-langer-ph-d/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Robert S. Langer, Sc.D.</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20200917235246/https://achievement.org/achiever/richard-leakey/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Richard E. Leakey</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20200917235246/https://achievement.org/achiever/leon-lederman-ph-d/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Leon Lederman, Ph.D.</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20200917235246/https://achievement.org/achiever/robert-lefkowitz-m-d/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Robert J. Lefkowitz, M.D.</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20200917235246/https://achievement.org/achiever/congressman-john-r-lewis/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Congressman John R. Lewis</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20200917235246/https://achievement.org/achiever/maya-lin/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Maya Lin</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20200917235246/https://achievement.org/achiever/george-lucas/"><span class="achiever-list-name">George Lucas</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20200917235246/https://achievement.org/achiever/paul-b-maccready-ph-d/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Paul B. MacCready, Ph.D.</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20200917235246/https://achievement.org/achiever/norman-mailer/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Norman Mailer</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20200917235246/https://achievement.org/achiever/peyton-manning/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Peyton Manning</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20200917235246/https://achievement.org/achiever/wynton-marsalis/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Wynton Marsalis</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20200917235246/https://achievement.org/achiever/john-c-mather-ph-d/"><span class="achiever-list-name">John C. Mather, Ph.D.</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20200917235246/https://achievement.org/achiever/johnny-mathis/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Johnny Mathis</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20200917235246/https://achievement.org/achiever/ernst-mayr-ph-d/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Ernst Mayr, Ph.D.</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20200917235246/https://achievement.org/achiever/willie-mays/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Willie Mays</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20200917235246/https://achievement.org/achiever/frank-mccourt/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Frank McCourt</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20200917235246/https://achievement.org/achiever/david-mccullough/"><span class="achiever-list-name">David McCullough</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20200917235246/https://achievement.org/achiever/audra-mcdonald/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Audra McDonald</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20200917235246/https://achievement.org/achiever/admiral-william-h-mcraven/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Admiral William H. McRaven, USN</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20200917235246/https://achievement.org/achiever/w-s-merwin/"><span class="achiever-list-name">W. S. Merwin</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20200917235246/https://achievement.org/achiever/reinhold-messner/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Reinhold Messner</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20200917235246/https://achievement.org/achiever/james-a-michener/"><span class="achiever-list-name">James A. Michener</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20200917235246/https://achievement.org/achiever/marvin-minsky-ph-d/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Marvin Minsky, Ph.D.</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20200917235246/https://achievement.org/achiever/mario-j-molina-ph-d/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Mario J. Molina, Ph.D.</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20200917235246/https://achievement.org/achiever/n-scott-momaday-ph-d/"><span class="achiever-list-name">N. Scott Momaday, Ph.D.</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20200917235246/https://achievement.org/achiever/story-musgrave/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Story Musgrave, M.D.</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20200917235246/https://achievement.org/achiever/ralph-nader/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Ralph Nader</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20200917235246/https://achievement.org/achiever/peggy-noonan/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Peggy Noonan</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20200917235246/https://achievement.org/achiever/jessye-norman/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Jessye Norman</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20200917235246/https://achievement.org/achiever/tommy-norris/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Lt. Thomas R. Norris, USN</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20200917235246/https://achievement.org/achiever/joyce-carol-oates/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Joyce Carol Oates</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20200917235246/https://achievement.org/achiever/pierre-omidyar/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Pierre Omidyar</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20200917235246/https://achievement.org/achiever/jimmy-page/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Jimmy Page</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20200917235246/https://achievement.org/achiever/larry-page/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Larry Page</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20200917235246/https://achievement.org/achiever/arnold-palmer/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Arnold Palmer</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20200917235246/https://achievement.org/achiever/leon-panetta/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Leon Panetta</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20200917235246/https://achievement.org/achiever/rosa-parks/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Rosa Parks</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20200917235246/https://achievement.org/achiever/suzan-lori-parks/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Suzan-Lori Parks</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20200917235246/https://achievement.org/achiever/linus-pauling/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Linus C. Pauling, Ph.D.</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20200917235246/https://achievement.org/achiever/shimon-peres/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Shimon Peres</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20200917235246/https://achievement.org/achiever/itzhak-perlman/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Itzhak Perlman</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20200917235246/https://achievement.org/achiever/general-david-petraeus/"><span class="achiever-list-name">General David H. Petraeus, USA</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20200917235246/https://achievement.org/achiever/sidney-poitier/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Sidney Poitier</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20200917235246/https://achievement.org/achiever/general-colin-l-powell/"><span class="achiever-list-name">General Colin L. Powell, USA</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20200917235246/https://achievement.org/achiever/harold-prince/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Harold Prince</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20200917235246/https://achievement.org/achiever/venki-ramakrishnan-ph-d/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Venki Ramakrishnan, Ph.D.</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20200917235246/https://achievement.org/achiever/lord-martin-rees/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Lord Martin Rees</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20200917235246/https://achievement.org/achiever/lloyd-richards/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Lloyd Richards</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20200917235246/https://achievement.org/achiever/sally-ride-ph-d/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Sally K. Ride, Ph.D.</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20200917235246/https://achievement.org/achiever/sonny-rollins/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Sonny Rollins</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20200917235246/https://achievement.org/achiever/anthony-romero/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Anthony D. Romero</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20200917235246/https://achievement.org/achiever/james-rosenquist/"><span class="achiever-list-name">James Rosenquist</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20200917235246/https://achievement.org/achiever/pete-rozelle/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Pete Rozelle</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20200917235246/https://achievement.org/achiever/bill-russell/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Bill Russell</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20200917235246/https://achievement.org/achiever/albie-sachs/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Albie Sachs</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20200917235246/https://achievement.org/achiever/oliver-sacks-m-d/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Oliver Sacks, M.D.</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20200917235246/https://achievement.org/achiever/jonas-salk-m-d/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Jonas Salk, M.D.</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20200917235246/https://achievement.org/achiever/frederick-sanger-ph-d/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Frederick Sanger, Ph.D.</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20200917235246/https://achievement.org/achiever/george-b-schaller-ph-d/"><span class="achiever-list-name">George B. Schaller, Ph.D.</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20200917235246/https://achievement.org/achiever/barry-scheck/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Barry Scheck</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20200917235246/https://achievement.org/achiever/richard-evans-schultes-ph-d/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Richard Evans Schultes, Ph.D.</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20200917235246/https://achievement.org/achiever/general-h-norman-schwarzkopf/"><span class="achiever-list-name">General H. Norman Schwarzkopf, USA</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20200917235246/https://achievement.org/achiever/stephen-schwarzman/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Stephen A. Schwarzman</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20200917235246/https://achievement.org/achiever/glenn-t-seaborg-ph-d/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Glenn T. Seaborg, Ph.D.</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20200917235246/https://achievement.org/achiever/neil-sheehan/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Neil Sheehan</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20200917235246/https://achievement.org/achiever/admiral-alan-shepard-jr/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Admiral Alan B. Shepard, Jr., USN</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20200917235246/https://achievement.org/achiever/ellen-johnson-sirleaf/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Ellen Johnson Sirleaf</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20200917235246/https://achievement.org/achiever/carlos-slim/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Carlos Slim Helú</span></a> </li> <li> <a href="/web/20200917235246/https://achievement.org/achiever/frederick-w-smith/"><span class="achiever-list-name">Frederick W. 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