[57], Two weeks after the September 11 terrorist attacks, Bush inaugurated a music concert at the Kennedy Center, organized to raise funds for families of the victims. [73] Ed Henry of CNN noted Bush's popularity, writing, "The first lady is treated like a rock star on the campaign trail with local Republicans lining up for photographs and autographs as she criss-crosses the country to help candidates. [16] Welch and her passenger, both 17, were treated for minor injuries. She reflected on her employment experiences to a group of children in 2003, saying, "I worked as a teacher and librarian and I learned how important reading is in school and in life. There are a lot of difficult challenges right now in the United States All of those decisions that the President has to make surrounding each one of these very difficult challenges are hard. [233], Four learning facilities have been named for her: the Laura Welch Bush Elementary School of Pasadena ISD in Houston, Texas,[234] the Laura W. Bush Elementary School in the Leander ISD in Travis County, Texas, just outside Austin,[235] the Laura Bush Middle School (Lubbock-Cooper ISD) in Lubbock, Texas,[236] and the Laura Bush Education Center at Camp Bondsteel, a U.S. military base in Kosovo. She has been married to David Lauren since September 4, 2011.
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[17][18], From the early 1980s through much of the 1990s, Parsons owned a house near the Rockefeler family estate in Pocantico Hills (see Kykuit), where his grandfather was once a groundskeeper. [177], The following year, in September 2010, Bush and Obama commemorated the ninth anniversary of the September 11 attacks by leading a ceremony from a mountaintop to national memorial park. [219] After Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005, the Laura Bush Foundation for America's Libraries awarded grants of $10,000 to $75,000 to school libraries whose collections were damaged or destroyed in the hurricanes.
In 2006, Bush and media executives worked together to provide a $500,000 grant for school libraries along the Gulf Coast which had been devastated by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.[13]. The book received mixed reviews from critics but got positive responses from readers. He stepped down as CEO of Time Warner on December 31, 2007. While in Hawaii, he also met his future wife, Laura Bush. Approaching him, she related that her father had been alcoholic and it was not a pattern she wished to repeat in their family. [195] In a November interview, Bush stated that she wished the Trumps "the very best" given that she knew what it was like to live in the White House and confirmed that she both been in contact with former First Lady Melania Trump and been invited to the Diplomatic Reception Room by retained personnel from the Bush administration.[196]. "[187] In August 2014, Bush and Obama appeared together at the Kennedy Center. In 1977, Parsons returned to New York and became a partner after only two years at the Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler law firm; also working at the firm was Giuliani. After attaining her master's degree in library science at the University of Texas at Austin, she was employed as a librarian. She reasoned that President Obama was performing well in the presidency despite having multiple initiatives taking place and complimented the First Lady's transformation of the White House into "a comfortable home for her family". "[65] She used her position to gain international support for the foundation through the Partnership for Breast Cancer Awareness and Research of the Americas, an initiative that unites experts from the United States, Brazil, Costa Rica and Mexico. In 2006 another biography was also published called Laura Bush: An Intimate Portrait of the First Lady by Ronald Kessler. [182], In July 2013, Bush and Obama appeared together in Africa at the First Ladies Summit. She applauded the foundation's efforts in eliminating cancer and said, "A few short years ago, a diagnosis of breast cancer left little hope of recovery. [121], On May 11, 2010, during an interview on Larry King Live, Bush was asked about same-sex marriage. But one lesser known case is that of Laura Bush, whose car struck and killed a 17-year-old classmate in 1963.
[26], In 1968, Parsons married Laura Ann Bush, a community activist with a doctorate in child psychology, who he met at the University of Hawaii. Though she received applause, she returned the compliment to members of the audience and added that although the event was tragic, Americans had deepened their appreciation "of life itself, how fragile it can be, what a gift it is and how much we need each other". They have three grown children: Gregory, Leslie and Rebecca.
[4][27], In 2009, he had a child with model-philanthropist MacDella Cooper as a result of an extra-marital affair. [159] On May 17, Bush made her second visit to the Andrew Johnson Hermitage and gave the keynote address at the 117th Spring Outing celebration. [144], In 2015, Bush had several speaking arrangements on issues relating to her husband's presidency.
[4] She implemented four major initiatives: Take Time For Kids, an awareness campaign to educate parents and caregivers on parenting; family literacy, through cooperation with the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy, she urged Texas communities to establish family literacy programs; Reach Out and Read, a pediatric reading program; and Ready to Read, an early childhood educational program. [94] The purpose of these has mostly been to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS and malaria as part of the Bush administration's initiative to address the global epidemics, but Bush has also stressed the need for education and greater opportunities for women. "[24], Bush traveled to Kuwait in April 1993, accompanying her in-laws as well as brothers-in-law Jeb and Marvin Bush after former president Bush was invited to return to the Middle East for the first time since his presidency.
She used the opportunity to discuss the plight of women in Afghanistan leading up to the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan, saying "The brutal oppression of women is a central goal of the terrorists. [77][78], Bush was a participant in the 2006 midterm elections,[79][80][81] beginning her campaigning in April. 257 HIGHLAND RD TARPON SPRINGS, FL 34689 . In January 2002, Bush testified before the Senate Committee on Education, asking for higher teachers' salaries and better training for Head Start programs.
[52][53] She coordinated this as a result of her many trips abroad where she witnessed how literacy benefited children in poorer nations. 2 role. A statement from Bush's spokesperson states that Bush "did not approve of her inclusion in this advertisement nor is she associated with the group that made the ad in any way. His maternal grandfather had been head groundskeeper at the John D. Rockefeler estate, Kykuit. She attended James Bowie Elementary School, San Jacinto Junior High School, and Robert E. Lee High School in Midland. [250] In 2005 her biography The Perfect Wife: The Life and Choices of Laura Bush by Ann Gerhart was published. [30] After narrowly winning the primary, he lost the general election. [198] She also campaigned for vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan, telling a crowd in Detroit that he and Romney had "better answers" on the economy and foreign policy. [156], On February 4, 2017, Bush appeared at the annual Union Regional Foundation's Heart of a Woman brunch, saying women do not worry about their own health due to often taking care of someone else and that their improving in health would benefit those around them. Doyle furthered that her statements were never enough to offend others and the harshest criticism that could be bestowed upon her was that she was boring. Nati. [207] In February 2016, amid her brother-in-law's campaign trailing Trump in South Carolina polls, Bush traveled there with her husband. [13] He is chairman of the advisory board of Feigen Advisors, a CEO advisory firm run by Marc Feigen. [136], In April 2013, Bush was in attendance at a news conference, where she said the recently built George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum was not a monument for her husband but instead a representation of the White House and the struggles of America during his tenure.
(Photo by Shahar Azran/WireImage) Embed PURCHASE A LICENSE Standard editorial rights Custom rights How can I use this image? After graduating from SMU, she began her career as a school teacher at Longfellow Elementary School in the Dallas Independent School District. Parsons, 66, has been married for 35 years to his wife Laura, 67. "[50], Later in her tenure, she was honored by the United Nations, as the body named her honorary ambassador for the United Nations' Decade of Literacy. 10636 GANDY BLVD N #68 ST PETERSBURG, FL 33702 . "[74] Heinz later apologized for the remark, stating that she had forgotten that Laura Bush was a teacher and librarian prior to her marriage. [50] On the one-year anniversary, she encouraged parents to instead read to their children, and perhaps light a candle in memoriam, saying, "Don't let your children see the images, especially on September 11, when you know it'll probably be on television again and again the plane hitting the building or the buildings falling. Senator Ted Kennedy, who introduced Bush at the event, praised her and said he knew his late brother, President John F. Kennedy, would also be proud of her.
Collect, curate and comment on your files. [8] She said, "I learned [how important reading is] at home from my mother. She endured surgery and had no further signs of cancer. [247], In 2021 Bush received the Concordia Leadership Award. The former First Lady's accident is a tragedy that was kept quiet for years by the City Attorney and police department from Bush's hometown of Midland, Texas. She traveled to numerous countries as a representative of the United States. Instead, it was as if my voice found me. Yet heart disease kills more women in our country than all forms of cancer combined. [56] Instead, during the September 11 attacks, Bush was taken to inside the White House and placed in an underground bunker, later being met by her husband, who had returned to Washington from Florida.
[251], Bush appeared in the last season of HGTV's Fixer Upper. Boards are the best place to save images and video clips. [203] This was the most politically involved she had been since leaving the White House seven years prior, supporting her brother-in-law alongside the rest of her family because, in her words, he was "our candidate". She became First Lady after her husband was inaugurated as president on January 20, 2001. [101], Overall, Bush traveled to 77 countries in the eight years of her husband's presidency, touring 67 of those during the second term. [7] After four years, he was seven credits short of his diploma. "[91], During the January 2005 second inauguration ceremonies for her husband, Laura Bush was looked highly upon by People magazine, The Washington Post, and others for her elegance and fashion sense. Mputu helped the Titans to a 2-0 record with a couple of big performances. It was published on April 23, 2008. [2] On October 21, 2018, he resigned for health reasons from CBS and was replaced by Strauss Zelnick. Parsons is due to mark his 31st wedding anniversary with his wife, the former Laura Ann Bush, in August. [8] He helped negotiate the company's merger with America Online in 2000, creating a $165-billion media conglomerate[10] that is "usually described as the worst merger of all time. [45], Early into the administration, Bush made it known that she would focus much of her attention on education. [5][88][89] That places Bush as one of the most popular first ladies. [178][179] According to The Washington Post, "[I]t made her look radiant and glamorous."[93]. [242][243] November, she received the 2015 Prevent Blindness Person of Vision Award. [107] Later that month, after Miers had faced intense criticism, Laura Bush questioned whether the charges were sexist in nature. During her husband's second term, Bush was more involved in foreign matters. [167], Over the course of the Obama presidency, she developed an alliance with Michelle Obama, her immediate successor as First Lady. "[122][123]
[153] In March, Bush attended the funeral of Nancy Reagan in California. During the same Laura Ingalls Wilder's estate visit, she said that she read her books to her daughters and gave the writer Save America's Treasures grant. [201][202], Throughout 2015, Bush was active in the presidential campaign of brother-in-law Jeb Bush, hosting fundraisers and endorsing him. Laura Bush (Parsons) has registered as a class of '64 alumni of Putnam City High School. Laura Lane Welch Bush (ne Welch; born November 4, 1946) is an American teacher, librarian, memoirist and author who was First Lady of the United States from 2001 to 2009. In August 2007, the Laura W. Bush Institute for Women's Health (LWBIWH) was founded at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center.
[183][184] Their husbands were also present, leading White House staffer Ben Rhodes to refer to the joint appearance as proof of the support for Africa in the United States regardless of political party.
Polled by The Gallup Organization as one of the most popular First Ladies, Bush was involved in national and global concerns during her tenure. Laura Bresnahan Bush, 36, of Whitefish Bay, WI, died peacefully on December 2, 2022 after a courageous thirteen-month battle with young-onset colon cancer. Laura Bush in Illinois. She did say, however, that she had never dreamed that he would run for office. [25], On May 9, 2014, in the wake of the Donald Sterling racial remarks controversy, it was announced that Richard Parsons was appointed the interim CEO of the Los Angeles Clippers. In March 2005, she made the first of three trips to that country as First Lady.[68]. 2023 Getty Images. Time Warner was a bunch of fiefdoms and he was effective in moving it toward a cohesive management team. They're hard decisions to make. The White House, Office of the First Lady. [63] She has participated in fashion shows displaying red dresses worn on celebrities as well. [105] She did say, however, that the country should do "what we can to limit the number of abortions, to try to reduce the number of abortions in a lot of ways, and that is, by talking about responsibility with girls and boys, by teaching abstinence, having abstinence classes everywhere in schools and in churches and in Sunday school". In time, her husband decided to enter politics, and Laura Bush became the wife of the Texas governor in 1995. But in 2008, he was less of a doting husband when he fathered a daughter, Ella .
Gender: Male Race or Ethnicity: Black Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Business. [95] She has taken many other trips to other countries to promote and gain support for President Bush's Emergency Plan for AIDS relief;[96] these countries include Zambia (2007),[97] Mozambique (2007),[98] Mali (2007),[99] Senegal (2007),[100] and Haiti (2008). Boards are the best place to save images and video clips. In the later months of 2012, Bush campaigned for Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney, hosting a fundraiser in September with Ann Romney and appearing in Livonia, Michigan, the following month for a Romney campaign event. She was to arrive there with her daughter Barbara Pierce Bush, her husband George W. Bush, and Soledad O'Brien, a journalist. She graduated from the University of . Clear skies. Laura Lane Welch Bush, popularly known as Laura Bush, is the wife of the 43rd U. S. President George W. Bush and was the First Lady of the country from 2001-2009. [1] He was previously the interim CEO of the Los Angeles Clippers NBA franchise. Laura Bush For Gay Marriage & Pro-Choice! "[106], On July 12, 2005, while in South Africa, Bush suggested her husband replace retiring Supreme Court justice Sandra Day O'Connor with another woman. [60] This outreach was credited with directly saving the life of at least one woman who went to the hospital after experiencing symptoms of a heart attack after hearing her message. [60] It is an organization established by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute to raise awareness about heart disease in women, and how to prevent the condition.
"[29] She soon relented, and gave her first stump speech for him in 1978 on the courthouse steps in Muleshoe, Texas. [22] She was soon employed as a librarian at the Kashmere Gardens Branch at the Houston Public Library. Parsons, KS (67357) Today.
I think she built him, in many ways, into the person he is today. Bush. Richard Parsons. He was replaced by Strauss Zelnick. It is an exhibit containing red suits worn by former First Ladies Lady Bird Johnson, Betty Ford, Rosalynn Carter, Nancy Reagan, Barbara Bush, Hillary Clinton, and Laura Bush meant to raise awareness by highlighting America's first ladies. (Photo by Shahar Azran/WireImage). For a brief time he worked for Nelson Rockefeler at the family office, "Room 5600", at Rockefeler Center.[8]. After New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson withdrew his name from consideration for the position of Secretary of Commerce in the Obama Administration, Parsons's name was floated as a possible nominee. Operating in partnership with the Laura Bush Institute, the Jenna Welch Center, named for Bush's mother, strives for excellence in research, education and community outreach. Send Sympathy Card. [221], Bush wrote her first book with her daughter Jenna called Read All About It!. I have loved books and going to the library ever since. [205] It was reported that she would be assisting the campaign's fundraising in Florida in October, Bloomberg News commenting that Jeb Bush was "calling in help from perhaps the most popular member of his family". She is the wife of former President George W. Bush, and the daughter-in-law of former president George H. W. Bush. Parsons became chairman emeritus of the Partnership for New York City,[19] established by David Rockefeler in 1979,[20] who has known him for many years. [225] She wrote another children's book with her daughter Jenna, Our Great Big Backyard. It requires a lot of sensitivity to just talk about the issue a lot of sensitivity. And of course some people are unhappy about what some of those decisions are. Access the best of Getty Images and iStock with our simple subscription plan. The Laura W. Bush Native Texas Park, open year round, reflects President and Mrs. Bush's love of the native Texas landscape.
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[83] In September 2008, Bush spoke during the first night of the 2008 Republican National Convention,[84] her joint appearance with Cindy McCain geared toward raising hurricane relief funds for victims of Hurricane Gustav. [175][176], In September 2009, Bush openly praised President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama. Winds SSW at 5 to 10 mph.. Tonight. [118] In November 2009, the former First Lady, accompanied by her husband, made a visit to families of veterans in Fort Hood. [5] Growing up in the Bedford-Stuyvesant area of Brooklyn, Parsons's father, Lorenzo Locklair Parsons, was an electrical technician and his mother, Isabelle (ne Judd) was a homemaker. Wife: Laura Bush Parsons (three children) Mistress: MacDella Cooper (model, one daughter) Daughter: Ella (b. Aug-2008 with Cooper) University: BA History, University of Hawaii . He met with the then President-elect on Friday, November 7, 2008, along with many other economic experts, to discuss measures to solve the current economic crisis. [101] Later that October, she ventured to the Middle East. The announcement surprised many media watchers who expected chief operating officer Robert Pittman to take the helm. [137] That month it was announced that she would serve as a keynote speaker for the 2013 Global Business Travel Association Convention in August. [158] In April, Bush was the keynote speaker of the 25th annual Art of Hope Gala at the Dallas Museum of Art. [133] She also said that prior to this speech she also visited houses of Mark Twain[134] at his 166th anniversary on November 29, 2001, and was a guest of the show Mark Twain Tonight. Organize, control, distribute and measure all of your digital content. [104], When asked about abortion in 2000, Bush said she did not believe Roe v. Wade should be overturned. 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[103], Bush is a Republican and has identified herself with the GOP since her marriage. "[11] In December 2001, it was announced that Levin would retire and Parsons had been selected as his successor. In the summer, I liked to spend afternoons reading in the library.
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