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This is a list of awards, honors, and memorials to George H. W. Bush, the 41st president of the United States.

Presidential library

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

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

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

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

Other memorials

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

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

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

Two elementary schools are named after him:

Scholastic

University degrees
Location Date School Degree
 Connecticut 1948 Yale University Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Economics
Chancellor, visitor, governor, rector and fellowships
Location Date School Position
 Connecticut 2000 – 2001 Timothy Dwight College at Yale University Chubb Fellow[14]
This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (August 2020)

Honorary degrees

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

Year School and location Degree
1981 Howard University, Washington, D.C. Doctor of Laws (LL.D)[15][16]
1981 Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, Connecticut Doctor of Laws (LL.D)[17][18]
1982 Miami University, Oxford, Ohio Doctor of Laws (LL.D)[19]
1982 Boston College, Boston, Massachusetts Doctor of Laws (LL.D) [20]
1983 Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio Doctor of Humane Letters (L.H.D.)[21]
1983 Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina Doctor of Humane Letters (L.H.D.)[22]
1989 Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas Doctorate[23]
1990 Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma Doctor of Economics[24]
1990 Liberty University, Lynchburg, Virginia Doctor of Humanities (HH.D.)[25]
1990 University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas Doctor of Laws (LL.D)[26]
1991 Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey Doctor of Laws (LL.D)[27]
1992 University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana Doctor of Laws (LL.D) [28]
1995 College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia Doctor of Laws (LL.D)
1998 University of Miami, Miami, Florida Doctor of Public Service[29]
1998 Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania Doctor of Laws (LL.D)[30]
1998 Nanjing University, Nanjing, China Doctorate[31]
1999 Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, Connecticut Doctor of Laws (LL.D)[32]
1999 Washington College, Chestertown, Maryland Doctor of Public Service (D.P.S.)[33]
2000 Saint Anselm College, Goffstown, New Hampshire Doctor of Laws (LL.D)[34]
2008 Bryant University, Smithfield, Rhode Island Doctor of Humane Letters[35]
2009 University of Macau, Macau, China Doctor of Social Sciences[36]
2011 Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire Doctor of Laws (LL.D)[37]
2014 Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts Doctor of Laws (LL.D)[38][39]
2016 National Intelligence University, Bethesda, Maryland Doctor of Strategic Intelligence[40]
This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (April 2018)

Awards and honors

In 1990, Time magazine named him the Man of the Year.[41] In 1991, the U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation awarded Bush its Lone Sailor award for his naval service and his subsequent government service.[42][43] In 1993, he was made an Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath by Queen Elizabeth II.[44] In 1995, Poland's President Lech Wałęsa awarded Bush the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland for his support in helping Poland become a democratic state.[45] In December 2001, Hungary's President Ferenc Mádl awarded Bush the Grand Cross with Chain of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary.[46] In 2009, he received the PGA Tour Lifetime Achievement Award and was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame two years later.[47] In 2011, Bush was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom—the highest civilian honor in the United States—by President Barack Obama.[48] The USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77), the tenth and last Nimitz-class supercarrier of the United States Navy, was named for Bush.[49][50]

In 2004, the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation presented the Profile in Courage Award to Bush and Mount Vernon awarded him its first Cyrus A. Ansary Prize.[51] The Ansary prize was presented in Houston with Ansary, Barbara Lucas, Ryan C. Crocker, dean of the Bush school since January 2010, Barbara Bush, and Curt Viebranz in attendance with the former president. Bush directed $50,000 of the prize to the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University, and $25,000 to fund an animation about the Siege of Yorktown for Mount Vernon.[52] Viebranz and Lucas represented Mount Vernon at the presentation.[53][54]

Awards

Location Date Institution Award
 Indiana 1986 National Collegiate Athletic Association Theodore Roosevelt Award
 New York 1990 Ellis Island Honors Society Ellis Island Medal of Honor
 New York 2005 International Rescue Committee Freedom Award
 Pennsylvania 2006 National Constitution Center Philadelphia Liberty Medal
 California 2007 Ronald Reagan Presidential Library Ronald Reagan Freedom Award
 Massachusetts 2014 John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum Profile in Courage Award
 Brussels 2014 European Parliament Robert Schuman Medal

National honors

Country Date Decoration Post-nominal letters
 United States 15 February 1945 Distinguished Flying Cross[55]
 United States 1945 Presidential Unit Citation
 United States 1945 Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal with five battle stars
 United States 1945 American Campaign Medal
 United States 1945 World War II Victory Medal
 United States 21 April 1954 Air Medal[56]
 United States 5 February 2011 Presidential Medal of Freedom

Foreign honors

Country Date Decoration Post-nominal letters
 Kuwait 15 April 1993 Collar of the Order of Mubarak the Great[57]
 United Kingdom 30 November 1993 Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath GCB
 Germany 30 January 1994 Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (Grand Cross Special Class)
 Poland 21 July 1995 Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland (1st Class)
 Czech Republic 17 November 1999 Order of the White Lion (1st Class)[58]
 Hungary 28 November 2001 Grand Cross with Chain of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary
 Kazakhstan 19 December 2001 Order of Friendship (1st Class)[59]
 Sovereign Military Order of Malta 2001 Order pro Merito Melitensi[citation needed]
United Nations Kosovo 12 June 2004 Order of Freedom[60]
 Russia 9 May 2005 Jubilee Medal "60 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
 Estonia 15 September 2005 Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana (1st Class)[61]

See also

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