George H. W. Bush

Acting

Born June 12, 1924 · Milton, Massachusetts, USA

Died November 30, 2018

Also known as George Bush Sr. · George Herbert Walker Bush · George H.W. Bush

Biography

George Herbert Walker Bush was an American politician who served as the 41st President of the United States from 1989 to 1993. Prior to assuming the presidency, Bush served as the 43rd Vice President of the United States from 1981 to 1989. As a member of the Republican Party, he had previously been a representative, ambassador and director of CIA.

Awards & recognition

honorary doctor of Harvard University · 2014
Profile in Courage Award · 2014
Robert Schuman Medal · 2014
Presidential Medal of Freedom · 2011
Osgar · 2009

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Freedom Award · 2005
Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana, 1st Class · 2005
Point Alpha Prize · 2005
Eric M. Warburg Award · 2002
Čestná medaile T. G. Masaryka · 1999
Franz Josef Strauss Award · 1999
Order of the White Lion · 1999
Honorary doctor at the Nanjing University · 1998
honorary doctor of the University of Miami · 1998
honorary citizen of Gdańsk · 1997
honorary citizen of Kraków · 1994
Grand Cross Special Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany · 1993
Doublespeak Award · 1992
Doublespeak Award · 1990
Theodore Roosevelt Award · 1986
Air Medal
American Campaign Medal
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal
Distinguished Flying Cross
Dostyk Order of grade I
Ellis Island Medal of Honor
Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland
honorary citizen of Berlin
honorary doctor of the Bar-Ilan University
honorary doctor of the Hofstra University
honorary doctor of the Ohio State University
Hungarian Order of Merit
Jubilee Medal "60 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
Order of King Abdulaziz al Saud
Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland
Order of the Bath
Order of the British Empire
Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana
Order pro Merito Melitensi
Philadelphia Liberty Medal
Presidential Unit Citation
Ronald Reagan Freedom Award
World Golf Hall of Fame
World War II Victory Medal