George Bush

George Bush spent his childhood in this ordinary house.

As the eldest son of George H. W. Bush and Barbara Pierce Bush, George Bush was born on July 6, 1946, in New Haven, Connecticut while his father was a student at Yale2. By the time George was two, the family had moved to West Texas, where his father started work in the oil industry. When the Bush family first moved to Midland, they bought a house at 405 east Maple3, among a cluster of small colorful houses in a development nicknamed Easter Egg Row4. In November of 19515, the Bushes purchased a larger house for their growing family at 1412 W. Ohio Avenue. This house was built in 1939, but by the time the Bush Family occupied the house, it had two additions bringing the size to 1547 square-feet plus a detached garage.

President George W. Bush has expressed fond memories of his childhood house on W. Ohio where he attended close by Sam Houston Elementary School and then San Jacinto Junior High. He began high school in Houston, Texas, at Kincaid High School and then followed in the footsteps of his father by completing his high school education at Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts. President Bush received his bachelor’s degree from Yale University in 1968, and then served as a fighter pilot in the Texas Air National Guard. Bush next received a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School in the year 1975. After receiving his degree Bush moved back to Midland and began a career in the oil industry. In 1977, Bush married Laura Welch, a teacher and librarian and a resident of Midland.