Laura Lane Bush Welch is the former First Lady of the United States and wife of former 43rd President George W. Bush. She was the 45th First Lady according to biography.com occupying the White House between 2001-2009. Born in 1946 First Lady Bush grew up in the small community of Midland, TX where her family owned a successful real estate company. In 1968 at the age of 22 Laura Bush graduated from Souther Methodist University in Dallas, TX with a bachelors degree in education. Laura Bush then taught 2nd grade for a few years before earning a Masters Degree at the University of Texas in Austin in Library Science.
Laura Bush met and married George W. Bush in 1977. After George W. Bush successfully ran and won the Governorship of the state of TX. Laura Bush was a the First Lady of Texas from 1995 to 2000 when her husband then ran and successfully won the Presidency of the United States of America. In November of 1963 Laura Welch was reportedly driving a friend to a party when she ran a stop sign and side-swiped another vehicle. The driver of the other car was Laura’s classmate Michael Dutton Douglas a popular athlete at Robert E Lee High School, he died from his injuries. Former First Lady Bush was quoted as saying “I know this as an adult, and even more as a parent, it was crushing … for the family involved and for me as well.” George and Laura Bush have an estimated net worth of $20 million.
0 تعليقات