George W. Bush

=== Education ===
Bush attended public schools in Midland, Texas until the family moved to Houston after he had completed seventh grade. He then spent two years at [[The Kinkaid School]], a [[college-preparatory school]].<ref>Bush, then the governor of Texas, was the commencement speaker at St. John's Academy in 1995: {{cite web |access-date=May 1, 2008 |url=http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/tslac/40090/tsl-40090.html |title=An Inventory of Press Office Speech Files at the Texas State Archives, 1986, 1989–2000, undated (bulk 1995–2000) |publisher=Texas State Library and Archives Commission |archive-date=November 20, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171120110448/http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/tslac/40090/tsl-40090.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

Bush attended high school at [[Phillips Academy]], a boarding school in [[Andover, Massachusetts]], where he played baseball and was the head cheerleader during his senior year.<ref>{{cite news |date=June 10, 2000 |url=http://partners.nytimes.com/library/politics/camp/061000wh-bush.html |title=George W. Bush's Journey ''The Cheerleader'': Earning A's in People Skills at Andover |author-link=Nicholas D. Kristof |first=Nicholas D. |last=Kristof |work=The New York Times |access-date=September 1, 2008 |archive-date=March 11, 2005 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050311100453/http://partners.nytimes.com/library/politics/camp/061000wh-bush.html }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2000/dec/03/georgebush |work=The Observer |date=December 3, 2000 |access-date=January 24, 2011 |location=London |title=Ruthian rise of Dubya |first=Simon |last=Kuper |archive-date=October 26, 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111026012808/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2000/dec/03/georgebush}}</ref> He attended [[Yale University]] from 1964 to 1968, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in history.<ref name="whitehousebio">{{cite web |title=Biography of President George W. Bush |url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/about/presidents/.gov/about/presidents/georgewbush/ |via=[[NARA|National Archives]] |publisher=[[White House]] |access-date=June 23, 2009 |archive-date=June 26, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090626223537/http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/georgewbush/ }}</ref> During this time, he was a cheerleader and a member of the [[Delta Kappa Epsilon]], serving as the president of the fraternity during his senior year.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Romano |first1=Lois |last2=Lardner |first2=George Jr. |title=Bush: So-So Student but a Campus Mover |url=https://washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/campaigns/wh2000/stories/bush072799.htm |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=July 27, 1999 |access-date=April 8, 2009 |archive-date=January 5, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100105214523/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/campaigns/wh2000/stories/bush072799.htm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/2008/jan/28/cheerleading-of-the-20s-epitome-of-masculinity/ |title=Cheerleading of the '20s: Epitome of masculinity |publisher=[[Yale Daily News]] |access-date=July 31, 2012 |first=Simone |last=Berkower |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121010031032/http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/2008/jan/28/cheerleading-of-the-20s-epitome-of-masculinity/ |archive-date=October 10, 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Feinstein |first1=Jessica |last2=Sabin |first2=Jennifer |title=DKE & YPU: Filling precedential shoes |url=http://www.yaledailynews.com/articles/view/11584 |work=Yale Daily News |date=October 7, 2004 |access-date=April 8, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090411213537/http://yaledailynews.com/articles/view/11584 |archive-date=April 11, 2009}}</ref> Bush became [[List of Skull and Bones members|a member]] of the [[Skull and Bones]] society as a senior.<ref>Bush, George W., ''A Charge to Keep'', (1999) {{ISBN|0-688-17441-8}}</ref> Bush was a [[rugby union]] player and was on Yale's 1st XV.<ref>Cain, Nick & Growden, Greg "Chapter 21: Ten Peculiar Facts about Rugby" in ''Rugby Union for Dummies'' (2nd ed.), Chichester: John Wiley and Sons, p. 297 {{ISBN|978-0-470-03537-5}}</ref> He characterized himself as an average student.<ref>{{cite news |agency=Associated Press |url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,25229,00.html |title=Self-Deprecating Bush Talks to Yale Grads |publisher=Fox News |date=May 21, 2001 |access-date=September 1, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071119035809/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,25229,00.html |archive-date=November 19, 2007 }}; {{cite news |work=Inside Politics |url=http://www.insidepolitics.org/heard/heard32300.html |title=Bush/Gore Grades and SAT Scores |date=June 17, 2005 |access-date=September 1, 2008 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080905141524/http://www.insidepolitics.org/heard/heard32300.html |archive-date=September 5, 2008 }}</ref> His [[grade point average]] during his first three years at Yale was 77, and he had a similar average under a nonnumerical rating system in his final year.<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=March 24, 2012 |date=June 8, 2005 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/08/politics/08kerry.html |title=Kerry Grades Near Bush's While at Yale |archive-date=January 28, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120128151534/http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/08/politics/08kerry.html }}</ref>

In the fall of 1973, Bush entered [[Harvard Business School]]. He graduated in 1975 with an MBA degree, and is the only U.S. president to have earned an MBA.<ref>John Solomon, [https://www.nytimes.com/2000/06/18/business/bush-harvard-business-school-and-the-makings-of-a-president.html Bush, Harvard Business School and the Makings of a President] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170729131613/http://www.nytimes.com/2000/06/18/business/bush-harvard-business-school-and-the-makings-of-a-president.html |date=July 29, 2017 }}, ''The New York Times'' (June 18, 2000). See also James P. Pfiffner, [http://pfiffner.gmu.edu/files/pdfs/Articles/Bush%20as%20MBA,%20PAR%202007.pdf The First MBA President: George W. Bush as Public Administrator] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010113856/http://pfiffner.gmu.edu/files/pdfs/Articles/Bush%20as%20MBA,%20PAR%202007.pdf |date=October 10, 2017 }}, ''Public Administration Review'' (January/February 2007), p. 7.</ref>