From Flyboy to Goldenboy – Marriage and Yale

The Prescott Bush family at the wedding of George and Barbara Bush. (l-r) Jonathan, Nancy, George, Barbara, Prescott Bush Sr., Dorothy Walker Bush, Prescott Bush Jr. with his wife Beth, and William Henry Trotter Bush (Bucky), Rye, NY. 06 Jan 45

Barbara Bush dances with her father at her wedding in Rye, NY.  06 Jan 45

George and Barbara Bush cut their wedding cake, Rye, New York.

Bridal Portrait of Barbara Pierce Bush. 06 Jan 45

They weren't sure when George Bush would be coming home from war, so the date was handwritten on each of the printed invitations. At the time of her death in 2018, Barbara and George Bush had been married for 73 years.

A replica of Barbara Bush's wedding dress, and the broach she wore at her wedding.

George Bush (left of clock) with the Skull and Bones group at Yale University, New Haven, CT. (Seated, L to R) David Charles Grimes, George Harold, Jr. (Standing, L to R) Lucius Horatis Biglow, Jr., William Donnelly, Jr. (?), Richard Gluock (?), William Judkins Clark, George Cook, George Bush, Thomas Wilder Moseley, Richard E. Jenkins, Unknown, Unknown, John E. Caulkins, Unknown, Thomas William Ludlow Ashley. Circa 1947

George Bush standing in front of a "Yale Fence" in his baseball uniform, Yale University

Bush’s time at Yale included him playing collegiate baseball, where he led the team as captain and left-handed first baseman to the first two College World Series tournaments, all while starting a family.

George Bush not only played baseball at Yale but was the president of Delta Kappa Epsilon, a member of the Skull and Bones Society, and graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a BA in Economics and a minor in sociology.