Dorothy Bush Koch | |
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.jpg) Koch in 2006 | |
| Born | Dorothy Walker Bush (1959-08-18)August 18, 1959 (age 66) Harris County, Texas, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Boston College (BA) |
| Occupation(s) | Author, philanthropist |
| Spouses | |
| Children | 4 |
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| Relatives | Bush family |
Dorothy Walker Bush LeBlond Koch (born August 18, 1959) is an American author and philanthropist.[1] She is the sixth and youngest child of the 41stpresident of the United States,George H. W. Bush, andFirst LadyBarbara Bush. Her older brother,George W. Bush, was the 43rd U.S. president.
Dorothy Walker Bush was born on August 18, 1959, inHarris County, Texas. Her father, George H. W. Bush, was the 41st President of the United States, and her mother, Barbara Bush, was the First Lady. She was named after her paternal grandmother, Dorothy Walker Bush. Her brother,George W. Bush, was the 43rd president of the United States, in office from 2001 to 2009. Her other four siblings arePauline Robinson "Robin" Bush, who died ofleukemia in 1953; former Florida governorJeb Bush;Neil Bush; andMarvin Bush.[2] Since her childhood she has spent summers and holidays at theBush compound, a seacoast estate inKennebunkport, Maine.
Bush was educated atMiss Porter's School, a private all-girlcollege-preparatory school inFarmington, Connecticut.
In 1975, during a visit toBeijing, she became the first person to be publiclybaptized in thePeople's Republic of China since its communist government began discouraging foreign religious practices in1949.[3]
She earned aBachelor of Arts degree insociology fromBoston College in 1982.[4]
Bush is an event organizer and fundraiser for charities and othernonprofit organizations. She co-chairs the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy[5] along with her brother Jeb. She also served as a pioneer fundraiser for her brother's presidential campaigns.[6]
She is the author of the bookMy Father, My President: A Personal Account of the Life of George H. W. Bush (2006).
She sponsored the commission ofUSS George H.W. Bush, a United States Navy aircraft carrier named after her father, who in World War II was a naval aviator serving on an aircraft carrier. On January 10, 2009, she gave the first orders to the ship's company atNorfolk, Virginia.[7]
In 1982, Bush married William Heekin LeBlond (b. January 11, 1957). They had two children, Samuel Bush "Sam" LeBlond (b. 1984) and Nancy Ellis "Ellie" LeBlond (b. 1986). They divorced in 1990.[8]
In June 1992, she marriedBobby Koch (b. 1960), today a Washington, D.C. lobbyist on behalf of the wine industry. The wedding took place atCamp David. They have two children, Robert David (b. 1993) and Georgia "Gigi" Grace (b. 1996). Robert P. Koch was an aide toHouseDemocratic leaderRichard Gephardt, and is president of the California-basedWine Institute.[9] He has a substantialequity interest in Central European Distribution Corp., a company that manufactures and distributesvodka inPoland.[10]
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