Editing Barbara Bush (section)

=== Awards and honors ===
[[File:BarbaraBushESHouston.jpg|thumb|Barbara Bush Elementary School in [[Parkway Villages, Houston|Parkway Villages]], Houston|alt=A school building with "Barbara Pierce Bush Elementary School: Exemplary School" lettered on the wall]]
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In 1995, Bush received the Award for Greatest Public Service Benefiting the Disadvantaged, an award given out annually by the [[Jefferson Awards for Public Service|Jefferson Awards Foundation]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jeffersonawards.org/past%20winners/ |title=Past Winners |publisher=Jefferson Awards Foundation |access-date=April 18, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170511164857/http://www.jeffersonawards.org/past%20winners/ |archive-date=May 11, 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 1997, she was the recipient of The Miss America Woman of Achievement Award for her work with [[literacy]] programs.<ref>{{cite web|title=Live presentation of the 77th annual Miss America Pageant |publisher=Turner Classic Movies |year=1997 |url=http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/458762/77th-Annual-Miss-America-Pageant-The/ |access-date=January 7, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090303162751/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/458762/77th-Annual-Miss-America-Pageant-The/%23 |archive-date=March 3, 2009}}</ref> The same year, she received the Golden Plate Award of the [[Academy of Achievement|American Academy of Achievement]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Golden Plate Awardees of the American Academy of Achievement|website=Achievement.org|publisher=[[American Academy of Achievement]]|url=https://achievement.org/our-history/golden-plate-awards/#public-service|access-date=September 10, 2020|archive-date=March 26, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326032022/https://achievement.org/our-history/golden-plate-awards/#public-service|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2016, she received honorary membership in [[Phi Beta Kappa]] from the [[University of Houston]] chapter.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pbk.org/web/PBK_Member/Pressroom/Press_Releases/University_of_Houston.aspx |title=University of Houston |publisher=The Phi Beta Kappa Society |date=March 4, 2016 |access-date=April 18, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180418161911/https://www.pbk.org/web/PBK_Member/Pressroom/Press_Releases/University_of_Houston.aspx |archive-date=April 18, 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

{{anchor|Barbara Bush Elementary School}}Multiple schools are named after Barbara Bush. Schools have been named Barbara Bush Elementary School in [[Houston]]; [[Grand Prairie, Texas]]; and [[Mesa, Arizona]]. Schools have been named Barbara Bush Middle School in [[San Antonio]] and [[Irving, Texas]].<ref name="FL bio"/> The Barbara Bush Children's Hospital at Maine Medical Center in [[Portland, Maine]], was also named in her honor. Of the places that were given her name, she said that she was most proud of the "Literacy Plaza" that was under construction in Houston at the time of her death that would connect city hall with the neighboring library.{{Sfn|Page|2019|loc=Chapter 12}}

==== Honorary degrees ====
Barbara Bush received [[honorary degree]]s from many institutions. These include:

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! Date
! School
! State
! Degree
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| {{Dts|1972}} || [[Arcadia University]] || PA || [[Doctor of Laws]] (LLD)<ref name="RLAWH">{{cite book |last=Bush |first=Barbara |url=https://archive.org/details/reflections00barb/page/395 |title=Reflections : life after the White House |date=2005 |publisher=Simon & Schuster International |isbn=978-0-7432-5582-0 |edition=1st Lisa Drew/Scribner trade pbk. |location=New York |pages=[https://archive.org/details/reflections00barb/page/395 395–396 (appendix B)] |url-access=registration}}</ref>
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| {{Dts|1981}} || [[Mount Vernon Seminary and College]] || DC || [[Doctor of Public Service]]<ref name="RLAWH"/>
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| {{Dts|1981|5}} || [[Cardinal Stritch College]] || WI || Doctor of Laws (LLD)<ref name="RLAWH"/><ref name="Stritch2011">{{cite news |title=Stritch Magazine |page=4 |publisher=[[Cardinal Stritch University]] |issue=Fall/Winter 2011 |url=http://www.stritch.edu/getmedia/c9425246-51d3-4b08-8726-4eee45a82406/Fall-Winter-2011?ext=.pdf |url-status=dead |access-date=April 18, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180418230011/http://www.stritch.edu/getmedia/c9425246-51d3-4b08-8726-4eee45a82406/Fall-Winter-2011?ext=.pdf |archive-date=April 18, 2018}}</ref>
|-
| {{Dts|1987|5|10}} || [[Howard University]] || DC || [[Doctor of Humane Letters|Doctor of Humanities]] (DH)<ref>{{cite web |title=Recipients of honorary degrees and other university honors (by year) |url=https://www.howard.edu/secretary/convocations/recipients-year.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190428144954/https://howard.edu/secretary/convocations/recipients-year.htm |archive-date=April 28, 2019 |access-date=April 18, 2018 |publisher=[[Howard University]]}}</ref><ref name="NYT19870510">{{cite news |date=May 10, 1987 |title=COMMENCEMENTS: Howard University |language=en |page=1001029 |work=[[The New York Times]] |location=National |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/05/10/nyregion/commencements-howard-university.html |access-date=April 18, 2018 |archive-date=April 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404171807/https://www.nytimes.com/1987/05/10/nyregion/commencements-howard-university.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| {{Dts|1988}} || [[Judson College (Alabama)|Judson College]] || AL || [[Doctor of Humane Letters]] (DHL)<ref name="RLAWH"/>
|-
| {{Dts|1989|5|14}} || [[Bennett College]] || NC || Doctor of Humane Letters (DHL)<ref name="RLAWH"/><ref name="UPI19890514">{{cite web |last=Donahue |first=Terry |date=May 14, 1989 |title=Barbara Bush receives Doctor of Humane Letters degree |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1989/05/14/Barbara-Bush-receives-Doctor-of-Humane-Letters-degree/3679611121600/ |access-date=April 18, 2018 |website=UPI |language=en |archive-date=October 4, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221004135204/https://www.upi.com/Archives/1989/05/14/Barbara-Bush-receives-Doctor-of-Humane-Letters-degree/3679611121600/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| {{Dts|1989|5|21}} || [[Boston University]] || MA || Doctor of Humane Letters (DHL)<ref name="RLAWH"/>
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| {{Dts|1989|10|6}} || [[Morehouse School of Medicine]] || GA || Doctor of Humane Letters (DHL)<ref name="RLAWH"/><ref name="WP19891010">{{cite news |last=Radcliffe |first=Donnie |date=October 10, 1989 |title=The presidential portrait that was a bust |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1989/10/10/the-presidential-portrait-that-was-a-bust/a97ad56d-7175-4d05-8ad9-29a19a1f1899/ |access-date=April 18, 2018 |archive-date=June 19, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180619085850/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1989/10/10/the-presidential-portrait-that-was-a-bust/a97ad56d-7175-4d05-8ad9-29a19a1f1899/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| {{Dts|1989|9|6}} || [[Smith College]] || MA || Doctor of Humane Letters (DHL)<ref>{{cite web |title=Honorary Degrees |url=https://www.smith.edu/about-smith/smith-history/honorary-degrees |access-date=April 18, 2018 |publisher=Smith College |archive-date=August 14, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160814003123/https://www.smith.edu/about-smith/smith-history/honorary-degrees |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="ChiTrib1989">{{cite web |last=Kilian |first=Michael |author-link=Michael Kilian |date=September 10, 1989 |title=America's leading (and most-admired) college dropout-First... |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1989/09/10/americas-leading-and-most-admired-college-dropout-first-lady/ |access-date=April 18, 2018 |website=[[Chicago Tribune]] |language=en |archive-date=July 7, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180707183130/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1989-09-10/features/8901120139_1_white-house-mrs-bush-watermelon-juice |url-status=live }}</ref>
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| {{Dts|1990}} || [[University of Pennsylvania]] || PA || Doctor of Laws (LLD)<ref>{{cite web |title=Alphabetical Listing of Honorary Degrees |url=https://secure.www.upenn.edu/secretary/hondegalph.html#B |access-date=April 18, 2018 |publisher=[[University of Pennsylvania]] |archive-date=February 7, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180207005106/https://secure.www.upenn.edu/secretary/hondegalph.html#B |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
| {{Dts|1990|5}} || [[University of South Carolina]] || SC || Doctor of Education<ref name="RLAWH"/><ref name="UnivSoCar20141125">{{cite web |last=Sexton |first=Megan |date=November 25, 2014 |title=Jeb Bush to speak at commencement |url=http://www.sc.edu/uofsc/posts/2014/11_jeb_bush_commencement.php |access-date=April 18, 2018 |publisher=[[University of South Carolina]] |language=en |archive-date=April 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404191651/https://sc.edu/uofsc/posts/2014/11_jeb_bush_commencement.php |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| {{Dts|1990|5|19}} || [[Saint Louis University]] || MO || Doctor of Humane Letters (DHL)<ref>{{cite web |date=May 20, 1990 |title=First lady gets honorary degree |url=https://www.deseretnews.com/article/103216/FIRST-LADY-GETS-HONORARY-DEGREE.html |access-date=April 18, 2018 |work=Deseret News |archive-date=April 16, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180416200608/https://www.deseretnews.com/article/103216/FIRST-LADY-GETS-HONORARY-DEGREE.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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| {{Dts|1991}} || [[South Carolina State College]] || SC || Doctor of Humane Letters (DHL)<ref name="RLAWH"/>
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| {{Dts|1991}} || [[University of Michigan]] || MI || Doctor of Laws (LLD)<ref>{{cite web |title=Honorary Degrees Awarded 1836-Present |url=https://president.umich.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2018/01/Honorary-Degrees-1836-Present.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230622222026/https://president.umich.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2018/01/Honorary-Degrees-1836-Present.pdf |archive-date=June 22, 2023 |access-date=April 18, 2018 |publisher=[[University of Michigan]]}}</ref>
|-
| {{Dts|1991|6|15}} || [[Northeastern University]] || MA || Doctor of Public Service<ref name="CNN20170120">{{cite news |date=January 20, 2017 |title=Photos: The life of former first lady Barbara Bush |publisher=CNN |url=https://www.cnn.com/2017/01/20/politics/gallery/barbara-bush/index.html |access-date=April 18, 2018 |archive-date=June 5, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230605045818/https://www.cnn.com/2017/01/20/politics/gallery/barbara-bush/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| {{Dts|1992|5|17}} || [[Marquette University]] || WI || Doctor of Laws (LLD)<ref name="UPI19920517">{{cite news |last=Bickler |first=Jeanne |date=May 17, 1992 |title=Barbara Bush speaks to grads about family values |language=en |work=[[UPI]] |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1992/05/17/Barbara-Bush-speaks-to-grads-about-family-values/2302706075200/ |access-date=April 18, 2018 |archive-date=October 4, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221004142222/https://www.upi.com/Archives/1992/05/17/Barbara-Bush-speaks-to-grads-about-family-values/2302706075200/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| {{Dts|1992}} || [[Central State University]] || OH || Doctor of Humane Letters (DHL)<ref name="RLAWH"/>
|-
| {{Dts|1992}} || [[Louisiana State University]] || LA || Doctor of Humane Letters (DHL)<ref name="RLAWH"/>
|-
| {{Dts|1992}} || [[Pepperdine University]] || CA || Doctor of Laws (LLD)<ref name="RLAWH"/>
|-
| {{Dts|1997}} || [[Hood College]] || MD || Doctor of Humane Letters (DHL)<ref name="RLAWH"/>
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| {{Dts|1997|4|18}} || [[Hofstra University]] || NY || Doctor of Humane Letters<ref name="CSPAN19970418">{{cite web |date=April 18, 1997 |title=Academic Convocation, Apr 18 1997 {{!}} Video |url=https://www.c-span.org/video/?80508-1/academic-convocation |access-date=April 18, 2018 |publisher=[[C-SPAN]] |at=0:12:00 |archive-date=April 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404060154/https://www.c-span.org/video/?80508-1/academic-convocation |url-status=live }}</ref>
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| {{Dts|1998}} || [[Austin College]] || TX || Doctor of Humane Letters (DHL)<ref name="RLAWH"/>
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| {{Dts|1998}} || [[University of Miami]] || FL || Doctor of Humanities (DH)<ref name="RLAWH"/>
|-
| {{Dts|1999}} || [[Washington College]] || MD || Doctor of Public Service<ref name="RLAWH"/>
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| {{Dts|2000}} || [[Centenary College of Louisiana|Centenary College]] || LA || Doctor of Laws (LLD)<ref name="RLAWH"/>
|-
| {{Dts|2001|5|21}} || [[Wake Forest University]] || NC || Doctor of Humanities<ref name="WFU2001">{{cite web |title=2001 - Commencement News |url=https://commencement.news.wfu.edu/2000s/c2001/ |access-date=April 18, 2018 |website=Commencement News |publisher=[[Wake Forest University]] |archive-date=June 6, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230606122925/https://commencement.news.wfu.edu/2000s/c2001/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
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| {{Dts|2002|3|11}} || [[Baylor University]] || TX || Doctor of Humane Letters (DHL)<ref>{{cite web |date=March 12, 2002 |title=Baylor Honors Barbara Bush With Honorary Doctorate &#124; Media Communications |url=https://www.baylor.edu/mediacommunications/news.php?action=story&story=3964 |access-date=April 18, 2018 |publisher=Baylor University |archive-date=December 3, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221203195526/https://www.baylor.edu/mediacommunications/news.php?action=story&story=3964 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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| {{Dts|2003|6|7}} || [[University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine|University of New England<br/>College of Osteopathic Medicine]] || ME || Doctor of Humane Letters (LHD)<ref name="PDH20030607">{{cite news |date=June 7, 2003 |title=Barbara Bush Receives Honorary Degree |work=[[Plainview Daily Herald]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |url=https://www.myplainview.com/news/article/Barbara-Bush-Receives-Honorary-Degree-8893444.php |access-date=April 18, 2018 |archive-date=April 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404081640/https://www.myplainview.com/news/article/Barbara-Bush-Receives-Honorary-Degree-8893444.php |url-status=live }}</ref>
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| {{Dts|2005|12|16}} || [[Texas A&M University]] || TX || Doctor of Humane Letters<ref>{{cite web |date=December 16, 2005 |title=Minutes of the Board of Regents of Texas A&M University |url=https://assets.system.tamus.edu/files/bor/pdf/Minutes/Regular/2005/2005-10-27-28.pdf |access-date=December 6, 2018 |publisher=[[Texas A&M University]] |archive-date=October 23, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201023210350/https://assets.system.tamus.edu/files/bor/pdf/Minutes/Regular/2005/2005-10-27-28.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
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| {{Dts|2006|5|21}} || [[George Washington University]] || DC || Doctor of Public Service<ref name="GWU20051206">{{cite web |date=December 6, 2005 |title=Commencement 2006 |url=https://www2.gwu.edu/~bygeorge/dec05/grad.html |access-date=April 18, 2018 |publisher=[[George Washington University]] |archive-date=April 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404060154/https://www2.gwu.edu/~bygeorge/dec05/grad.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
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| {{Dts|2010|5|15}} || [[Sewanee: The University of the South]] || TN || [[Doctor of Civil Law]] (DCL)<ref>{{cite web |last=Mercer |first=Monica |date=May 16, 2010 |title=Sewanee honors Bush, Meacham |url=http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/news/story/2010/may/16/sewanee-honors-bush-meacham/16858/ |access-date=April 22, 2018 |work=Times Free Press |archive-date=June 14, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210614141854/https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/news/story/2010/may/16/sewanee-honors-bush-meacham/16858/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
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