Editing George H. W. Bush (section)

=== College years ===
Bush enrolled at [[Yale College]], where he took part in an accelerated program that enabled him to graduate in two and a half years rather than the usual four.<ref name=GHWBlifebefore /> He was a member of the [[Delta Kappa Epsilon]] fraternity and was elected its president.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/12/books/41-george-w-bushs-portrait-of-george-h-w-bush.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220102/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/12/books/41-george-w-bushs-portrait-of-george-h-w-bush.html |archive-date=January 2, 2022 |url-access=limited |url-status=live |title=Love Flows, President to President |newspaper=The New York Times |date=November 11, 2014 |first=Michiko |last=Kakutani |access-date=November 14, 2014}}{{cbignore}}</ref> He also captained the Yale baseball team and played in the first two [[College World Series]] as a left-handed first baseman.<ref>{{cite web |title=School House to White House: The Education of the Presidents |url=https://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2007/spring/schoolhouse.html |date=Spring 2007 |publisher=National Archives |location=Washington, D.C. |access-date=March 29, 2008 |archive-date=August 21, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110821051245/http://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2007/spring/schoolhouse.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Like his father, he was a member of the Yale cheerleading squad<ref>{{cite news |url=http://yaledailynews.com/blog/2008/01/28/cheerleading-of-the-20s-epitome-of-masculinity/ |title=Cheerleading of the '20s: Epitome of masculinity |work=Yale Daily News |first=Simone |last=Berkower |access-date=July 30, 2016 |archive-date=October 21, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161021014435/http://yaledailynews.com/blog/2008/01/28/cheerleading-of-the-20s-epitome-of-masculinity/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and was initiated into the [[Skull and Bones]] secret society. He graduated [[Phi Beta Kappa]] in 1948 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics.{{sfn|Meacham|2015|p=72}}