George H.W. Bush ’48, 41st president of the United States, died on Nov. 30. A World War II aviator who came to Yale on the G.I. Bill, he was preceded in death by his wife of 73 years, Barbara.

Barbara Pierce Bush welcomes second child Former President George W. Bush shared a photo to Instagram Tuesday congratulating his daughter, Barbara Pierce Bush, on the Aug. 4 birth of her second baby.

On Tuesday, Aug. 6, the former United States president, 78, shared a photo on his Instagram congratulating his daughter Barbara Pierce Bush after she welcomed her second baby with husband Craig.

The Laurens, who married in 2011, also have a 2-year-old son, James. The new baby brings the total number of great-grandchildren for Barbara and George H.W. Bush to eight.