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.

Initially, the plan for Greenwich to honor Bush was to have a statue of him, along with a water feature/fountain, on town-owned land near 310 Greenwich Ave. by the intersection of Arch Street and ...

They were married for 73 years. From the archives: Former President George H.W. Bush visits his Milton birthplace Bush graduated from Yale and went to work in the oil business in Texas.