Nancy Walker Bush Ellis (b. February 4, 1926 in Milton, Massachusetts) is the only sister of former U.S. President George H. W. Bush. Her parents were Prescott Sheldon Bush (1895-1972) and Dorothy Walker (1901-1992). Media consultant John Prescott Ellis is one of her four children. She is widowed and lives in Boston.[1]
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Biography
She graduated from Vassar College in 1946. On October 26, 1946, at St. Paul's Church, in Greenwich, Connecticut, Nancy Bush married Alexander B. Ellis II (1922-1989), an executive with insurance firm Fairfield & Ellis (which merged into Corroon & Black[2], now a part of Willis Group Holdings Ltd.). Wedding guests included James Buckley, John V. Lindsay, John Chafee and Nancy's brother George.[3] She had weekly lunches with her nephew George W. Bush while he attended Harvard School of Business.[4]
Nancy and Alexander Ellis had a daughter Nancy and three sons, Alexander, John and Josiah.[5]
Political activities
Although she had been a Liberal Democrat and an environmentalist who actively fundraised for the NAACP and co-chaired the New England section of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund,[6], she joined the Republican Party in 1988 when her brother ran for the presidency.[7] In September 2004 she visited London, Paris[4] and Frankfurt[1] on behalf of Republicans Abroad in an effort to encourage United States Republicans living in Europe to register and vote for that year's general election.[8]
Volunteer and charitable activities
Nancy Bush-Ellis has long volunteered with the Boston United South End Settlement House, of which she is an honorary director.[9] She has also volunteered with the New England Medical Center,[10] the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the New England Conservatory of Music[11]
As a board member of the Massachusetts Audubon Society,[6] a group that has been critical of the Bush administration's widespread encouragement of industry self-regulation,[12] Ellis led fundraising efforts[6] to establish Belize's Rio Bravo Conservation and Management Area[13] and the environmental conservation program Programme for Belize.[13] She is also a member of the nongovernmental organization Pact.[6]
Notes
- ^ a b "Nancy Bush Promotes Voter Regstration," September 23, 2004 press release, accessed 2008-07-15
- ^ New York Times obituary of Alexander B. Ellis Jr.
- ^ John Gizzi, "The Spirit of the Springfield Massacre"
- ^ a b "Nancy Bush Ellis voter registration drive" in Republicans Abroad France Newsletter, Spring 2005, p. 6
- ^ Bush-Walker-Pierce-Robinson family tree
- ^ a b c d Pact Board of Directors biographies, accessed 2008-07-15
- ^ Kitty Kelley, The Family: The Real Story of the Bush Dynasty, Random House, 2004. ISBN 0-385-50324-5
- ^ Andrea Gerlin, "Gone, but Not Forgotten", Time, October 17, 2004, accessed 2008-06-15
- ^ United South End Settlements, Board of Directors, accessed 2008-07-15
- ^ "Former Board Members Reunite" in Tufts Medical Center Floating Hospital for Children Honor Roll of Donors, p. 8
- ^ New England Conservatory Annual Report, 2005
- ^ Mass Audubon opposes weakening of the federal Endangered Species Act, August 2004, Massachusetts Audubon Society, accessed 2008-07-15
- ^ a b Belize & Tikal, January 2006, Massachusetts Audubon Society, accessed 2008-07-15
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