‘He Was a Point of Light’

In a quiet moment — as the spotlight dims on the historic funeral proceedings for Houston’s own President George H.W. Bush, spanning three cities and capturing the attention of the world — a son remembers his father.

George Bush and Wife Saying Goodbye

Neil Bush is the fourth child of President George H.W. Bush’s six children with First Lady Barbara Bush, both of whom passed away in 2018 as revered Houstonians and unabashed boosters of their adopted hometown. Neil is the chairman of Points of Light, an international nonprofit that promotes volunteerism, and director of the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M. Also the brother of a president — George W. Bush — Neil and his wife Maria founded the Barbara Bush Houston Literacy Foundation in 2013. Neil shares his thoughts on the loss just weeks ago of the man the world knew as 41, the one-time leader of the free world, but was, to him, simply Dad. 

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