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Encyclopedia > George W. Bush Presidential Library

The George W. Bush Presidential Library is the future presidential library of George W. Bush, the 43rd President of the United States. The Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum is on the campus of the University of Texas at Austin. ... George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is the 43rd and current President of the United States, inaugurated on January 20, 2001. ...


On December 21, 2006, officials at Southern Methodist University and library selection committee members announced that the university had entered "the next phase of deliberations" towards final site selection for the library.[1] December 21 is the 355th day of the year (356th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Dallas Hall at Dedman College at SMU The Laura Lee Blanton Hall during a rare snow Southern Methodist University (also known as SMU) is a private, coeducational university in University Park, Texas, (an enclave of Dallas). ...


The library will reportedly be the costliest Presidential Library, estimated at $500 million to build.[2]


Controversy

In December 2006, the Texas Monthly reported "The likelihood that the George W. Bush Presidential Library will be located at SMU has not been welcome news for at least one segment of the university community."[3] The letter, from "Faculty, Administrators, & Staff" of the Perkins School of Theology in part, stated "We count ourselves among those who would regret to see SMU enshrine attitudes and actions widely deemed as ethically egregious."[3] The article fears that there are two different attitudes about the library: "a neutral space for unbiased academic research conducted by scholars, or a conservative think tank and policy institute that engages in legacy polishing and grooms young conservatives for public office."[3] Texas Monthly is a monthly American magazine published in Austin, Texas. ... Faculty and Former Faculty Hoyt McWhorter Dobbs - Professor of Christian Doctrine, and Dean (1916-20). ...


References

  1. ^ "Statement by Donald L. Events on Bush Presidential Library", George W. Bush Presidential Library Site Selection Committee, December 21, 2006. Retrieved on 2006-12-21.
  2. ^ Defrank, Thomas. "W Library in record book". Daily News, Nov 27, 2006. Retrieved on December 21, 2006.
  3. ^ a b c Burka, Paul. "Protest at SMU Targets Bush Library", Texas Monthly, December 14, 2006. Retrieved on 2006-12-14.
U.S. Presidential Libraries
Lincoln • Hayes • Wilson • Coolidge • Hoover • Franklin Roosevelt • Truman • Eisenhower • Kennedy • Johnson • Nixon • Ford Museum • Ford Library • Carter • Reagan • George H.W. Bush • Clinton • George W. Bush


 

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