Bucky Bush

Brother of George H.W. Bush and Uncle of George W. Bush; former president of Boatmen’s National Bank of St. Louis

William H. T. Bush, a wealthy investor and the brother and uncle of presidents, died on Wednesday February 28 2018 in West Palm Beach, Fla. He was 79. Mr. Bush wa a co-founder, Director and shareholder of Bush O’Donnell & Co., Inc., and served as its Chairman and as a Principal of Bush O’Donnell Smith Capital Services. Mr. Bush was born in Greenwich, Connecticut and holds a BA (1960) from Yale University. Prior to forming Bush O’Donnell & Co., Inc. Mr Bush was President and Director of Boatmens National Bank (1978-1986), a commercial bank then headquartered in St. Louis. Prior to that he was Executive Vice President of the Hartford National Bank and Trust Company in Hartford, Connecticut where he had spent 16 years in various capacities within both the commercial and international divisions. Mr. Bush founded the firm with Mr. O'Donnell in 1988. In addition to Bush O'Donnell, Mr. Bush is a member of the board of WellPoint, Inc. of Indianapolis, Maritz, Inc. of St. Louis, and the Lord Abbett Family of Mutual Funds in Jersey City, NJ. He has been active in many civic boards. He was Chairman of the Board of St. Louis University (1985-92), The Missouri Botanical gardens (1991-93) and the Municipal Opera Association (The MUNY) in 2005 and 2006, and served several other organizations as trustee. An active Republican he has held various posts in the State party and Chairman of Presidential campaigns in the state in 2000 and 2005. In 1984-91 Mr. Bush was Chairman of the Saint Louis University Board of Trustees, where he taught courses in the MBA program and he is currently an emeritus trustee. From 1996 - 1998 he was Finance Chairman of the Missouri Republican Party and was also a surrogate for his brother, former President George Bush, during the 1988 and 1992 political campaigns. He is a former trustee of The Repertory Theater of St. Louis, the St. Louis Zoo, the Arthritis Foundation, the St. Louis Area Council, Boy Scouts of America and the St. Louis Symphony. Known as Bucky, Mr. Bush was the brother of President George H. W. Bush, the uncle of President George W. Bush and the youngest son of Sen. Prescott S. Bush of Connecticut, all Republicans. He married Patricia Lee Redfearn while a junior at Yale and had two children with her. She died at 77 in 2015.

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Donor	Common Recipients
Steve Gordon	Roy Blunt, Kit Bond, Norm Coleman, Sam Graves, Kenny Hulshof, Jim Inhofe, Richard Green Lugar, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, John Thune, Lincoln Davenport Chafee, Jim Talent, Phil Gramm, John Ashcroft, Bob Dole, Lynn Morley Martin, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Jeb Bush, Bill Phelps, Ben Quayle, Ann L Wagner, McConnell Victory Kentucky
Stewart W Bainum Jr	Spencer Abraham, Lamar Alexander, Roy Blunt, Kit Bond, Norm Coleman, Jim Inhofe, Richard Green Lugar, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, John Thune, Lincoln Davenport Chafee, Jim Talent, Julius Caesar Watts Jr, Bob Dole, Lynn Morley Martin, Rick Lazio, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Rudy Giuliani, Thomas H Kean Jr, Michael Steele, Terrence M Considine, Michael S McGavick
Craig D Schnuck	W Todd Akin, Roy Blunt, Kit Bond, Jo Ann Emerson, Sam Graves, Kenny Hulshof, Jim Inhofe, Richard Green Lugar, John McCain, John Thune, Lincoln Davenport Chafee, Jim Talent, John Ashcroft, Bob Dole, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Thomas H Kean Jr, Missouri Republican State Committee-Federal, George H W Bush, Malcolm Lee Holekamp, Blaine Luetkemeyer, Ann L Wagner, Michael S McGavick
Richard DeVos	Spencer Abraham, Roy Blunt, Norm Coleman, Robin Hayes, Jim Inhofe, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, John Thune, Phil Gramm, Julius Caesar Watts Jr, John Ashcroft, Paul Coverdell, Bob Dole, Rick Lazio, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Rudy Giuliani, Thomas H Kean Jr, Missouri Republican State Committee-Federal, George H W Bush, Jeb Bush, Liz Cheney, Ben Quayle
Lewis M Eisenberg	Spencer Abraham, Lamar Alexander, Roy Blunt, Kit Bond, Norm Coleman, Richard Green Lugar, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, Craig Lyle Thomas, John Thune, Jim Talent, Phil Gramm, John Ashcroft, Paul Coverdell, Bob Dole, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Thomas H Kean Jr, Michael Steele, Missouri Republican State Committee-Federal, George H W Bush, Liz Cheney, Michael S McGavick
Jane L Bainum	Spencer Abraham, Lamar Alexander, Roy Blunt, Kit Bond, Norm Coleman, Robin Hayes, Richard Green Lugar, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, John Thune, Lincoln Davenport Chafee, Jim Talent, Julius Caesar Watts Jr, John Ashcroft, Bob Dole, Lynn Morley Martin, Rick Lazio, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Rudy Giuliani, Michael Steele, Terrence M Considine, Michael S McGavick
Harvey M Meyerhoff	Spencer Abraham, Lamar Alexander, Roy Blunt, Kit Bond, Norm Coleman, Jim Inhofe, Richard Green Lugar, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, Craig Lyle Thomas, John Thune, Lincoln Davenport Chafee, Jim Talent, Phil Gramm, Paul Coverdell, Bob Dole, Lynn Morley Martin, Rick Lazio, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Rudy Giuliani, Michael Steele, George H W Bush
Joseph Petrone	Spencer Abraham, Lamar Alexander, Kit Bond, Norm Coleman, Jim Inhofe, Richard Green Lugar, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, Craig Lyle Thomas, John Thune, Jim Talent, Phil Gramm, John Ashcroft, Paul Coverdell, Bob Dole, Lynn Morley Martin, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Rudy Giuliani, Michael Steele, George H W Bush, Terrence M Considine
Peter M Flanigan	Spencer Abraham, Lamar Alexander, Roy Blunt, Kit Bond, Norm Coleman, Richard Green Lugar, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, Craig Lyle Thomas, John Thune, Jim Talent, Phil Gramm, John Ashcroft, Paul Coverdell, Bob Dole, Rick Lazio, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Rudy Giuliani, Thomas H Kean Jr, Michael Steele, George H W Bush
Harvey M Tettlebaum	Roy Blunt, Kit Bond, Norm Coleman, Jo Ann Emerson, Sam Graves, Kenny Hulshof, Richard Green Lugar, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, John Thune, Jim Talent, John Ashcroft, Rick Lazio, George W Bush, Rudy Giuliani, Michael Steele, Missouri Republican State Committee-Federal, Jeb Bush, Liz Cheney, Bill Phelps, Blaine Luetkemeyer, Ann L Wagner, McConnell Victory Kentucky
Janet Berman	Spencer Abraham, Lamar Alexander, Roy Blunt, Kit Bond, Norm Coleman, Jim Inhofe, Richard Green Lugar, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, John Thune, Jim Talent, John Ashcroft, Bob Dole, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Rudy Giuliani, Thomas H Kean Jr, Michael Steele, Rely on Your Beliefs Fund, George H W Bush, Jeb Bush, Ben Quayle
Albert Galatyn Hill Jr	Roy Blunt, Kit Bond, Jim Inhofe, Richard Green Lugar, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, Craig Lyle Thomas, John Thune, Phil Gramm, Julius Caesar Watts Jr, John Ashcroft, Paul Coverdell, Rick Lazio, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Rudy Giuliani, Michael Steele, Missouri Republican State Committee-Federal, George H W Bush, Jeb Bush, Liz Cheney, Ben Quayle
Louis Beecherl Jr	Spencer Abraham, Kit Bond, Jim Inhofe, Richard Green Lugar, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, John Thune, Jim Talent, Phil Gramm, Julius Caesar Watts Jr, John Ashcroft, Paul Coverdell, Bob Dole, Lynn Morley Martin, Rick Lazio, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Rudy Giuliani, Michael Steele, Missouri Republican State Committee-Federal, George H W Bush, Terrence M Considine
Robert Stuart Jr	Spencer Abraham, Roy Blunt, Kit Bond, Sam Graves, Robin Hayes, Richard Green Lugar, John McCain, John Thune, Lincoln Davenport Chafee, Jim Talent, Julius Caesar Watts Jr, John Ashcroft, Paul Coverdell, Bob Dole, Lynn Morley Martin, Rick Lazio, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Michael Steele, George H W Bush, Terrence M Considine, George Herbert Walker III
Edward C Levy Jr	Spencer Abraham, Roy Blunt, Kit Bond, Norm Coleman, Robin Hayes, Jim Inhofe, Richard Green Lugar, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, Craig Lyle Thomas, John Thune, Jim Talent, Phil Gramm, John Ashcroft, Paul Coverdell, Bob Dole, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Rely on Your Beliefs Fund, Jeb Bush, Terrence M Considine, Liz Cheney
Mel Sembler	Spencer Abraham, Lamar Alexander, Roy Blunt, Kit Bond, Norm Coleman, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, Jim Talent, Phil Gramm, John Ashcroft, Paul Coverdell, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Rudy Giuliani, Thomas H Kean Jr, Michael Steele, Missouri Republican State Committee-Federal, Jeb Bush, Liz Cheney, Ann L Wagner, Chauncey Goss, Michael S McGavick
James E Smith	Lamar Alexander, Roy Blunt, Kit Bond, Norm Coleman, Kenny Hulshof, Richard Green Lugar, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, Craig Lyle Thomas, John Thune, Lincoln Davenport Chafee, Jim Talent, Phil Gramm, John Ashcroft, Bob Dole, Rick Lazio, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Rudy Giuliani, Rely on Your Beliefs Fund, George H W Bush, Michael S McGavick
Mark Isakowitz	Spencer Abraham, Lamar Alexander, Roy Blunt, Norm Coleman, Jo Ann Emerson, Sam Graves, Robin Hayes, Kenny Hulshof, Richard Green Lugar, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, John Thune, Jim Talent, Paul Coverdell, Rick Lazio, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Thomas H Kean Jr, Michael Steele, Rely on Your Beliefs Fund, Michael S McGavick, McConnell Victory Kentucky
Robert H Pickens	Spencer Abraham, Lamar Alexander, Kit Bond, Norm Coleman, Jim Inhofe, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, Craig Lyle Thomas, John Thune, Jim Talent, Phil Gramm, John Ashcroft, Paul Coverdell, Bob Dole, Lynn Morley Martin, Rick Lazio, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, Rudy Giuliani, Michael Steele, George H W Bush, Terrence M Considine
Richard H Kimberly	Spencer Abraham, Lamar Alexander, Roy Blunt, Kit Bond, Norm Coleman, Jo Ann Emerson, Jim Inhofe, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, Craig Lyle Thomas, John Thune, Lincoln Davenport Chafee, Jim Talent, John Ashcroft, Paul Coverdell, Bob Dole, Lynn Morley Martin, Rick Lazio, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, George H W Bush, McConnell Victory Kentucky

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Types	Person, Business Person
Gender	Male
Birthday	1938
Date of death	Feb 28 '18
Website	http://www.bushodonnell.com
Aliases	William H T Bush, William Henry Trotter Bush, William Trotter Bush

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Bucky Bush

Brother of George H.W. Bush and Uncle of George W. Bush; former president of Boatmen’s National Bank of St. Louis

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