Past Events

The Mosbacher Institute for Trade, Economics and Public Policy invites you to “Bringing America Together: Lessons on Bipartisanship from two Bush Administrations and Beyond,” the 2024 ConocoPhillips White House Lecture featuring Senator Rob Portman.

The birthday festivities will conclude with a free, family-friendly country music concert from beloved Aggie legends and former students, Robert Earl Keen '78 and Lyle Lovett '79 on the grounds of the George H.W. Bush Presidential Center. The concert is free. Registration has closed, but there is space to come without registering.

Join us for a family-friendly day at the George H.W. Bush Presidential Center. President Bush's grandchildren will honor his love of adventure and continue his tradition of parachute jumps as well as participate in a moderated conversation. The Library & Museum will serve birthday cake and ice cream with an appearance by Sully the Service Dog.

You are invited to a special panel with Jon Meacham, Pulitzer-Prize winning biographer, and Jean Becker, former Chief of Staff to President Bush, about their books, “The Call to Serve: The Life of an American President, George Herbert Walker Bush” and “Character Matters: And Other Life Lessons from George H.W. Bush."

The centennial celebration will launch with a moderated conversation featuring Secretary Robert M. Gates and Secretary Andrew H. Card, Jr. that will revisit the many ways President Bush made America and our world a safer, better place to live.