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Nancy Walker Bush Ellis
USINFO | 2013-09-06 11:29
Nancy Walker Bush Ellis (born February 4, 1926 in Milton, Massachusetts) is the only sister of former U.S. PresidentGeorge H. W. Bush and aunt of former President George W. Bush and the former Governor of Florida John Ellis "Jeb" Bush. Her parents were Prescott Sheldon Bush (1895–1972) and Dorothy Walker (1901–1992). Media consultant John Prescott Ellisis one of her four children. She is widowed and lives in Boston.
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, now a part of Willis Group Holdings Ltd.). Wedding guests included James Buckley, John V. Lindsay,John Chafee and Nancy's brother George; Office of Strategic Services agent William B. Macomber, Jr. was best man.[4]She had weekly lunches with her nephew George W. Bush while he attended Harvard School of Business.
Nancy and Alexander Ellis (1922-1989) had a daughter Nancy and three sons, Alexander, John and Josiah.
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,[7] she joined the Republican Party in 1988 when her brother ran for the presidency. In September 2004 she visited London, Paris and Frankfurt 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.
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. She has also volunteered with the New England Medical Center, the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the New England Conservatory of Music
As a board member of the Massachusetts Audubon Society, a group that has been critical of the Bush administration's widespread encouragement of industry self-regulation, Ellis led fundraising efforts[7] to establish Belize's Rio Bravo Conservation and Management Area[14] and the environmental conservation programProgramme for Belize.[14] She is also a member of the nongovernmental organization Pact.
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, now a part of Willis Group Holdings Ltd.). Wedding guests included James Buckley, John V. Lindsay,John Chafee and Nancy's brother George; Office of Strategic Services agent William B. Macomber, Jr. was best man.[4]She had weekly lunches with her nephew George W. Bush while he attended Harvard School of Business.
Nancy and Alexander Ellis (1922-1989) had a daughter Nancy and three sons, Alexander, John and Josiah.
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,[7] she joined the Republican Party in 1988 when her brother ran for the presidency. In September 2004 she visited London, Paris and Frankfurt 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.
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. She has also volunteered with the New England Medical Center, the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the New England Conservatory of Music
As a board member of the Massachusetts Audubon Society, a group that has been critical of the Bush administration's widespread encouragement of industry self-regulation, Ellis led fundraising efforts[7] to establish Belize's Rio Bravo Conservation and Management Area[14] and the environmental conservation programProgramme for Belize.[14] She is also a member of the nongovernmental organization Pact.
