Columba Bush

Columba Bush: Columba Bush

Born August 17, 1953 (1953-08-17) (age 58)
León, Guanajuato, Mexico

Occupation former First Lady of Florida

Predecessor Anne Selph

Successor Carole Rome

Religion Roman Catholic

Spouse Jeb Bush (m. 1974–present)

Children George P. Bush, Noelle Bush, Jeb Bush, Jr.

Parents José María Garnica and Josefina Gallo

Relatives George W. Bush (brother-in-law)

Columba Bush (born August 17, 1953) is a Mexican-born American philanthropist. She is the wife of former Florida Governor Jeb Bush.

Bush was born as Columba Garnica Gallo in León, Guanajuato, Mexico, where she grew up and attended high school. Her parents were José María Garnica, a migrant worker, and Josefina Gallo. She met Jeb Bush in 1971 in León, where he was teaching English as part of a foreign exchange program. They were married on February 23, 1974, in Austin, Texas.^[1] The couple have three children: George P. Bush, Noelle Bush, and Jeb Bush, Jr.

Bush's relationship with her mother was the subject of a brief profile in the book Mamá: Latina Daughters Celebrate Their Mothers by María Pérez-Brown (ISBN 0-06-008386-7). Her parents divorced in 1963.

Activism and Organizations

Bush has been active in promoting the arts. In 1999 she worked with Arts for a Complete Education/Florida Alliance for Arts Education (ACE/FAAE) to develop Arts for Life!, a program devoted to increasing the importance of art in the education system. She has also used her experience with her family's substance abuse issues to aid treatment and prevention programs such as the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA). She has served as co-chair of the NIAAA initiative, Leadership to Keep Children Alcohol Free, and has served on the board of the Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University.

She also appeared in a Spanish language campaign commercial for her father-in-law, George H.W. Bush in 1988.^[2]

Customs Infraction

In June 1999, she failed to declare the proper amount of valuables she had purchased on her trip abroad. She stated that she did not want her husband to know how much she had purchased.^[3]

References

^ Gedda, George (2001-02-14). "Bush has hemisphere on brain". Laredo Morning Times. http://airwolf.lmtonline.com/news/archive/021401/pagea8.pdf. Retrieved 2006-10-21.

^ "Father-in-Law", Bush campaign ad

^ Becker, Jo (1999-06-22). "Bush: Wife meant to hide shopping spree from me". St. Petersburg Times. http://www.sptimes.com/News/62299/State/Gov_Bush_says_his_wif.shtml. Retrieved 2005-05-27.

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Prescott Bush ancestors
Dorothy Walker Bush ancestors
Samuel Prescott Bush (1863–1948) • James Smith Bush (1825–1889) • Obadiah Newcomb Bush (1797–1851)
George Herbert Walker (1875–1953) • David Davis Walker (1840–1918) • George E. Walker (1797–1864) • Thomas Walker (1758–1799)

Samuel P. Bush & Flora Sheldon
Prescott Sheldon Bush (1895–1972) (m.) Dorothy Wear Walker (1901–1992) • Robert Bush • Mary House Bush • Margaret Clement Bush • James Bush

Prescott Bush (1895–1972)
Prescott Bush Jr. (1922–2010) • George Herbert Walker Bush (m.) Barbara Pierce • Nancy Walker Bush Ellis (m.) Alexander B. Ellis II (1922–1989) • Jonathan James Bush (m.) Josephine Bradley • William Henry Trotter Bush

George H. W. Bush (1924–)

Jonathan Bush (1931–)
George Walker Bush (m.) Laura Lane Welch • Pauline Robinson Bush (1949–1953) • Jeb Bush (m.) Columba Garnica Gallo • Neil Mallon Bush (m.) Sharon Smith • Marvin Pierce Bush (m.) Margaret Molster • Dorothy Walker Bush (m./div. 1st) William LeBlond ; (m. 2nd) Robert P. Koch
Billy Bush (m.) Sydney Davis • Jonathan S. Bush

George W. Bush (1946–)
Jeb Bush (1953–)
Neil Bush (1955–)
Marvin Bush (1956–)
Dorothy Koch (1959–)
Barbara Pierce Bush • Jenna Welch Bush (m.) Henry Hager
George Prescott Bush (m.) Amanda Williams • Noelle Bush • John Ellis Bush, Jr.
Lauren Bush • Ashley Bush • Pierce Bush
Marshall Bush • Walker Bush
Sam LeBlond • Ellie LeBlond • Robert Koch • Gigi Koch

See also
David Davis

The Bush Compound • Buckeye Steel Castings • G. H. Walker & Co. • The Family: The Real Story of the Bush Dynasty • Political line

Honorary titles

Preceded by
Anne Selph MacKay First Lady of Florida
1999 – 2007 Succeeded by
Carole Rome

Persondata

Name Bush, Columba

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Short description

Date of birth August 17, 1953

Place of birth León, Guanajuato, Mexico

Date of death

Place of death

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First Ladies and Gentlemen of Florida
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American people of Mexican descent
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Naturalized citizens of the United States
People from León, Guanajuato
Mexican expatriates in the United States

Columba Bush

Born	August 17, 1953 (1953-08-17) (age 58) León, Guanajuato, Mexico
Occupation	former First Lady of Florida
Predecessor	Anne Selph
Successor	Carole Rome
Religion	Roman Catholic
Spouse	Jeb Bush (m. 1974–present)
Children	George P. Bush, Noelle Bush, Jeb Bush, Jr.
Parents	José María Garnica and Josefina Gallo
Relatives	George W. Bush (brother-in-law)

Honorary titles
Preceded by Anne Selph MacKay	First Lady of Florida 1999 – 2007	Succeeded by Carole Rome

Persondata
Name	Bush, Columba
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	August 17, 1953
Place of birth	León, Guanajuato, Mexico
Date of death
Place of death

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